Coopers blonde

[eccipoo]

Hey guys, brewed a coopers Canadian blonde with some dme and dextrose a few weeks back. Say at 18 degrees the whole time and fermented nicely. Once it fermented out I left if for nearly two weeks and then bottled and primed. Been priming for about a week now, and tried the first bottle last night. It tasted quite 'alcohol-ee' and not very malty. Has it been left too long after fermentation or should I wait a few more weeks?

 

[PistolaPete]

People have left their beer in the primary for months and it didn't harm anything. The beer might still be a little "green" and some things should mellow out over the course of the next few weeks. Sometimes high temps can cause fusel alcohols to come out but your temp sounds good if 18C equals about 64F. What were the amounts of ingredients used?

 

[eccipoo]

It was an old craigtube special....500g light dme and 700g dextrose . Filled the bucket up to 20litres

I'm hopin it is just an early thing because the bottle also has very weak carbonation. But there was denying the very strong taste of alcohol

 

[unionrdr]

18C equals 64.4F first off. 700g of dextrose equals about 1.53lbs.454g equals 1lb. So maybe a tad too much sugar? I've gotten away with using 1lb demerara sugar (raw cane sugar) in my newer IPA recipe. any more & get the temps too high during initial fermentation & that'd do it.
It likely needed more than two weeks in primary. Mine usualy need 3 to 3.5 weeks to finish fermenting & settle out clear or slightly misty. And one week in the bottle isn't nearly enough to properly carbonate & condition. 3 weeks minimum @ 70F is the norm for average gravity beers. Patience,young Skywalker...

 

[eccipoo]

I was abut too keen and was bustin my ass to try it so I'm hopin the flavours will mellow out a bit When it conditions more

 

[unionrdr]

In my experiences,beer can "clean up" a bit more in the bottles,including fusels & diecytl. But most of it would be cleaned up in primaryl. That's why I like to allow 3-7 days after FG is reached to clean up any by products of fermentation & settle out clear or slightly misty before packaging.

 

[PistolaPete]

With that much dextrose in the recipe you will have a beer that is light in body and taste but will still have decent alcohol levels. That could be what you are tasting. Time might mellow things out also. Next time, using all extract instead of dextrose might help to give the beer better flavor.

 

[MarcusKillion]

I have brewed this myself and it is a good beer but you have to realize that these kits are a little low on the flavor . I use all DME for the 2.2 pounds of sugar . that lends a little more flavor to them .
I dry hopped this beer with hallertauer or kent Goldings I forget .
give it a month in the bottle for the full flavor to emerge .