Friend and homebrewer Nate takes a look, smell and taste of my steam beer. A quote:
Starts with a nice rounded soft maltiness that is gets hit pretty quickly with grassy & rubbery (phenolic) hops.
What I am not sure of is why I'm getting that rubberiness. Could it be the pellet hops?
I'll research more later, but for now I'm off to Slippery Rock, with hopefully a side trip to North Country.
2 comments:
I've heard of burnt rubber being a smell you get from yeast autolysis. Not sure if that was what he was talking about.
Always good to get constructive feedback from somebody.
Cheers!
If it's any help, I doubt the rubberiness is coming from the pellets. We've never experienced any rubber taste from pellets, which we use with great frequency.
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