Sir-Hops-A-Lot
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Hey guys,
I brewed the Heiniestella European Delight recipe from p 183 of Papazian's book. The beer looked quite dark for one with light syrup. A forum member suggested a late addition of 1/2 the extract; advice that came after the brewing was done. It's been in bottles since July 17th and it still sucks. It tastes poor and it's quite dark despite having no grains. I'm tempted to dump the whole batch.
Any guesses as to what went wrong? Perhaps I burned the syrup? This seems odd because most recipes ask for an hour of cooking. I'm concerned because I just brewed the American Real Ale from the same book and it looks quite dark too (but it's amber DME).
thanks in advance
S-HOL
I brewed the Heiniestella European Delight recipe from p 183 of Papazian's book. The beer looked quite dark for one with light syrup. A forum member suggested a late addition of 1/2 the extract; advice that came after the brewing was done. It's been in bottles since July 17th and it still sucks. It tastes poor and it's quite dark despite having no grains. I'm tempted to dump the whole batch.
Any guesses as to what went wrong? Perhaps I burned the syrup? This seems odd because most recipes ask for an hour of cooking. I'm concerned because I just brewed the American Real Ale from the same book and it looks quite dark too (but it's amber DME).
thanks in advance
S-HOL