AugustaBlvdBrews
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Howdy there. I started brewing just a couple months ago doing all grain and have two batches down. From those batches I've encountered two key issues. By the way, I do BIAB so hopefully that helps with the context of the questions:
1. My yields have been very low. I am starting with around 5.1 gallons in my steep and end up only transferring about 2-2.5 gallons into the fermenter. I noticed in my first batch how much grain/sediment ended up seeping through my steeping bag and as such had quite a bit of leftover grain in the boil kettle that I did not end up transferring into the carboy.
2. The beer has tasted quite good actually; however, they have had a bitter aftertaste. Not bitter, hops bitter but it's almost like the malts don't taste right and the hops didn't produce the desired affect to balance against the malt.
I believe these issues could be related and that possibly the boiling of the grain that has seeped through the bag is cause for this.
I don't believe it to be a caused during fermentation because I only had it fermenting for 3 weeks (no secondary, no dry hopping). Then went 3 weeks into bottles.
Any suggestions/tips for improving yields/reducing sediment and eliminating that bitter, over-malty aftertaste, that would be great! The bottom line is that I want more good beer to drink!
na zdravi!
1. My yields have been very low. I am starting with around 5.1 gallons in my steep and end up only transferring about 2-2.5 gallons into the fermenter. I noticed in my first batch how much grain/sediment ended up seeping through my steeping bag and as such had quite a bit of leftover grain in the boil kettle that I did not end up transferring into the carboy.
2. The beer has tasted quite good actually; however, they have had a bitter aftertaste. Not bitter, hops bitter but it's almost like the malts don't taste right and the hops didn't produce the desired affect to balance against the malt.
I believe these issues could be related and that possibly the boiling of the grain that has seeped through the bag is cause for this.
I don't believe it to be a caused during fermentation because I only had it fermenting for 3 weeks (no secondary, no dry hopping). Then went 3 weeks into bottles.
Any suggestions/tips for improving yields/reducing sediment and eliminating that bitter, over-malty aftertaste, that would be great! The bottom line is that I want more good beer to drink!
na zdravi!