First Extract

[nil_fhios_agam]

I finally bit the bullet and moved up to Extract. I made a simple recipe to start and it was in primary for 8 days and went from 1.054 to 1.016 which isn't bad. I then moved it to secondary and noticed a couple of things.

Firstly, it was still very cloudy, I would have though it would have cleared better in the 8 days than it did. Secondly, it tasted really nice and hoppy for the first couple of seconds but then it hit me with a REALLY dry after taste. I am not familiar with this taste from kits, but is this a normal "green" taste from extract or could it be something else? Smells lovely too, BTW.

[prolix]

NFA did you use DBE in this one? that would account for the dryness. Whats the SG now?

What was the reciepe yeast etc?

[nil_fhios_agam]

prolix: Nope, no DBE in this one! SG is still steady at 1.016.

Recipe was a simple light DME, crystal malt, cascade, Irish Moss and SafeAle US05.

[Jim]

16 is bit high for the bitterness to be caused by overattenuation.

It could just be the sharp edge of the hops, which will diminish with time. The cloudiness will be because the yeast is still working.

What was your fermentation temperature like?

[nil_fhios_agam]

16 is bit high for the bitterness to be caused by overattenuation.

It could just be the sharp edge of the hops, which will diminish with time. The cloudiness will be because the yeast is still working.

What was your fermentation temperature like?

Actually the fermentation temp might have been a little on the high side, maybe around 22-24 degrees. Try as I did I couldn't really get it stable. I can either have it stable at around 12 degrees or nearly stable in the low 20's. I went for the later. Could this account for the taste?