re: Homebrewing - Weekend Recap

I tasted my first all-grain beer friday. it's only been bottling for almost 2 weeks.

So far, its not good. Which has me concerned. I know i should just give it time. But my next all-grain ingredients come in tomorrow.

I brewed the AHS Summer Crisp IPA

AHS Summer Crisp IPA


I will have to post the recipe when i get home tonight. I may post my brew day steps, what happened to find out ways i may have messed up.

On the other hand, it could just take some time.

The taste is pretty harsh. The malt flavor is very faint. I think the total grain bill was 10.75 lbs. The taste is pretty dry. My OG was 1.054 (recipe called for 1.058) and my FG was 1.008 (recipe called for 1.012). So i have a dry taste, little malt character, and a hop punch, that tastes very blunt and harsh. Not like it is to hoppy, but i guess sharp would be a good word to describe it.

I'm confident there is no infection or anything. I think maybe my mash efficiency (which came out to 70% if i did it right) might have been the culprit.