Hello. This is my first post to this forum.
The other day I made my first beer using some grain along with unhopped malt extract. I have made several wonderful beers using only the extract syrup and various choices of hops. But this is my first time adding grains.
I selected an English Mild.(19 litres volume) The recipe called for 2kg of malt extract, 225 gr of choc malt or black roasted malt, and 50g of fuggles hops.
My local homebrew shop, whilst very helpful, is not very sophisticated. They only had a 100g each of choc malt and 100g or black roast. So I put both of them in the brew. The smell in the kitchen was delightful!
Before I pitched the yeast I tasted the wort and there was a strong bitterness/burned flavour from the grains.
The beer is still fermenting and travelling along fine. But my question is, will that bitterness mellow after fermentation and maturing?
Thank you.
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The other day I made my first beer using some grain along with unhopped malt extract. I have made several wonderful beers using only the extract syrup and various choices of hops. But this is my first time adding grains.
I selected an English Mild.(19 litres volume) The recipe called for 2kg of malt extract, 225 gr of choc malt or black roasted malt, and 50g of fuggles hops.
My local homebrew shop, whilst very helpful, is not very sophisticated. They only had a 100g each of choc malt and 100g or black roast. So I put both of them in the brew. The smell in the kitchen was delightful!
Before I pitched the yeast I tasted the wort and there was a strong bitterness/burned flavour from the grains.
The beer is still fermenting and travelling along fine. But my question is, will that bitterness mellow after fermentation and maturing?
Thank you.
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