Have I wrecked this?

[Xander]

I just did my second brew!
I used a tin of black rock golden ale, 1 kg of dry light malt extract and hopped 15grms of Amarillo for 10 mins.
When I checked the hydro reading, I tasted it and it was really bitter. Is this normal? If not, what have I done wrong?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Yob]

What was your volume?

 

[Xander]

23L in the fermenter.

 

[maaark]

You should be OK mate.

Sounds like a straight forward recipe, just let the yeast do it's thing. RDWHAHB.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

It will initially be bitter

During the fermentation the bitterness rounds out

Dont panic, all is good with your beer

 

[BrosysBrews]

How many days in are you? You could always dry hop something like 15g of Nelson between day 4-7 if you want to bump up the aroma hops to balance any biterness from the boil

 

[Xander]

I tasted the brew just before I added yeast. I'm now on day two ( although the wort team was down to 10° after 12 hours because I didn't set my temp control properly! Back up to temp now)
I have 10 grams of Amarillo to dry hop. What day should I do this on? The guy at the brew store said day three, but I read that you don't want to leave them in for more than 4-5 days. I was expecting a 14 day fermentation - I'm using US-05 yeast.
What to do?

 

[H0U5ECAT]

if anything, you've done the right thing.
Experiment with recipes and taste during the whole process.
you'll amaze yourself as the process continues and the flavours develop.

Tastes even better the longer it conditions.

 

[BrosysBrews]

I tasted the brew just before I added yeast. I'm now on day two ( although the wort team was down to 10° after 12 hours because I didn't set my temp control properly! Back up to temp now)
I have 10 grams of Amarillo to dry hop. What day should I do this on? The guy at the brew store said day three, but I read that you don't want to leave them in for more than 4-5 days. I was expecting a 14 day fermentation - I'm using US-05 yeast.
What to do?

A lot of that comes down to personal preferance, if you use a hop sock you could add on day 3 then remove on day 7, just have a go, cant really go wrong, or if feeling lazy, just chuck them straight in on day 7 should be ok.

 

[Xander]

Thanks for the feedback people!
I sampled this last night, and it was really cloudy. Will this settle? What can I do to ensure its a clear beer? It's only 1 week into fermentation, so I'm not sure if this is right?

It tasted alright too! Looking forward to bottling next weekend!

 

[manticle]

Cloudiness is particles in suspension, including yeast. Time and gravity are all you need. Time in cold will accelerate the process but make sure fermentation and maturation are finished before dropping the temp.
You can also add stuff like finings (gelatine, isinglass, polyclar) to hasten the clarification if you want.