frochild:
SO … the beer turned out quite well, the swamp cooler must have saved the day? It is getting a lot of attention and being drunk very vast. Three different people have tasted it and stated it tasted like a lighter Frambrose minus the sour. I can only conclude that if there are off flavors, they are covered up well. Yet I must say, given its very smooth finish ( thanks to low hops and 2 lbs of honey), I am surprised I cannot detect any. So this brings me a few points/questions,
Given my risk for off flavor, when would I taste them in this particular beer? When I smell it, at the beginning, throughout, after I swallow etc?
I used honey to create a dry smooth finish and thus one of my biggest fears was that this would get over shadowed by off flavors. Yet what I got was similar to a previous cru ( the base for this raspberry) that I have made, very mild all but unnoticeable esters with a tiny bit of spice to bring it home. But with the cru the fermentation temp never got past 66 and took forever ( two months… I only used one starter ). I know this wit strain is known for low ester with mild spice flavor, but I still feel like I got away with murder. Has anyone has similar experiences with this yeast? Is this what I should have expected?
Here is my Ingredient list:
5 lbs Briess Pilsen light
1 oz whole Hallertauer hops (boiling)
Wyeast 3944 - 2 packs
I wonder if the honey was the saving grace. If you ever made mead you know honey takes quite a while to ferment. I wonder if having honey as a significant part of the fermentables slowed things down enough to not produce fusels etc?
frochild
June 11, 2014, 2:53am
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Did not know that, very thankful if this is the case.
I think you got the temp down quickly enough to prevent any major problems. It’s possible that if someone who is very sensitive to fusels tried it they would get a bit headachy but possibly not even that.
(and just on the pedantic side of things, ‘I could care less’ means that something is at least somewhat important to you while ‘I could NOT care less’ means that something is the least important thing possible to you)
morticaixavier:
I think you got the temp down quickly enough to prevent any major problems. It’s possible that if someone who is very sensitive to fusels tried it they would get a bit headachy but possibly not even that.
(and just on the pedantic side of things, ‘I could care less’ means that something is at least somewhat important to you while ‘I could NOT care less’ means that something is the least important thing possible to you)
I agree that getting this cooled down fast helped. In the future I could care both less and more if you pitch your yeast at that temperature.
frochild
June 11, 2014, 3:45am
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So my pitch temperature is at least somewhat important to you?
YOUR pitching temp is why we are here.
frochild
June 11, 2014, 4:18am
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Just responding to the pedantry above, should have put a quote in. Thank you all for your insight, it has been very helpful.
a10t2
June 11, 2014, 12:53pm
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Technically, it’s spelled pœdantry…
slowbrew
June 11, 2014, 8:49pm
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If you start building a strawman I’m leaving. this would be too much like slashdot. ;D
Paul
