Just cracked open the first bottle of my second batch and I'm pretty underwhelmed by it. Its practically an identical recipe to the first batch, here is the recipes
3kg Coopers wheat LME
250g Carawheat
20g Hallertau @ 4.7%
WLP300 yeast
1/2 Whirfloc tablet
Batch 2
3kg Coopers LME
500g Muntons wheat DME
250g carawheat
22g Hallertau @ 4.7%
Servomyces nutrient
Washed WLP300 yeast (no starter but only taken from the fermenter the day before)
The first batch tasted almost like a shop bought Hefe with maybe not just so clean a finish. Batch two is quite sharp tasting, not vinegar but not smooth, not great head retention, bit more fruity (not too much), big sediment chunks (first batch had very little sediment other than the haze a Hefe should have) and seems quite thin mouthful.
The beer is very young but it's not a patch on the first batch at the same point and Hefe should be drunk young. Both were fermented for 2 weeks, batch 1 at 17.5C and batch 2 at 18.5C. Bother were tried after 12 days carbonation in the bottle, batch 1 at 2.5 volumes and batch 2 at 3 volumes.
Anyone see a big flaw in what I've done? The beer is still drinkable but definitely not as pleasant as the first batch.
3kg Coopers wheat LME
250g Carawheat
20g Hallertau @ 4.7%
WLP300 yeast
1/2 Whirfloc tablet
Batch 2
3kg Coopers LME
500g Muntons wheat DME
250g carawheat
22g Hallertau @ 4.7%
Servomyces nutrient
Washed WLP300 yeast (no starter but only taken from the fermenter the day before)
The first batch tasted almost like a shop bought Hefe with maybe not just so clean a finish. Batch two is quite sharp tasting, not vinegar but not smooth, not great head retention, bit more fruity (not too much), big sediment chunks (first batch had very little sediment other than the haze a Hefe should have) and seems quite thin mouthful.
The beer is very young but it's not a patch on the first batch at the same point and Hefe should be drunk young. Both were fermented for 2 weeks, batch 1 at 17.5C and batch 2 at 18.5C. Bother were tried after 12 days carbonation in the bottle, batch 1 at 2.5 volumes and batch 2 at 3 volumes.
Anyone see a big flaw in what I've done? The beer is still drinkable but definitely not as pleasant as the first batch.