Hi all,
I finally bought kegging equipment to get rid of my oxidation issues with hoppy beers (thank you for the comments earlier this year).
Now the problem is that I have managed to brew one APA I was very happy with. All the others have been off; too bitter, off flavors, dark color, to name a few.. I am not sure what exactly went well with the APA.
I brewed my first neipa couple of weeks ago and let is sit at ~17 degrees celcius for 11 days. During SG reading at day 10/11 color was beautiful yellow and smell was good, then I cold crashed for couple of days at approx. 4C.
When I started kegging the beer was way too dark and taste was stale. I mean it's still OK to drink but not what I aimed for.
I cold crashed with fermenter not sealed so that probably is the issue.
Should I avoid cold crashing or is pressure fermenter necessary to brew good IPAs?
I finally bought kegging equipment to get rid of my oxidation issues with hoppy beers (thank you for the comments earlier this year).
Now the problem is that I have managed to brew one APA I was very happy with. All the others have been off; too bitter, off flavors, dark color, to name a few.. I am not sure what exactly went well with the APA.
I brewed my first neipa couple of weeks ago and let is sit at ~17 degrees celcius for 11 days. During SG reading at day 10/11 color was beautiful yellow and smell was good, then I cold crashed for couple of days at approx. 4C.
When I started kegging the beer was way too dark and taste was stale. I mean it's still OK to drink but not what I aimed for.
I cold crashed with fermenter not sealed so that probably is the issue.
Should I avoid cold crashing or is pressure fermenter necessary to brew good IPAs?