Butchered an IPA

Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:27 pm

Butchered an IPA it tastes like grain before fermentation
6lbs Pilsen LME
1.5lbs Light DME
24oz carapils this was an error wanted to add 16oz
8oz crystal 120 also an error wanted to add 2oz
8oz Simpson’s caramalt
1oz Nugget 11%AA @ 60 min
1oz Glacier 6% AA @ 20 min
1oz Mt. Hood 6% AA @ 15 min
1oz Cascade 5.5% AA @10 min
1oz Cascade 5.5% AA @ Flame out
Post boil gravity 1.062
I have hopes of the WL001 cleaning up some of my mess and I will say I got great bitterness not adding the extract until 20 minutes from flame out but this wort tasted like super sweet grain and I have to say I am concerned and I have thought of brewing a light beer like a blonde ale and blending before I bottle or should I suck it up and wait till the fermentation is done and see what I have?
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:41 pm

relax, let that yeast work it's magic and maybe it will be great
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:46 pm

man I hope so I had a nice starter going and it took off fast and is still going nicely but more subdued now I am planning to rack to a secondary and dry hop but I will sample it Friday for a gravity and a taste before I put any more of my beautiful little hops in there.
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:52 pm

That is quite a load of carapils.

As for the 120, eh, just call it an "amber".
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:32 am

They all taste like grain before fermentation. I am regularly re-surprised at how similar wort tastes from different batches even though the resulting beers are very different.

So RDWHAHB and check it after fermentation. Plenty of time to panic then.
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:11 am

DannyW wrote:They all taste like grain before fermentation. I am regularly re-surprised at how similar wort tastes from different batches even though the resulting beers are very different.

So RDWHAHB and check it after fermentation. Plenty of time to panic then.


RDWHAHB? I got the HAHB..... RDW?
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:23 am

ALEien wrote:RDWHAHB? I got the HAHB..... RDW?


Relax, don't worry.
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:35 am

Guess ALEien never read Charlie's book??


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