sondriven
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Hello all,
I've done some searching on this for my homebrew and found that it could be from getting the beer off the yeast too soon and/or too warm ferm temps. So, I have an imperial stout that I all-grain brewed this past July. OG 1.090 FG 1.022. Ferm temp 67 degrees. WLP007. Primary 3 weeks and I then moved it to secondary for a month before bottling. Taste after a month bottle was pretty good. Very roasty, dry with a hint of warming alcohol flavor. Pretty much what I figured it'd be like with the high abv. After 3 months it tasted really good, so I figured the longer I age it the better, so I saved the last bottle for Christmas last night and it was horrible. Really hot alcohol taste and I couldn't finish the beer. Pretty bummed out because I figured it would mellow over time instead of getting hotter. I store my bottles in an old coal bin room in my basement where it's dark and cool.
Any thoughts on this? I'm wanting to brew another stout but don't want this to happen again.
Thanks,
I've done some searching on this for my homebrew and found that it could be from getting the beer off the yeast too soon and/or too warm ferm temps. So, I have an imperial stout that I all-grain brewed this past July. OG 1.090 FG 1.022. Ferm temp 67 degrees. WLP007. Primary 3 weeks and I then moved it to secondary for a month before bottling. Taste after a month bottle was pretty good. Very roasty, dry with a hint of warming alcohol flavor. Pretty much what I figured it'd be like with the high abv. After 3 months it tasted really good, so I figured the longer I age it the better, so I saved the last bottle for Christmas last night and it was horrible. Really hot alcohol taste and I couldn't finish the beer. Pretty bummed out because I figured it would mellow over time instead of getting hotter. I store my bottles in an old coal bin room in my basement where it's dark and cool.
Any thoughts on this? I'm wanting to brew another stout but don't want this to happen again.
Thanks,