...somewhat disappointed. The taste has a sharp bitterness to it, and something just seems off. I boiled off a bit more water than what I should have, so instead of a gallon recipe I ended up with about 3 quarts. FG was 1.021, a bit high but I chalked it up to the beer being a bit more concentrated than it should be. I wonder if that's where the taste is off now? It sat in primary for 5 or 6 days, transferred to secondary where it stayed for 2 weeks, then carbed in bottles for 3 weeks.
I read a lot of posts how people say don't throw out the beer, and I couldn't bring myself to dump it. Do y'all think that the off and bitter taste is due to the brew being about a quart short of liquid? For what it's worth this is the white house honey ale recipe. I did a full boil in a 5 gal pot so the wort got a little darker due to that (as well as the steeping done a bit too high of a temp).
Do y'all think that it will improve taste in time or just make this batch a lesson learned (which I have already fixed before doing 2nd and 3rd batches of other recipes)
I read a lot of posts how people say don't throw out the beer, and I couldn't bring myself to dump it. Do y'all think that the off and bitter taste is due to the brew being about a quart short of liquid? For what it's worth this is the white house honey ale recipe. I did a full boil in a 5 gal pot so the wort got a little darker due to that (as well as the steeping done a bit too high of a temp).
Do y'all think that it will improve taste in time or just make this batch a lesson learned (which I have already fixed before doing 2nd and 3rd batches of other recipes)