peas_and_corn
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I cannot mash that
I recently kegged a steam beer, and it has the distinct aroma and taste of green olives. It's not strong, but it's certainly there. The steam beer spent quite a while in secondary (over a month while I was in Japan), so it's certainly not green. This is my recipe-
4kg Pilsener
500g Crystal
1kg Munich
250g Melanoidin
100g Wheat
15g Warrior, 70min
40g Northern Brewer, 60min
20g Northern Brewer, 50min
7g EK Goldings (what was left in the pack), 20min
10g Willamette, 10min
Yeast: Wyeast 2112 (California Lager)
My only theories is that either it is a character of the hops I used (there's a couple there I hadn't used before) or that it's an infection that didn't ruin the beer (the flavour, while unusual, doesn't make the beer bad- rather, it adds an extra dimension I wasn't expecting). I've made it before with the same grain bill and yeast but different hops but didn't have the same flavour (or if it was there, I couldn't taste it).
Ideas?
4kg Pilsener
500g Crystal
1kg Munich
250g Melanoidin
100g Wheat
15g Warrior, 70min
40g Northern Brewer, 60min
20g Northern Brewer, 50min
7g EK Goldings (what was left in the pack), 20min
10g Willamette, 10min
Yeast: Wyeast 2112 (California Lager)
My only theories is that either it is a character of the hops I used (there's a couple there I hadn't used before) or that it's an infection that didn't ruin the beer (the flavour, while unusual, doesn't make the beer bad- rather, it adds an extra dimension I wasn't expecting). I've made it before with the same grain bill and yeast but different hops but didn't have the same flavour (or if it was there, I couldn't taste it).
Ideas?