I have used Maris Otter twice and have not been pleased with the results. The first was a dumper and the second is a beer that can be forced down but is not pleasing. The recipes are basically an ordinary bitter with Maris Otter and Fuggles. The first I did no water treatment and it was the dumper. The second I used Palmers spreadsheet to set the residual alkalinity and set the Chloride Sulfate ratio to a 2 to 1 bitter range. It is better but not pleasing to drink.
So I either do not care for the taste of Maris Otter or I still need to play with the water additions. I think it may be both.
The taste is hard form me to describe but I would call it something between a tea bag and musty old beer. The smell is what gets you first and is about the same as the taste. It is about the same as it was in the first beer except that one was 20 times worse. I have had people say Maris Otter is Bready or Biscuity but that does not describe the taste or smell I get.
I know you are going to ask what the recipe is but I do not have it in front of me. Like I said it is a basic 100% Maris Otter OB with fuggles and fermented with S-04.
I just think I may be missing something in my water setup. Does Maris Otter require something more then the other pale malts?
So I either do not care for the taste of Maris Otter or I still need to play with the water additions. I think it may be both.
The taste is hard form me to describe but I would call it something between a tea bag and musty old beer. The smell is what gets you first and is about the same as the taste. It is about the same as it was in the first beer except that one was 20 times worse. I have had people say Maris Otter is Bready or Biscuity but that does not describe the taste or smell I get.
I know you are going to ask what the recipe is but I do not have it in front of me. Like I said it is a basic 100% Maris Otter OB with fuggles and fermented with S-04.
I just think I may be missing something in my water setup. Does Maris Otter require something more then the other pale malts?