Citrus taste at bottleing

[dirtydan]

Hey yall, i just bottled 5g of American Cream Ale from a kit which looked a lot like a re-wrapped brewer's best. I of course gave it a taste at this stage and it tastes very citrus, like hops but with no bitter. I haven't brewed much lately but i dont ever remember anything quite like this before. Any thoughts?

THANKS!!

[BDawg]

A Cream Ale is characterized by low bittering (15-20 IBUs), and low-moderate hop flavor. Depending on the hops that came with the kit, you can get citrusy flavors and aroma from a late American C-Hop addition (ie Cascade, Centennial, Columbus). While a prevalent citrusy hop flavor is high for the style in a strict BJCP sense, I think it would probably still taste pretty good once it's all carbonated (ie, Deschutes Twilight Ale comes to mind -- lots of sweet corn and malt with a massive blast of cascade hop flavor and aroma balancing against a moderate bitterness backbone -- yes, this is higher than you describe the bitterness for the kit). Give it a chance. The carbonation will add a crispness and that will sharpen up the overall flavor and increasing the perception of bitterness overall.


HTH-

[dirtydan]

Sounds good to me. Its all bottled up now, so hopefully the 2 weeks of not having access to it will keep my mind off of it and onto the next batch.

thanks again!

[TheTodd]

See what it tastes like after carbonation. If the flavor is still there, try saving some of it for a couple of months. Then try it and see if some of that character has gone away. The nice thing about too much hop flavor/aroma/bitterness is that it will dissipate over time.

[Bugeater]

So what if it isn't to style. If it tastes good, it's a good beer.

Wayne

[lurker18]

I am no where near an expert, but I purposly added citrus to a wheat beer, grapefruit zest and lots of late hops. At bottleing it was almost too much, but it has been in the bottles now for about two months and the citrus is fading really quickly, I have been drinking this the whole time and there is definate difference between the first case and the ones I am having now.