How to increase the flavour & taste of my homebrew?

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Dennis King
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Re: How to increase the flavour & taste of my homebrew?

Post by Dennis King » Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:58 pm

I personally would try the liquid yeast route. When I first used liquids, maybe around 10-15 years or so back, I think it was the biggest leap forward in the quality of my beers that I've experienced.

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Re: How to increase the flavour & taste of my homebrew?

Post by norstar » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:35 pm

Think I will Dennis.

Before I get some though, would you guys say that 4% Crystal is possibly too low to achieve a sweeter finish? I mean 500g of Munich would be over 10% of my grain bill, so is it as simple as my grain bill is always going to produce a dry beer?

Might avoid the sweat beer myself!

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Re: How to increase the flavour & taste of my homebrew?

Post by Naich » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:12 pm

It was this recipe. Mash temp was 68C, but that was an overnight mash and it had dropped to about 60C by the morning, so unless your thermometer is way out I don't think mash temperature is your problem. I find that stronger beers (5% or more) tend to have more flavour, so you could try upping the malt and hops.

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