Croyzen
Well-Known Member
My last two light batches, recipes here, (haus pale ale, centennial blonde) have an off putting DMS/cream corn, burnt corn, bite in the nose and taste. At least this is what I think it is. Yeast bite maybe? The haus pale ale turned out lighter than I thought and actually the two beers taste virtually the same with the haus pale ale being slightly more bitter. Both with the same nasty amateur prison quality flavor. Classic homebrew "quality." Both beers taste VERY similar. Both use the same yeast.
Details;
* Water, carbon filtered and treated with correct amount of campden.
* Mash (pale ale) 153F for 60 minutes (blonde) 150F for 90 minutes.
* Boil (pale ale) 60 minutes (blonde) ~80-90 minutes
* Cooled with IC in about 15 minutes each.
* Both used Nottingham dry, rehydrated according to packet instructions.
* Both fermented @ 62-64 for 4 days and then temp raised to 68F for about 14 days then racked off and bottled.
* Both have been in the bottle for at least a month.
* The flavor is not getting worse but has seemed to settle in. Both are at "correct" carbonation levels, with the blonde losing most of the head during drinking. The pale ale head sticks around and laces although both heads are thin after settling in.
I haven't had a complete workup of my water but I know that it's hard. The batch before these two, a Bell's Two Hearted Clone, has no DMS I can detect and actually came out pretty good.
Details;
* Water, carbon filtered and treated with correct amount of campden.
* Mash (pale ale) 153F for 60 minutes (blonde) 150F for 90 minutes.
* Boil (pale ale) 60 minutes (blonde) ~80-90 minutes
* Cooled with IC in about 15 minutes each.
* Both used Nottingham dry, rehydrated according to packet instructions.
* Both fermented @ 62-64 for 4 days and then temp raised to 68F for about 14 days then racked off and bottled.
* Both have been in the bottle for at least a month.
* The flavor is not getting worse but has seemed to settle in. Both are at "correct" carbonation levels, with the blonde losing most of the head during drinking. The pale ale head sticks around and laces although both heads are thin after settling in.
I haven't had a complete workup of my water but I know that it's hard. The batch before these two, a Bell's Two Hearted Clone, has no DMS I can detect and actually came out pretty good.