A buddy and I made a best bitter based on Jamil's Brewing Classic Styles recipe about a month ago. We didn't use the exact malt bill that he suggested, though. While I'm about to keg it, my friend has his on tap already and I've found it a bit one-dimensional.
It seems that the 'baked raisin' flavour of the Crystal 120L is really dominant and that the bitterness seems a bit too low. I am planning on keg-hopping it to bring a bit more balance, but am looking for suggestions.
I know that there presumably isn't much that I can do to tone things down in terms of the speciality grain dominance, but thought that I'd ask.
Thoughts?
Cheers, HBT'ers.
It seems that the 'baked raisin' flavour of the Crystal 120L is really dominant and that the bitterness seems a bit too low. I am planning on keg-hopping it to bring a bit more balance, but am looking for suggestions.
I know that there presumably isn't much that I can do to tone things down in terms of the speciality grain dominance, but thought that I'd ask.
Thoughts?
Cheers, HBT'ers.