brownni5
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Ok, I apparently can't brew dark Belgians - each time I try, they get fusel-y. Here's my latest attempt:
7 lbs pils
7 lbs Maris Otter
1 lb wheat malt
4 oz Caramunich 1
4 oz Special B
1 lb D180 at high Krausen
5 oz Piloncillo at high krausen
1 oz Sterling at 60
1 oz Mt. Hood at 60
0.5 oz Sterling at 30
1 oz Stryian Golding at 10
Pitched onto roughly half a yeast cake of Wyeast 3739 PC from a Single that turned out fabulously. 30 seconds pure O2 through a stone. Pitched at 63, but the next morning it had gotten up to about 70, and then I put it into a swamp cooler to maintain 66-67. After 5 days, fermentation slowed and I added heat to help clean up - temp set to 72 F. After 3 weeks in primary, I bottled with CB-1 and primed to 2.8 volumes. 4 weeks later, I chilled a bottle for a few days and sampled. Great carbonation, but overwhelming fusels (or what I perceive as such). Same thing 3 weeks later.
Where did I go wrong? Will that condition out?
Fermentation took off quickly and looked healthy, but did I let it jump up too quickly? That's my best guess, but I guess I don't know. I doubt what I'm getting is from the malt bill, but my next attempt I may try D90 instead of the really dark stuff.
Some of my process was in an attempt to mimic what RPI_Scotty recommends, but something along the way didn't go as planned.
Edit: OG I figure was 1.094 after the sugar, FG was 1.010.
7 lbs pils
7 lbs Maris Otter
1 lb wheat malt
4 oz Caramunich 1
4 oz Special B
1 lb D180 at high Krausen
5 oz Piloncillo at high krausen
1 oz Sterling at 60
1 oz Mt. Hood at 60
0.5 oz Sterling at 30
1 oz Stryian Golding at 10
Pitched onto roughly half a yeast cake of Wyeast 3739 PC from a Single that turned out fabulously. 30 seconds pure O2 through a stone. Pitched at 63, but the next morning it had gotten up to about 70, and then I put it into a swamp cooler to maintain 66-67. After 5 days, fermentation slowed and I added heat to help clean up - temp set to 72 F. After 3 weeks in primary, I bottled with CB-1 and primed to 2.8 volumes. 4 weeks later, I chilled a bottle for a few days and sampled. Great carbonation, but overwhelming fusels (or what I perceive as such). Same thing 3 weeks later.
Where did I go wrong? Will that condition out?
Fermentation took off quickly and looked healthy, but did I let it jump up too quickly? That's my best guess, but I guess I don't know. I doubt what I'm getting is from the malt bill, but my next attempt I may try D90 instead of the really dark stuff.
Some of my process was in an attempt to mimic what RPI_Scotty recommends, but something along the way didn't go as planned.
Edit: OG I figure was 1.094 after the sugar, FG was 1.010.
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