minger
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Hi guys, I was extremely stoked last night. I made a Dogfish Head 60min IPA clone a while back (at work, will post recipe later if needed). I had it a week in the fermenter, two in the secondary while dry hopping. Since I was out of town last week, it sat in the bottles for 4 weeks, and chilled for two days. It should have been perfect.
I took a bottle out of the fridge and let rest for a few minutes. I poured a rich reddish amber-brown with slight head. It looked perfect. I took a drink of what was going to be the start of a delicious two weeks of beer supply.
But it was watery as hell. It had great taste, and in the background I could taste all of the 3oz of floral hoppy deliciousness, but it had no mouthfeel. It almost felt like a slightly better tasting average american light lager, but maybe even more watery.
I can't really tell where I went wrong, but does anyone have any suggestions? I mean hell, this batch cost like $60, so if I do another IPA I certainly expect better results.
Thanks guys,
I took a bottle out of the fridge and let rest for a few minutes. I poured a rich reddish amber-brown with slight head. It looked perfect. I took a drink of what was going to be the start of a delicious two weeks of beer supply.
But it was watery as hell. It had great taste, and in the background I could taste all of the 3oz of floral hoppy deliciousness, but it had no mouthfeel. It almost felt like a slightly better tasting average american light lager, but maybe even more watery.
I can't really tell where I went wrong, but does anyone have any suggestions? I mean hell, this batch cost like $60, so if I do another IPA I certainly expect better results.
Thanks guys,