gyllstromk
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I've been a California Ale fan for a while but thought I'd give the Duvel yeast a try. I split one of my usual all grain recipes into two fermenters and inoculated one with CA (Wyeast 1056) and one with Duvel (Wyeast 1388). Like an idiot, I forgot to label which was which.
After 3 weeks in the bottle I've noticed something crazy. One beer tastes good as always. The other one has the following problems:
1) Tastes watery and thin, being overpowered by the hops.
2) Hardly carbed at all in the bottles.
3) Weirdest of all, the appearance is COMPLETELY different. Where the "correct" one is a nice bright clearish golden, this one is opaque and ruby red!!
The 3rd problem is really blowing my mind because I did not realize yeast could cause this effect. Any ideas on how this happened?
After 3 weeks in the bottle I've noticed something crazy. One beer tastes good as always. The other one has the following problems:
1) Tastes watery and thin, being overpowered by the hops.
2) Hardly carbed at all in the bottles.
3) Weirdest of all, the appearance is COMPLETELY different. Where the "correct" one is a nice bright clearish golden, this one is opaque and ruby red!!
The 3rd problem is really blowing my mind because I did not realize yeast could cause this effect. Any ideas on how this happened?
