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This is going to sound like a crazy question and in truth I guess it is.
I have a brew that I made 3 months ago, that I just dont like. It is a bigger version of a beer that turned out really good but this version had a little more grain and corn and I had some trouble fermenting it. The beer was crystal clear from the time I kegged it but there is just something off about it. I have read through all the off-flavor articles but I cant pin point what I am tasting.
So I got to thinking, anyone want a bottle of Homebrew that you know up front isn't going to be very good so you can tell me what is wrong with it?
I know, crazy question, who actually wants to drink bad beer.
Here is the recipe.
12 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row)
10 lbs Pilsner (2 Row)
5 lbs Maize, Flaked
1 lbs 12.0 oz Caramel Malt - 60L
1.00 oz Cascade [8.20 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 14.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Cluster [8.10 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 7.1 IBUs
1 Whirfloc tablet - Boil 15 min
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins) Other 8 -
2.0 pkg Safale US-05
Mash In 150.0 F 75 min
Mash out 168.0 F 15 min
Boil 90 Minutes
OG 1.070
FG 1.016
I pitched the yeast at about 70 or lower degrees and fermented at 68 ambient for the first 14 days.
After 14+ days of fermentation my gravity was holding at 1.024 which is almost a full point higher than my target. After swirling and raising the temp to the 70s for a couple weeks and no luck, I added some bean-o tablets and it started fermenting again. So I guess I had un-fermentable sugars. It finally stopped at 1.016 for over a week so I cold crashed and kegged it for a total time of 6 weeks in primary. FYI, during those last couple weeks with the bean-o, the ambient temperature was upper 70s and during the whole process I opened the fermenter 10+ times to take readings. But the gravity went from 1.070 to 1.024 for 7 days before I took my first reading so the bulk of the fermentation was done at 68 ambient (no fridge at the time).
Yes, everything was cleaned with PBW and soaked in StarSan.
So there are lots of places this beer could have went wrong and I would like to get some perspective on it just for education. I wont be surprised if I get no response to this but PM me if you're interested and this isn't agains the law, 'cause I don't really know.
Thanks,
David
I have a brew that I made 3 months ago, that I just dont like. It is a bigger version of a beer that turned out really good but this version had a little more grain and corn and I had some trouble fermenting it. The beer was crystal clear from the time I kegged it but there is just something off about it. I have read through all the off-flavor articles but I cant pin point what I am tasting.
So I got to thinking, anyone want a bottle of Homebrew that you know up front isn't going to be very good so you can tell me what is wrong with it?
Here is the recipe.
12 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row)
10 lbs Pilsner (2 Row)
5 lbs Maize, Flaked
1 lbs 12.0 oz Caramel Malt - 60L
1.00 oz Cascade [8.20 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 14.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Cluster [8.10 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 7.1 IBUs
1 Whirfloc tablet - Boil 15 min
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins) Other 8 -
2.0 pkg Safale US-05
Mash In 150.0 F 75 min
Mash out 168.0 F 15 min
Boil 90 Minutes
OG 1.070
FG 1.016
I pitched the yeast at about 70 or lower degrees and fermented at 68 ambient for the first 14 days.
After 14+ days of fermentation my gravity was holding at 1.024 which is almost a full point higher than my target. After swirling and raising the temp to the 70s for a couple weeks and no luck, I added some bean-o tablets and it started fermenting again. So I guess I had un-fermentable sugars. It finally stopped at 1.016 for over a week so I cold crashed and kegged it for a total time of 6 weeks in primary. FYI, during those last couple weeks with the bean-o, the ambient temperature was upper 70s and during the whole process I opened the fermenter 10+ times to take readings. But the gravity went from 1.070 to 1.024 for 7 days before I took my first reading so the bulk of the fermentation was done at 68 ambient (no fridge at the time).
Yes, everything was cleaned with PBW and soaked in StarSan.
So there are lots of places this beer could have went wrong and I would like to get some perspective on it just for education. I wont be surprised if I get no response to this but PM me if you're interested and this isn't agains the law, 'cause I don't really know.
Thanks,
David