I have an American Pale Ale Kegged right now. Brewed it Feb 6th kegged it Feb 20th. Its been conditioning for now for 13 days at 44 degrees and I have 14 psi to get 2.5 vols.
I had a sample on March 1st and was extremely pleased with what I had extreme hop aroma and flavor with a subtle malt profile. I tried it again last night this time it was a bit more carbonated with good aroma but the hop flavor went from extreme to hardly there. Needless to say I was really pouting last night the malt flavor was more dominate in last night sample.
Could having too much co2 be the reason for the disappearance of hop flavor?
If I reduce the co2 pressure down to about 2.0 vols would this help or am I screwed and need to dry hop it to get the flavor back?
I do understand how beers will go up and down as they condition but 3 days and I lost soo much hop flavor?