What was I thinking - Page 2

Dynachrome · 02-28-2010, 06:41 PM

The thirteen year old asked "What smells like bananas?" this morning.

It smells good like fresh baked banana bread.

Esthers, right?

I did a search. Please - Do any of you brew something on purpose that has an esther component. What are it's drinkinng characteristics?

Potter1 · 02-28-2010, 07:02 PM

Any hefe/wit will have some banana, clove esters. Banana usually means it was fermented warm (like above 68) and cloves will be formed a little lower (62-64), but that's with specific yeasts. The taste carries over well in those styles.
It doesn't really sound like you fermented too hot, however, so it might be from a wild yeast contaminate. Could still be ok, in fact it probably is. Good to know that there is some signs of fermentation now, that will raise the temp as it ferments

Dynachrome · 03-01-2010, 04:44 AM

The kids really stoked the fire up last night. The closet is n extreior on the north side of the house, but they managed to warm it up to about 70 degrees F by this morning. The thirteen-year-old mentioned the smell again. I bottled the pale ale BTW. Tooka sip. Tates pretty good. Quite light - not to hoppy either - at least for my palate.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Bill

Dynachrome · 03-07-2010, 04:03 AM

Capped it today. I tasted the last 1/4 bottle - it tastes like just good beer. No bananas...

FG was 1.010 BTW

Dynachrome · 03-20-2010, 03:13 AM

Twice as much priming sugar as I should have in hind sight... Bottle bombs this evening...

More alcohol abuse on the horizon. Uncapping and placing it back into brew pot. I'm going to let it go flat - then use only about 1.5 oz corn sugar for approx 3 gallons. It smells like a Belgian - smells good but has some character too.

Dynachrome · 04-08-2010, 03:58 AM

Poured it back into a SS pot and waited a few days. Rebottled it with a propper amount of priming sugar a couple weeks ago.

I was downsized a couple days later. Anyone looking for CAD help Mechanical Design?

Opened a bottle last night, it has a nice head, VERY mild banana boquette. Wife says its acceptable. I like it.

I still need to get a grain crusher.

Potter1 · 04-08-2010, 03:21 PM

man, sorry to hear about the downsize. At least you have a nice batch of homebrew to sooth your soul. good to hear that you where able to take care of the bottle bomb potential and ended up with good beer. just goes to show, you never know what will be great!

Dynachrome · 04-11-2010, 03:30 AM

This case of beer is going to disappear fast. The foam is crispy white and light, the beer is really clear. I'm baffled. I majorly abused this stuff.

I should keep a few just my friends to try - it's just so darn unconventional...

Dynachrome · 11-01-2010, 12:36 AM

I was describing this whole sorted thread to my LHBS guy today down at Bull Falls Home Brew Depot. He listens patiently while I carry on about what I doing with my recipes.

I mentioned that I had given him a bottle of this along with a couple bottles of my attempt at Ed Wort's Haus Ale. He asked if it had been in a brown bag. I said yes. He had stored it away in his refrigerator and it was still there.

He said he'd give it a try tonight and let me know what he thought of it.

I ordered the stuff for my first porter tonight. I'm going to try an Edmund Fitzgerald Porter clone.

Dynachrome · 06-08-2011, 12:38 AM

I entered this in the Bull Falls Home Brew Club - "Golden Growler" competition - no-one even noticed it was there.

I think it was ay too light. It really drank like Bud.