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Date: 01 Sep 2006 17:28:36
From: Gerard Eberlein
Subject: Why am I losing hop flavour/aroma
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OK...I tasted what I thought was infected beer. It tastes OK even though
it's not carbonated yet, I bottled 3 days ago. When I went to secondary it
was very citrusy and highly aromatic...alot of chinook and amarillo hops as
well as I dry hopped it when I racked it. Now it's more malty and I still
taste the bittering but most of the hop flavour is gone. I just can't figure
out where all the hop flavour/aroma went in 8 days of secondary, considering
all the hops including the dry hopping. Thanx in advance.
Gerard
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Date: 01 Sep 2006 22:31:14
From: John Bleichert
Subject: Re: Why am I losing hop flavour/aroma
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Gerard Eberlein <dormouse@charter.net > wrote:
> OK...I tasted what I thought was infected beer. It tastes OK even though
> it's not carbonated yet, I bottled 3 days ago. When I went to secondary it
> was very citrusy and highly aromatic...alot of chinook and amarillo hops as
> well as I dry hopped it when I racked it. Now it's more malty and I still
> taste the bittering but most of the hop flavour is gone. I just can't figure
> out where all the hop flavour/aroma went in 8 days of secondary, considering
> all the hops including the dry hopping. Thanx in advance.
>
> Gerard
>
3 days?? That beer will change a lot over the next few weeks. I've
found that frequent sampling allows one to obtain a lot of empirical
data with respect to time in the bottle. :-)
In my experience (with ales) the hop character changes a lot with time
in the bottle. I seem to like all of my ales better after at least 1
month in the bottle.
HTH - JB
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