My kit I'm in the middle of brewing was missing 1 oz. pelletized bittering hops, anybody got any in OKC? I know it's a long shot. just thought I'd try.
never mind. just ran with what I had, still better than near beer.
How long have you been brewing? I havent made any in a long time. I kept getting a strong yeasty taste that I didnt care for. Other than that it had plenty kick
What phase/time in the boil were the missing hops for?
I have a bitter wheat bottled right now and a cream ale. I do not care as much foor the bitter but it is drinkable, just not my style, I prefer darker, I just ran out of what I had and needed something that would be ready quicker than the darks that I like.
What kind where you trying to brew? Changing brew types would probably change the yeasty taste as different yeast are for different types and what not. Of couse if you were buying yeast from Wal Mart in the baking isle, then you deserve the yeaty taste and the bad breath that comes with it!
I never got to fancy. Just used the Mr Beer kits. ordered a bunch of thier different wort kits. They all tasted different but still had the same yeasty tast.
Alot of micro brews that I try have the same problem. Like the one in Normand and the one at Tap works in brick town.
depending on your methods, mr beer kits can be very basic and often push for you to bottle the beer before it is probably actually ready. Lots of home brewers these days are starting to go to the method where you leave the beer on the yeast for 4 weeks (rather than moving it right away to a secondary vessel) because they feel the yeast clean themselves up and take care of some of the yeast taste.
Basically, mr beer is geared towards getting you beer as quickly as it can.
Basically, mr beer is geared towards getting you beer as quickly as it can.
Needed the bittering hops at the beginning, just had aroma hops, It's ginning now, i'm gonna go back to Learn to Brew shop tuesday, ask them if I can just add some bittering hops AFTER the start of fermentation. I prefer the darker beer without the chocolate and coffee taste. anything I make at home beats anything at the store. I'm brewing a Red Ale and an IPA.
The term 'bittering hops' actually refers more to when the hops are added and not so much to a specific type of hop. There are hops that are suited for bittering (usually higher in AA), but the later hops are added the more they contribute to flavor and aroma and less to the bitter flavor you get. Some hops do better for bittering and some do better for flavor and aroma, but those characteristics are in conjunction with how they are used in the recipe.
You certainly can add hops after fermentation (it's usually called dry hoping) but it wont be the same as adding them at the start of a 60 minute boil.
That said, RDWHAHB, your beer will be fine if not exactly as you thought it might be.
My kit came with 2 aroma hops instead of 1 aroma and 1 bittering so I boiled 1 aroma for 30 minutes thinkin' use it as bittering, maybe it will be ok and I should leave it be? it's gonna be good beer anyway. Probably gonna start another batch Tuesday, Nut Brown Ale. This thread should be in the "What did you do to get prepaired for season today?" planning on takin this on our 9 day bowhunt.
