Drinks3point2
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My first batch of beer is now 5 weeks conditioned in the bottle. I made a Sierra Nev. Pale clone using the recip. in Clone Brews. The beer is not bad tasting per say and just to be clear, I'm not worried, but it has an unbelievably strong citrus/grapefruit taste to it. I'm curious if it's something that I did in the brew process, if it just happens, or should I expect that it will go away? My first thought was that I over-dry hopped with the whole leaf hops and that might be the cause.
Here is what I did:
Followed recipe in Clone Brews (extract w/ specialty grains, full boil 5 gal batch)-OG 1.059
Pitched Wyeast 1056 From 1 liter starter made aprox. 36 hours in advance
Fermented @ 74º in my basement
12 days- racked to secondary and dry hopped 1 oz Cascade whole leaf hops in a grain sock- SG 1.012
21 days- bottled, used DME to prime FG 1.012
I started sampling @ 8 days or so and drank one every other day. Since the first one the citrus flavor has mellowed out some but at this point it's not showing any sign of really going away. I would be happy with some "citrusy notes" but this one is powerful. I should just tell myself and friends that it's a Grapefruit Ale. Any thoughts on the cause???
Here is what I did:
Followed recipe in Clone Brews (extract w/ specialty grains, full boil 5 gal batch)-OG 1.059
Pitched Wyeast 1056 From 1 liter starter made aprox. 36 hours in advance
Fermented @ 74º in my basement
12 days- racked to secondary and dry hopped 1 oz Cascade whole leaf hops in a grain sock- SG 1.012
21 days- bottled, used DME to prime FG 1.012
I started sampling @ 8 days or so and drank one every other day. Since the first one the citrus flavor has mellowed out some but at this point it's not showing any sign of really going away. I would be happy with some "citrusy notes" but this one is powerful. I should just tell myself and friends that it's a Grapefruit Ale. Any thoughts on the cause???