BullFrog
Active Member
So, I have been brewing for four or five months now. I have done two partial mashes and one AG. Two turned out better than I expected and one is still aging.
I received a Cooper's IPA kit from relatives for Christmas and brewed it up the next day. The recipe did not call for a boil, just a simple pour it in and mix it up. That said, I will spare you the details of what happened to my beer right before I was about to add it to the primary. Suffice it to say, it got contaminated and so I boiled it for 30 min.
Ok - to my point. I just bottled the beer after 26 days in the primary and noticed two things off the bat.
1) For an IPA, it is very floral and sweet
2) It is carbonated
I did not know beer could carbonate in the primary. Can someone explain this to me? Does this happen often? Is this a result of the the 300g of dextrose that was added per the kits instructions, or is this just what the kits do? and what about the "cough drops" I added to each glass bottle... am I going to be dodging shrapnel in a few weeks?
What about the floral/sweet flavor... no hops at all. As this is an IPA, I am assuming that I boiled the hops out. Is this right?
Amazing that I do two partial mashes and an AG without a hitch and screw up the cooper kit.
Anyway, if someone could clarify this for me, I will be better for the knowing.
Thanks in advance,
-BullFrog
I received a Cooper's IPA kit from relatives for Christmas and brewed it up the next day. The recipe did not call for a boil, just a simple pour it in and mix it up. That said, I will spare you the details of what happened to my beer right before I was about to add it to the primary. Suffice it to say, it got contaminated and so I boiled it for 30 min.
Ok - to my point. I just bottled the beer after 26 days in the primary and noticed two things off the bat.
1) For an IPA, it is very floral and sweet
2) It is carbonated
I did not know beer could carbonate in the primary. Can someone explain this to me? Does this happen often? Is this a result of the the 300g of dextrose that was added per the kits instructions, or is this just what the kits do? and what about the "cough drops" I added to each glass bottle... am I going to be dodging shrapnel in a few weeks?
What about the floral/sweet flavor... no hops at all. As this is an IPA, I am assuming that I boiled the hops out. Is this right?
Amazing that I do two partial mashes and an AG without a hitch and screw up the cooper kit.
Anyway, if someone could clarify this for me, I will be better for the knowing.
Thanks in advance,
-BullFrog