by WayneG » Tuesday Jul 14, 2015 10:37 pm
Hi folks,
Another newbie here who signed up to say thanks! S&W PA is currently my favourite beer. And like others this was my first brew, but I don't think it's going so well for me...
Initial signs were excellent, the smell just before closing up the fermenter was perfect. OG was 1.041 @ 19.7C, fermenting appears to have finished after a week, now reading 1.011 @ 18C - seems ok there. But I had a quick taste of the hydro sample. The fruity aromas have all but disappeared and it just tastes like a standard home brew kit beer (exactly what I recall my old man's tasting like 15 years ago). If I give it a bit of a shake up some of the galaxy comes out, but nothing like when it started.
Based on other comments I'm assuming it should taste similar to the real deal at this point, so I gathered I've messed up somewhere. I thought I sanitised everything well enough but maybe not. Should it taste bad at this point? I'll be leaving it for another week or two before racking but just wondering if there's anything I can do now to help? Dry hopping maybe? Oh, and I did do a double batch by doubling everything (except boil times).
Appreciate any help.