sweet taste , help

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sweet taste , help

Post by mark14 » Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:09 pm

hello all, have i brewed sweet water or beer hydrometer says 1010, it was fermenting bubbling away for days but it tastes a bit sweet ,when i took reading today i am thinking brewed sweet water , help please

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by mark14 » Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:11 pm

one and half kilo lme, one kilo brown cane , 564 grams lme malt, 564 grams black treacle boiled 30 mins with 80 grams warrior hops, in filter bag, added to fermenter making 22 liters in total, norsk ale yeast 10 grams, will leave two weeks

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by mark14 » Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:16 pm

mark14 wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:11 pm
one and half kilo lme, one kilo brown cane , 564 grams lme malt, 564 grams black treacle boiled 30 mins with 80 grams warrior hops, in filter bag, added to fermenter making 22 liters in total, norsk ale yeast 10 grams, will leave two weeks then not a lot happened so added crossmyloof belgium ale yeast and454 gr treacle waited ws to hoppy so added 500gr brown sugar ,bubbled away 5 days waited 5 more stiil sweet with reading 1010

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by Rookie » Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:55 am

That seems like an awful lot of brown sugar and treacle.
I'm just here for the beer.

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by mark14 » Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:18 am

Rookie wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:55 am
That seems like an awful lot of brown sugar and treacle.
your saying to much, so i need stronger yeast?

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Post by guypettigrew » Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:20 am

If it's down to 1.010 then it's done. Your yeast is strong enough to have fermented the sugars. Probably needs resting for a bit now to get the flavours to settle in to each other.

Will you be bottling it or kegging it?

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by mark14 » Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:49 pm

thank you Guypettigrew ,bottling 500ml priming each bottle, just dry hoping for a few days, have taken your advise ,cheers

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Post by steviebobs83 » Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:51 pm

I've used that høg norsk yeast twice now and neither went below 1.012 so my guess is you're probably done with fermenting.

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by Rookie » Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:12 pm

mark14 wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:18 am
Rookie wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:55 am
That seems like an awful lot of brown sugar and treacle.
your saying to much, so i need stronger yeast?
I'm saying that much brown sugar and treacle will give you a sweet tasting beer no matter what yeast you use. At 1.010 it is done.
I'm just here for the beer.

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by mark14 » Tue Apr 28, 2020 1:21 am

steviebobs83 wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:51 pm
I've used that høg norsk yeast twice now and neither went below 1.012 so my guess is you're probably done with fermenting.

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thanks ,i am dry hopping to try balance sweetness, still bubbling every 30 mins or so ,what yeast do you use wth an IPA cheers and thanks

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by mark14 » Tue Apr 28, 2020 1:22 am

Rookie wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:12 pm
mark14 wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:18 am
Rookie wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:55 am
That seems like an awful lot of brown sugar and treacle.
your saying to much, so i need stronger yeast?
I'm saying that much brown sugar and treacle will give you a sweet tasting beer no matter what yeast you use. At 1.010 it is done.
your right ,i will dry hop to balance cheers

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by mark14 » Fri May 01, 2020 10:21 pm

bottled, 500ml ,fg 1,008, colour brown reddish, taste similar doombar,primed 1/2 teaspoon white sugar in each, so i will leave 14 days then start to enjoy

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by guypettigrew » Sat May 02, 2020 7:35 am

Sounding good, mark14!

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by Dave1970 » Sun May 03, 2020 2:23 pm

Once it's carbonated that should cut through the sweetness a bit

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Re: sweet taste , help

Post by mark14 » Wed May 06, 2020 10:38 pm

it is good, very tasty cheers

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