chfrey3
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Last weekend I brewed NCBeernut's deception cream stout. I did the original version with DME and specialty grains. I ordered the grains crushed and steeped them in muslin grain bags.
All went well until I was transferring the wort from the BK to the carboy. I was pouring into a funnel and through a mesh strainer. I'm used to having to spoon hops out of the strainer occasionally during the transfer. But this time the funnel would fill up with wort and I was constantly removing debris from the strainer. The debris looked like tiny pieces of grain. I don't know if the grain crush was too fine or if I should have "double bagged"?
My major concern is will that impart any off flavors since it was present in the boil? I tasted the OG sample and it was good initially then there was a strong bitterness on the back end. It's possible it was just green beer hop bitterness and I'm just paranoid. This is the first time I've used a higher AA hop like the magnum in this recipe. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
All went well until I was transferring the wort from the BK to the carboy. I was pouring into a funnel and through a mesh strainer. I'm used to having to spoon hops out of the strainer occasionally during the transfer. But this time the funnel would fill up with wort and I was constantly removing debris from the strainer. The debris looked like tiny pieces of grain. I don't know if the grain crush was too fine or if I should have "double bagged"?
My major concern is will that impart any off flavors since it was present in the boil? I tasted the OG sample and it was good initially then there was a strong bitterness on the back end. It's possible it was just green beer hop bitterness and I'm just paranoid. This is the first time I've used a higher AA hop like the magnum in this recipe. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
