FiddleBrew
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I found a brown ale recipe, said to have won a prize somewhere. I decided to brew it, but adjusted the base malt downward since the original recipe ended up way above the guidelines for gravity.
Well, had my first taste last night. Looks great, perfect clarity, good mouth feel. But there's a real sharp bite in the flavor I can't identify. The only thing I'm certain of is it's not a sanitation issue, as there are no off flavors associated with that. Just a pretty unpleasant flavor.
I'm convinced it's got too much of something; I just don't know what.
Here's the recipe:
7#s Maris Otter
1# carapils
.5# Dark Munich
.5# Biscuit Malt
.5# Special Roast
.5# Brown Malt
.25# Chocolate Malt
.25# Victory Malt
.25# Golden Naked Oats
Mashed at 152F
Northern Brewer hops 9.9 40 mins
Willamette 4.6 30 mins
Fuggle 4.3 15 "
EKG 6.00 5 "
WLP002
Water adjustment: 1/2 tsp each Chalk, gypsum, salt
Any ideas as to why this is anything but delicious? Should I have cut down the specialty malts along with the M.O.? I think the original used 10#s instead of the 7 I used. Thanks.
Well, had my first taste last night. Looks great, perfect clarity, good mouth feel. But there's a real sharp bite in the flavor I can't identify. The only thing I'm certain of is it's not a sanitation issue, as there are no off flavors associated with that. Just a pretty unpleasant flavor.
I'm convinced it's got too much of something; I just don't know what.
Here's the recipe:
7#s Maris Otter
1# carapils
.5# Dark Munich
.5# Biscuit Malt
.5# Special Roast
.5# Brown Malt
.25# Chocolate Malt
.25# Victory Malt
.25# Golden Naked Oats
Mashed at 152F
Northern Brewer hops 9.9 40 mins
Willamette 4.6 30 mins
Fuggle 4.3 15 "
EKG 6.00 5 "
WLP002
Water adjustment: 1/2 tsp each Chalk, gypsum, salt
Any ideas as to why this is anything but delicious? Should I have cut down the specialty malts along with the M.O.? I think the original used 10#s instead of the 7 I used. Thanks.