My hefeweizen is in primary, which is on its 9th day. I just took a hydrometer reading as the airlock activity is almost nil. I got a corrected SG of 1.013 (corrected OG was 1.057, which is too high as the recipe's target OG was 1.049). I'll be sure to take more samples over the next 2 days to make sure fermentation's done before bottling.
But that leads me to my current concern- I drank the sample and it ran too hot. That is, it burns as it goes down. There is the yeasty component of clove+banana which is not bad, but as I swallow it, it feels terrible. If I wanted to do a shot of vodka, I'd get a bottle of Smirnoff..
How concerned do I have to be? Seeing that I overshot the target OG by 0.008 and don't know how significant that is, I wonder if that has anything to do with it? Or do I simply just need to keep the hefe in the primary longer? Or will bottling it on Sunday or Monday (day 13/14) and letting it condition for longer than usual do the trick?
P.S. The recipe I used came from here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/paulaner-style-hefe-weizen-32811/
Only difference is I used 3068 Weihenstephaner yeast only.
But that leads me to my current concern- I drank the sample and it ran too hot. That is, it burns as it goes down. There is the yeasty component of clove+banana which is not bad, but as I swallow it, it feels terrible. If I wanted to do a shot of vodka, I'd get a bottle of Smirnoff..
How concerned do I have to be? Seeing that I overshot the target OG by 0.008 and don't know how significant that is, I wonder if that has anything to do with it? Or do I simply just need to keep the hefe in the primary longer? Or will bottling it on Sunday or Monday (day 13/14) and letting it condition for longer than usual do the trick?
P.S. The recipe I used came from here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/paulaner-style-hefe-weizen-32811/
Only difference is I used 3068 Weihenstephaner yeast only.
