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just bottled my IPA
MY beer tastes really really bitter.............will this mellow out with time and carbonation? Just tasted the prebottled stuff.
It tastes almost like fuel...........i didn't add anything but the reg malt and hops........some strong hops!!!!!!!1
thanks,
I like IPA's but this is almost too much. The IBU's should be about 50 by the calcs.
How long did it sit in the Secondary? My guess is that it just needs to age a bit. Aging will do wonders. It mellows and blends flavors more than you would think. In my experience, the longer I let an IPA (or the coffee porter i made once) sit in the bottles, the more mellow that bitterness will become.
If it is too much for your tastes, try letting it sit in the bottle for another few weeks. Set aside a few bottles to try once a month for the next few months as an experiment. When you are drinking your IPA 6 months from now it will taste like a totally different beer.
If your beer tastes really bitter and almost like fuel, I'm going to guess (and hope) that its just young and needs to condition. I've had some IPAs and hoppier pale ales that have a harsh bitterness to them that just needed time to mellow. Usually 4 weeks is ample time for it to mellow out a bit.
Your ABV may be to blame for a fuel like flavor in your beer. Like with every other beer it will just need time to mellow. I had an 8.3% scotch ale taste like crappy whiskey when I bottled it but quickly mellowed out in a couple of weeks. Hopefully you kept your fermentation temperature under control and the alcohol flavor isn't fusel alcohols.
What was your fermentation temps?
Lets see your recipe.
I don't have the recipe with me right now but I can tell you that there were 4lbs of dme and 4 pounds of grain.....this is my first try at this......I didn't want a ton of alc but I like the taste of IPA's thus the small grain bill. I pitched a Munton's gold ale yeast......which was dead and then just used some cooper's ale yeast and it took.
I'll keep an update.........I am pretty sure the taste isn't stong ABV.
So in reality this may not be an IPA but a really hoppy pale???
PS I actually went out last night after this post and bought some pyramid IPA.....something thunder....anyways....there is a resemblance and I am the first to say that the prebottled taste is nothing compared to when it is conditioned.
I give that advice here lots.....
but who can take thier own advice?
Thanks for all the help
I like this site because everyone is interested in my projects....knowledgable and helpful
I do a lot of expensive experiments.....I generally do one large batch to drink then the next week i do a small experiment.
If the experiment is okay i try to tweek it......
This is where i started doing my 100% citrus wheat...that is great
This might not be completely original but i put my twist on everything....I add weird stuff from outside.....herbs from the woods etc.
Regardless,
I don't plan on this being great.....but if it is good i will try to make it better.
jreinders wrote:
So in reality this may not be an IPA but a really hoppy pale???
An IPA is pretty much a real hoppy pale. The reason they're so hoppy : Many many moons ago when the British empire was colonizing parts of the world, they took their traditions with them. One of those was beer. However, after a long voyage to say, British India the beer was spoiled. They discovered that by adding more and more hops, the beer would survive the journey. Probably unbeknownst to them was the anti-bacterial properties of the hops. Alas, they created a new style of beer without trying, the India Pale Ale.
This concludes todays lesson in beer history. cheers!
I guess I'll try it everyday till I think its good......thats my method............if i don't try it everyday the beer isn't too good. I usually see a general idea of how it will be a couple of days after bottling though it does improve over time i can get a general feel for what it should be like whn it is completly condtioned.....ie i will be able to tell if it is a bad batch by the weekend
Try having one each week, instead of each day. You'll go through more, and it won't be that good until it's ready. Patience is a virtue. You'll know if it's a bad batch when you open them and they are ready. If they taste horrible, or gush when popped they're probably bad.......
Expect 2-3 weeks for proper carbonation.
+1 on trying one a week. You probably won't notice much of a difference between each day and by the time the beer is properly carbed and conditioned you could have gone through a case. Listen to Ricka, patience is a virtue... especially in homebrewing.
Even if you have a batch that doesn't taste that great, just put it in the back of the closet and come back to it a month or two later. I had a brown ale that I made way back in March and didn't think it came out great at all. I used way too much chocolate malt and after a while I just gave a lot of the beer away to a few of my friends. Apparently the beer tastes great now and I only have 2 bottles of it left. I'm going to have to steal some back from my girlfriend...
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