Started brewing this year and for my third batch I brewed a pale ale that was supposed to be similar to a Stone Pale Ale. It's been in the fermenter now for 16 days and the gravity is stable at 1.012. I tasted my sample and it is very bitter, much more than I expected. Any chance this bitterness will mellow out as it conditions? If not, is there anything I can do such as rack to a secondary and add something sweet like honey?
Here's what I brewed:
3.75 lb light LME
2 lb light DME
steeping grains: .5# 2 row pale
1.5# crystal 60
6 oz. crystal 70
steeped in 3 qts. water at 155 for 45 min.
3 gallon boil for 60 min.
1 oz. Warrior at 60 min.
.5 oz. Fuggles at 15 min.
.5 oz. Willamette at 15 min.
Nottingham yeast
Fermented at 68 deg
I'm guessing the Warrior is a little too strong for my malt bill, maybe(?)
What do you guys think?
thanks
Here's what I brewed:
3.75 lb light LME
2 lb light DME
steeping grains: .5# 2 row pale
1.5# crystal 60
6 oz. crystal 70
steeped in 3 qts. water at 155 for 45 min.
3 gallon boil for 60 min.
1 oz. Warrior at 60 min.
.5 oz. Fuggles at 15 min.
.5 oz. Willamette at 15 min.
Nottingham yeast
Fermented at 68 deg
I'm guessing the Warrior is a little too strong for my malt bill, maybe(?)
What do you guys think?
thanks