I've brewed a few beers lately that have been overly sweet. One was an english IPA that was undrinkable when I took it to homebrew club. Then a week later i tasted it and it was superb. The hops came through with a perfect dry finish. This led me to believe it just needed some age. Then I brewed an all Maris Otter IPA that I tried tried hop bursting all in the last 10 minutes of the boil. Same thing, way too sweet. I've been letting it sit in the keg a couple weeks now and it's not getting any better. Take a look at the recipe and tell me if you see anything that would explain it.
Maris Otter IPA (American IPA)
Original Gravity (OG): 1.078 (°P): 18.9
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (°P): 2.8
Alcohol (ABV): 8.79 %
Colour (SRM): 7.7 (EBC): 15.2
Bitterness (IBU): 89.6 (Tinseth)
100% Maris Otter Malt
0.5 oz/Gal Chinook (11.4% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 oz/Gal Horizon (10.5% Alpha) @ 8 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 oz/Gal Chinook (11.4% Alpha) @ 6 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 oz/Gal Horizon (10.5% Alpha) @ 4 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 oz/Gal Chinook (11.4% Alpha) @ 2 Minutes (Boil)
Single step Infusion at 155°F for 60 Minutes. Boil for 90 Minutes
Fermented at 63°F with Safale US-05
Notes: 45ml phosporic
1 campden tab
3 teaspoons gypsum
Hard boil 90 min produced less yield than expected
40quarts starting water
20quarts strike temp at 169= 155 mash temp
20quarts sparge temp at 190= 167 sparge temp
I've been doing 90 min boils and this was on a particularly frigid day so I ended up boiling off way too much and only got 4 gallons in the fermenter. Another issue I thought of was that I've been using hop bags or a hop spider. Could this be causing under utilization of the hops? FWIW the BU:GU ratio is 1.15 and balance value is 3.34 which from what I understand should produce a nice, bitter IPA. Thanks for any advice.
Maris Otter IPA (American IPA)
Original Gravity (OG): 1.078 (°P): 18.9
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (°P): 2.8
Alcohol (ABV): 8.79 %
Colour (SRM): 7.7 (EBC): 15.2
Bitterness (IBU): 89.6 (Tinseth)
100% Maris Otter Malt
0.5 oz/Gal Chinook (11.4% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 oz/Gal Horizon (10.5% Alpha) @ 8 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 oz/Gal Chinook (11.4% Alpha) @ 6 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 oz/Gal Horizon (10.5% Alpha) @ 4 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 oz/Gal Chinook (11.4% Alpha) @ 2 Minutes (Boil)
Single step Infusion at 155°F for 60 Minutes. Boil for 90 Minutes
Fermented at 63°F with Safale US-05
Notes: 45ml phosporic
1 campden tab
3 teaspoons gypsum
Hard boil 90 min produced less yield than expected
40quarts starting water
20quarts strike temp at 169= 155 mash temp
20quarts sparge temp at 190= 167 sparge temp
I've been doing 90 min boils and this was on a particularly frigid day so I ended up boiling off way too much and only got 4 gallons in the fermenter. Another issue I thought of was that I've been using hop bags or a hop spider. Could this be causing under utilization of the hops? FWIW the BU:GU ratio is 1.15 and balance value is 3.34 which from what I understand should produce a nice, bitter IPA. Thanks for any advice.