psuhammer14
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Hello all! First post here, first batch of beer made, and 1st problem encountered
I brewed a Heffeweisen with my Mr. Beer kit and fermented for 2 weeks, then bottle conditioned for 2 weeks, then cold conditioned in the fridge for 2 weeks. When I tasted the beer yesterday it had a pretty pronounced yeast flavor to it.
I didn't use the yeast they included in the kit, I bought new dry yeast from the home brew store and used the same weight (the new yeast packet was a lot larger than the packet in the kit)...
I used 15.1 oz grolsch swingtop bottles and 1 tsp of regular sugar to bottlle prime with.
I have read a few posts here and there that said this might be due to the fact the beer needs more time to age in the fridge, is that possible? I'm also wondering if for some reason I used too much yeast, or this particular yeast needed to be pitched before adding it to the fermenter. Mr. Beer kits tell you to just sprikle the yeast on top of the wort after it is all added, so I did that.
Any help here would be awesome.
Cheers!
I brewed a Heffeweisen with my Mr. Beer kit and fermented for 2 weeks, then bottle conditioned for 2 weeks, then cold conditioned in the fridge for 2 weeks. When I tasted the beer yesterday it had a pretty pronounced yeast flavor to it.
I didn't use the yeast they included in the kit, I bought new dry yeast from the home brew store and used the same weight (the new yeast packet was a lot larger than the packet in the kit)...
I used 15.1 oz grolsch swingtop bottles and 1 tsp of regular sugar to bottlle prime with.
I have read a few posts here and there that said this might be due to the fact the beer needs more time to age in the fridge, is that possible? I'm also wondering if for some reason I used too much yeast, or this particular yeast needed to be pitched before adding it to the fermenter. Mr. Beer kits tell you to just sprikle the yeast on top of the wort after it is all added, so I did that.
Any help here would be awesome.
Cheers!