Nathan Buckner
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Hey guys,
Very green, I'm on my 6th homebrew, all previous batches have turned out pretty good.
I just brewed a batch using
3lbs Maris Otter
2lbs Malt of Ireland stout malt
1lb Rye
2oz light roasted barley.
I'm brewing a 2 gal batch.
A calculator I used said OG should be ~1.068.
My OG actually came out to 1.080. I'm ok with that OG but was very surprised and concerned.
Another concern is I checked OG again today after pitching the yeast last night. Same OG, 1.080. So I decided to taste it if it was sweet. It smelled weird and was pretty bitter. I looked that up and I'm assuming it tastes like that because its young, theres all sorts of things floating and yeast suspended that could contribute to it. Anybody have ideas about cause of high OG and confirmation about bitter taste?
Thank you
Very green, I'm on my 6th homebrew, all previous batches have turned out pretty good.
I just brewed a batch using
3lbs Maris Otter
2lbs Malt of Ireland stout malt
1lb Rye
2oz light roasted barley.
I'm brewing a 2 gal batch.
A calculator I used said OG should be ~1.068.
My OG actually came out to 1.080. I'm ok with that OG but was very surprised and concerned.
Another concern is I checked OG again today after pitching the yeast last night. Same OG, 1.080. So I decided to taste it if it was sweet. It smelled weird and was pretty bitter. I looked that up and I'm assuming it tastes like that because its young, theres all sorts of things floating and yeast suspended that could contribute to it. Anybody have ideas about cause of high OG and confirmation about bitter taste?
Thank you