Hello everyone. I just joined the site and was wondering if you experts may be able to help me with a little problem I've been having. I brewed Graham Wheeler's Caroline's Finest Ale from his book "Home Brewing". The recipe is nice and simple 6200g Pale malt, 135g Goldings hops (90 mins), 5g Irish moss (15 mins) with an OG of 1055. I brewed it exactly to the directions with a full 7 gallon boil reducing nicely to just below 5 gallons after the boil. After 2 weeks in primary, 4 weeks in secondary and 2 weeks in the bottle with a little honey for priming the beers looks great with a nice head and good body. However it is as bitter as hell! Graham's recipe said the beer would be 55 EBU however when I did the calculations I got a 95 EBU with my 6.8% AA east kent goldings.
Can anyone tell me whats going on?
Caroline's Finest Ale
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cj.dezz
Re: Caroline's Finest Ale
Hey thanks Chris! It's already in bottles so I guess all I need now is a dark corner in which to place them for a few months. Ah....it's a steep learning curve...
Re: Caroline's Finest Ale
up to a year would be good for a 95 IBU beer, Chris is right, the Goldings should mellow and the bitterness subside leaving a nice floral taste/aroma that is not usually found in beers as overhopping and then letting it mature is the only was this is acheivable
Bury them away somewhere and forget about it, it'll be a nice surprise when you find them again, keep them as cool as possible as if they are to warm they will slowly keep fermenting and be dry as hell when you do eventually drink them.
Bury them away somewhere and forget about it, it'll be a nice surprise when you find them again, keep them as cool as possible as if they are to warm they will slowly keep fermenting and be dry as hell when you do eventually drink them.