zodiak3000
Well-Known Member
i put together a recipe for an IPA to reach an ABV of 6.9. I hit my OG as planned. after fermentation was done i checked my FG and it was was much lower than anticipated, thus leaving me with a much stronger beer (8.0 abv!). so my IPA ended up more like a DIPA. i hopped it up pretty nice anyway (80 ibu's), so it came out balanced enough. the only thing i noticed was an off flavor of heat and alcohol. best way to describe it is a "hot" and warm taste. i used about a 1 1/2 packets of us-05. according to mr. maltys calc. this should have been plenty. is this a cause from using dry yeast or this yeast in general. i had a friend who used notty and he said he had the same thing. he said now he just changes his recipe around to being a lower OG to reach his desired ABV. i thought this seemed a little inconsistant as i wanna know exactly what im gonna be hitting every time. has anyone had this problem with us-05 or notty? what about the problem w/ liquid yeast?