Hi all,
I am brewing a NEIPA right now, and just took a sample for a gravity reading at one week. I tasted it, and definitely got a spicy hit in the back of my throat that indicates fusels. I've never had a problem with them before, so this is quite disappointing...
I was really not expecting this because I pitched the yeast at 72 and then the wort actually got to a lower temperature than I wanted it to in my fridge, so I warmed it up to 64 in a warm water bath, where vigorous fermentation took place. Since then, my temp controller has kept it from 65-68. The wort never got above 72, so I can't imagine why there would be fusels.
Any thoughts or other sources of this off-flavor that anyone can think of? Hoping that this could be a different off flavor that conditioning might take care of.
I am brewing a NEIPA right now, and just took a sample for a gravity reading at one week. I tasted it, and definitely got a spicy hit in the back of my throat that indicates fusels. I've never had a problem with them before, so this is quite disappointing...
I was really not expecting this because I pitched the yeast at 72 and then the wort actually got to a lower temperature than I wanted it to in my fridge, so I warmed it up to 64 in a warm water bath, where vigorous fermentation took place. Since then, my temp controller has kept it from 65-68. The wort never got above 72, so I can't imagine why there would be fusels.
Any thoughts or other sources of this off-flavor that anyone can think of? Hoping that this could be a different off flavor that conditioning might take care of.