So I decided to try brewing a dry stout because I had a vial of White Labs Irish Ale yeast. The beer currently right now tastes like the pH may be low, due to the acidity. I fermented it for 10 days (on the warm 70+F side of things) and then it has been in the keg for 2 weeks, so I am wondering if it may need time to condition? Could it be the carbonation level?
The other thought would be that the mash pH was way too low, however I decided to plug my grain bill and water profile (which is very soft, almost like a blank slate) into Bru'n Water it shows that my grain bill + untreated water would not make my mash pH that low.
I batch sparge and I added 4 grams of gypsum and 6 grams of baking soda into the mash for a 6 gallon batch.
For a 6 gallon batch:
7 lbs Pilsner
4 lbs Flaked Barley
1 lb Roasted Barley
.5 lb Rice Hulls
1.0 oz Northern Brewer @ 60 minutes
I mashed at 150 for 60 minutes and did a 90 minute boil due to the pilsner malt.
OG was 1.050 with FG 1.011.
I sanitize clean my equipment pretty thoroughly and the only other organism I brew with is brett, so I really don't think it's a Lacto infection. Does anyone have any ideas? This is my first time brewing the style, so maybe the flavor profile I got is what I should have expected with the grain bill,etc?
The other thought would be that the mash pH was way too low, however I decided to plug my grain bill and water profile (which is very soft, almost like a blank slate) into Bru'n Water it shows that my grain bill + untreated water would not make my mash pH that low.
I batch sparge and I added 4 grams of gypsum and 6 grams of baking soda into the mash for a 6 gallon batch.
For a 6 gallon batch:
7 lbs Pilsner
4 lbs Flaked Barley
1 lb Roasted Barley
.5 lb Rice Hulls
1.0 oz Northern Brewer @ 60 minutes
I mashed at 150 for 60 minutes and did a 90 minute boil due to the pilsner malt.
OG was 1.050 with FG 1.011.
I sanitize clean my equipment pretty thoroughly and the only other organism I brew with is brett, so I really don't think it's a Lacto infection. Does anyone have any ideas? This is my first time brewing the style, so maybe the flavor profile I got is what I should have expected with the grain bill,etc?