Romex2121
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Wanted to try brewing my first Czech style beer ,
This was a 2.5 gallon brew
4.2lb. Weyermann Pilsner malt
3oz. Briess carapils
1.5oz Ireks acid malt
.32oz Perele @ 60min
.5oz Saaz @ 30min
.5 oz Saaz @ 5min
11.5 oak of 34/70 yeast
All said and done
OG came to 1.044
FG was 1.008
IBU 34 , .73 BU/GU
did a single infusion mash @ 154
and batch sparged @ 165 ish
My problem is after fermenting for 5 days at 54 degrees and doing a D rest at 64 degrees for 3 days the wort has a smell of something like cooked vegetables with a slight taste of the same as it smells, not a popcorn butter smell nor a corn smell , Not sure how to explain it other than a cooked vegetable type smell.
I did rehydrate the yeast per instructions given by maker and slowly cooled yeast to 54degrees (same as wort) before adding to the wort .
I did notice fermentation activity was pretty slow compared to ale but I expected that being lager yeast , FG reading was taken at day 4 and was @ 1.012 this is when I started bringing temp up to 64 degrees ,took about a day to get to 64.
today makes day 4 @ 64 degrees and FG is at 1.008 and has been for 2 days in a row now .
the smell has me worried and wondering if something went wrong or I need to leave it a few more days to see if it goes away ??
This was a 2.5 gallon brew
4.2lb. Weyermann Pilsner malt
3oz. Briess carapils
1.5oz Ireks acid malt
.32oz Perele @ 60min
.5oz Saaz @ 30min
.5 oz Saaz @ 5min
11.5 oak of 34/70 yeast
All said and done
OG came to 1.044
FG was 1.008
IBU 34 , .73 BU/GU
did a single infusion mash @ 154
and batch sparged @ 165 ish
My problem is after fermenting for 5 days at 54 degrees and doing a D rest at 64 degrees for 3 days the wort has a smell of something like cooked vegetables with a slight taste of the same as it smells, not a popcorn butter smell nor a corn smell , Not sure how to explain it other than a cooked vegetable type smell.
I did rehydrate the yeast per instructions given by maker and slowly cooled yeast to 54degrees (same as wort) before adding to the wort .
I did notice fermentation activity was pretty slow compared to ale but I expected that being lager yeast , FG reading was taken at day 4 and was @ 1.012 this is when I started bringing temp up to 64 degrees ,took about a day to get to 64.
today makes day 4 @ 64 degrees and FG is at 1.008 and has been for 2 days in a row now .
the smell has me worried and wondering if something went wrong or I need to leave it a few more days to see if it goes away ??