AG #9 Wye Valley HPA Clone

[jeg3]

I racked this into a keg last night, primed with 40g sugar and had a taste. I was a bit disappointed, in the week since I last tested / tasted it seems to have lost some of its flavour - almost as though it has over attenuated.

Is this possible? I've not taken a gravity reading, but it tastes thin, as though all the flavours from a week ago have fermented out.

There is also noticeably less hop flavour, so perhaps I could dry hop in the keg for a while...

 

[Leon103]

Flavours do get fermented out. Try dry hopping as mentioned

 

[jeg3]

I'll give it a couple of weeks to carbonate yet, then I'll decide. My first AG pale ale was fairly lifeless for a while then suddenly developed flavours from nowhere

 

[RZH]

I'm sure it'll be fine. Conditioning for a few weeks will work wonders!

 

[jeg3]

Well had a sneaky taste from the keg tonight, only a couple of mouthfuls, but it is vastly improved. Gonna wait til Christmas eve to try a pint though. Lovely balance of malt and hops. Can only get better...

 

[jeg3]

My local's got HPA on tonight, mine's pretty damn close, even after 2 weeks. Will be even better after a few more weeks.

 

[jeg3]

Well, the few more weeks didn't materialise; the king keg was finished off tonight! Had the family round for a few days and we murdered it.

Overall the beer was excellent. Good head retention, low carbonation from the keg (which I prefer), and fantastic flavour with a balanced hop flavour and a real caramel kick. The family were most impressed.

 

[BeerCat]

Blimey reminds me of the wheat beer I did that buckled up the lid. Will be trying this out for sure. Very cool.