twbalding
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I am now just starting to enjoy my first brew and it tastes okay but it seems really dark for a brown ale. I used the NB caribou slobber extract kit and followed the instructions fairly well... I had a few newb moments, okay, maybe a lot. These are my notes... Steeped grains for 30 not 20 and poured wort through grains with strainer or amateur mashed for last 5 min. Also temp got up to 170 for the first 5 min. Of steep. Brought up to boil and forgot to add LME till 10 min in. But did add first hop addition at 60... Propane tank ran out at 30 so got replacement, took 10min, returned to boil... Had about 2 gal of wort when done... Chilling took forever about 40mim... Forgot to airate prior to yeast pitch but did so immediately afterward... Fermentation was vigorously active after 12 hrs had to switch to blow off tube... OG was 1.055 two weeks later FG was 1.020 secondary for 3 weeks and bottle for 2 weeks. The beer tastes good but a bit sour... It is very dark compared to what I've seen or heard. The pic I've attached is of my brown ale that a looks like a stout... Can anyone tell me about the color but more importantly the sour taste?
Thank you...
Thank you...