| Notes: THE FOLLOWING ARE BOTTLING DAY NOTES. This was our first batch to ferment in 15 to 16 degrees celcius (previously 20-24 C). Yeast used: Fermentis / Safale US-05 (11,5 g, no starter). We let it ferment for 3 weeks. On bottling day (13.3.2016) we noticed we hadn't been able to hit target FG of 1.011; instead we measured FG of 1.020. Probable reasons for low FG: (1) too low fermentation temperature (slow fermentation / too many yeast cells inactive), --> (2) too short fermentation time (+1 to 3 weeks better?), (3) lack of viable yeast OR (4) too many dextrines. In spite all of this the taste was excellent when the beer was sampled on bottling day (there appears to be a good BU/GU ratio & no yeasty features present :) Also very good color (nice orange), strong presence of hops (both bittering and aroma). Mouthfeel is also ok (the mouthfeel/texture is on the thick side.. as we intented). |
