Deebee
Well-Known Member
Last week i made this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/northern-mystery-last-tweak-before-brewday-7th-oct-140198/
I decided to leave the crystal hops in whilst i was cooling the wort as i understand them to be a very mellow hop.
I had a taste test yesterday and it is true that they have a very orange/tangerine type tast to them, At present this is overppowering in the brew and i am not sure that it will be drinkable.
I guess one has to try and fail.
This should be ready for kegging/bottling in about 4 days time i guess, and i wonder if this strong tangerine hop taste will mellow with time in the keg. It had a realtively high OG of 1053 so it needs some time to condition anyway.
What are the thoughts of the experts here, and is there anything that can be added after the initial fermetation to dull the overpowering bitter orange taste.
I had this recipe checked and it should be ok, ( the only deviation was that the 20 g crystal went in at 2 minutes and stayed for the chill which took 25 minutes,.)
Thanks as always, one day i'll get the hang of this AG thing.
I am guessing i should bottle a little and keg the rest so that i can have a taste control in a few weeks ?
D
I decided to leave the crystal hops in whilst i was cooling the wort as i understand them to be a very mellow hop.
I had a taste test yesterday and it is true that they have a very orange/tangerine type tast to them, At present this is overppowering in the brew and i am not sure that it will be drinkable.
I guess one has to try and fail.
This should be ready for kegging/bottling in about 4 days time i guess, and i wonder if this strong tangerine hop taste will mellow with time in the keg. It had a realtively high OG of 1053 so it needs some time to condition anyway.
What are the thoughts of the experts here, and is there anything that can be added after the initial fermetation to dull the overpowering bitter orange taste.
I had this recipe checked and it should be ok, ( the only deviation was that the 20 g crystal went in at 2 minutes and stayed for the chill which took 25 minutes,.)
Thanks as always, one day i'll get the hang of this AG thing.
I am guessing i should bottle a little and keg the rest so that i can have a taste control in a few weeks ?
D