Thinking of Quitting Again
Well, I tasted my Yule Ale. It's bitter. Kind of a harsh bitterness that isn't from the hops.
Story time: I kegged the beer and left the keg in my room a couple of days. I set a box on top of the keg. When I got ready to take the keg outside, there was a brown cloud-shaped growth along the edge of the lid. I thought I'd had secondary fermentation in the keg and it pushed it's way out the lid. There was no pressure on the keg when I lifted the vent valve. So maybe it's contaminated.
Shit.
I used to be kinda good at this.
Labels: Hookarm's Yule Ale
posted by hiikeeba at 20:40
3 Comments:
Don't give up man. I went through a rough spell this summer. I tried making high gravity beers, and none of them came out right. One had really high FG and a wicked DMS flavor. One was fine until I dosed it with corn sugar when I transferred to secondary - this infected it and seemed to kill the yeast. One just wouldn't carb and had some sort of off-flavor.
But it all passes. Now I am making beer that I'm happy with again, and if you can make your way through this difficult time, you will too!
Did you add spices? Are they causing the bitterness? If that's the case, they tend to lessen over time.
I added Cardamom and vanilla. I've made the recipe before, but never experienced this flavor. Oh well, it's in the keg and aging for a couple more weeks.
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