SMaSH Advice MO & Argentinian Cascade

[joety]

I think you mean a year and two months.

 

[hammacks]

I will update on my beer too. From back in 12/2008:

Here is the amber spoke of

4.60 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 53.5 %
2.00 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 23.3 %
1.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 11.6 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.8 %
0.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.8 %
1.00 oz Argentine Cascades [3.25%] (60 min) Hops 14.5 IBU
1.50 oz Argentine Cascades [3.25%] (30 min) Hops 11.1 IBU
0.50 oz Argentine Cascades [3.25%] (5 min) Hops 1.2 IBU

1.058 and 26.8 IBUs

Now I know that doesn't sound bitter but up until it was about 6 months in the bottle, it was unbalanced, nothing to go with the sharp bitterness. Now, I guess it was the extract but it is pretty thin. I have been wanting to try this again (AG).

It is pretty good now but still leaves me looking for some more malt profile. <--- BS. I'm a liar.

Edit: The more I think about it that beer was in no way 26 IBUs..I don't know if the hops had higher AA than reported (although they couldn't be that high)....I don't know

So I still have some (that should tell you something). I think Revvy is spot on about the high perceived bitterness. My beer has somewhat mellowed, but still tastes way out of balance. I'm glad I just looked back on my recipe, because I had always chalked the batch up to a rookie over hopping mistake. Now I see it was more of a rookie using an unfamiliar ingredient mistake. 26 IBU's? No sir. No MO to give it a better backbone either.

Funny thing is I gave my parents a couple last month and they loved them. "How do you brew such good beer" they said, lol.

 

[mnstorm99]

One advantage to bottling...ooooohh, what's this???

 

[StAnthonyB]

Marris Otter by itself is plenty good.


You could do a really, really, really thick pre-mash to get the grains to begin to convert themselves and then toss them in a hot oven to crystallize them.