Membership questions? Log in issues? Email info@brewersassociation.org

Author Topic: Screwed up my big black IPA  (Read 3081 times)

Offline Wort-H.O.G.

  • Official Poobah of No Life. (I Got Ban Hammered by Drew)
  • *********
  • Posts: 4439
  • Play Nice
    • Harvey's Brewhaus
Re: Screwed up my big black IPA
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2015, 05:56:44 pm »
Good news is, there's always the next batch!


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Ken- Chagrin Falls, OH
CPT, U.S.Army
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Harveys-Brewhaus/405092862905115

http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Science_of_Mashing

Serving:        In Process:
Vienna IPA          O'Fest
Dort
Mead                 
Cider                         
Ger'merican Blonde
Amber Ale
Next:
Ger Pils
O'Fest

Offline jimpdx

  • 1st Kit
  • *
  • Posts: 13
  • "Funk is its own reward"
Re: Screwed up my big black IPA
« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2015, 10:01:39 am »
So it has been two weeks in primary and this beer has already evolved into a pretty good tasting "Black Ale". The roast character is still very prominent but no longer unappealing as it smooths out. Reminds me to never judge the final product only one week into fermentation (and of course before carbonation). My neighbor thinks a long swim in my bourbon barrel would compliment the roast flavors and give it more time to mellow so I will rack the remaining 11G into my 10G Tuthilltown bourbon barrel. Also a friend who has brewed hundreds of batches (and works at my LHBS) says he has done 15% roasted adjuncts before and had it turn out wonderfully. Time will tell but I am definitely not giving up!
Jim Thompson - Alberta Brewing Company
Oregon Brew Crew - Board Member and Competition Chair
https://facebook.com/albertabrewingco
https://untappd.com/albertabrewing
https://untappd.com/jimpdx