wfowlks
Well-Known Member
So I brewed a DIPA a few months ago, but it has this distinct alcohol taste to it, its kind of hard to describe and I apologize ahead of time for the ambiguities, but the best way I can describe it as a weak grain alcohol flavor added to the beer, kind of like how Sam Adams Utopias tastes like a brandy. The beer only ended up being 8.7% abv, and I've had professional beers such as the Stone Enjoy By, or Delirium Tremens and there isnt the distinct alcohol taste.
The recipe was:
18 lbs 2 Row Pale English Malt -> Mashed at 146 for 120 min
1.5 lbs Clear Candi Sugar added at 10 min of boil
WLP 007 Yeast (Dry English Ale Yeast)
I also made an Oktoberfest last year and had the same problem as it was also around 7% and had a similar flavor. Has anyone else experienced this and figured it out, or does anyone have ideas that I might be able to investigate?
Thanks in advance
The recipe was:
18 lbs 2 Row Pale English Malt -> Mashed at 146 for 120 min
1.5 lbs Clear Candi Sugar added at 10 min of boil
WLP 007 Yeast (Dry English Ale Yeast)
I also made an Oktoberfest last year and had the same problem as it was also around 7% and had a similar flavor. Has anyone else experienced this and figured it out, or does anyone have ideas that I might be able to investigate?
Thanks in advance