kestlemill
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I made a beer a while back and it has just come to condition. It's been in the bottle for just 2 weeks so really fresh. There's a problem with it - it has a really long and really, really bitter aftertaste. I was trying to make a smoked imperial stout but it doesn't taste very nice.
What do people think?
Is the black malt, or something else, the problem?
How should i alter the recipe to improve it?
And might it get better with age, and if so how long will it need to age for?
Here's the recipe:
I used 4.5kg pale malt extract
1kg smoked malt
570g roasted barley
300g chocolate malt
330g black malt
-Final vol 23 litres.
(To add insult to injury it is unlikely i got any sugar out of the malts due to none of them being diastatic, so it is also much weaker than intended. But that's another story!)
Thanks for looking.
What do people think?
Is the black malt, or something else, the problem?
How should i alter the recipe to improve it?
And might it get better with age, and if so how long will it need to age for?
Here's the recipe:
I used 4.5kg pale malt extract
1kg smoked malt
570g roasted barley
300g chocolate malt
330g black malt
-Final vol 23 litres.
(To add insult to injury it is unlikely i got any sugar out of the malts due to none of them being diastatic, so it is also much weaker than intended. But that's another story!)
Thanks for looking.