Hey all,
So I tried an experimental brew because I thought it might be interesting. Recipe was:
Partial Mash
6 lbs Breiss Wheat LME
1 lb White Wheat
1 lb Quick Oats
2 lb 2-row
Grains were mashed at 154 or so for an hour (3rd or so partial mash. didn't have great temp control)
1 oz Hallertau @ 60
8 oz Hershey cocoa @ 5 mins
Starter of WLP Cali V
.75 oz Chocolate Hazelnut extract at bottling
.5 tsp vanilla extract at bottling
Carbonated it to about 3.5 vols or so. This beer just tastes....funny. Kind of like chocolate yogurt. Really smooth with lots of chocolate flavor/aroma, but it still just isnt very good. I guess my question is, is this just a crappy recipe? or should I actually let it age and see what happens?
Thanks for your input, be brutal!
JZ
So I tried an experimental brew because I thought it might be interesting. Recipe was:
Partial Mash
6 lbs Breiss Wheat LME
1 lb White Wheat
1 lb Quick Oats
2 lb 2-row
Grains were mashed at 154 or so for an hour (3rd or so partial mash. didn't have great temp control)
1 oz Hallertau @ 60
8 oz Hershey cocoa @ 5 mins
Starter of WLP Cali V
.75 oz Chocolate Hazelnut extract at bottling
.5 tsp vanilla extract at bottling
Carbonated it to about 3.5 vols or so. This beer just tastes....funny. Kind of like chocolate yogurt. Really smooth with lots of chocolate flavor/aroma, but it still just isnt very good. I guess my question is, is this just a crappy recipe? or should I actually let it age and see what happens?
Thanks for your input, be brutal!
JZ