strangecarr
Well-Known Member
Hi there,
This is my first - I have recently discovered the joys of homebrewing, even though I haven't done my first brew yet!
I have a question;
I siphoned my brew from my fermenting bin into a pressurised keg (King Keg top tap). The brew didn't fill the keg to the top, I thought it should have because it was five gallons; although there was a bit left at the bottom of the bin and I wasted some by taking hydrometer readings.
I tasted the brew from the keg after it had been conditioning for about a week and it didn't taste like the same beer that I have purchased directly form the brewery. It looked good, smelt ok, but didn't taste that good. I'm thinking that the oxygen left at the top of the king keg may have interfered with the conditioning.
Am I being paranoid, do you think the beer will taste better if I leave it for longer? I thought the conditioning was just about getting some CO2 into the beer and letting th sediment settle.
Any thought?
This is my first - I have recently discovered the joys of homebrewing, even though I haven't done my first brew yet!
I have a question;
I siphoned my brew from my fermenting bin into a pressurised keg (King Keg top tap). The brew didn't fill the keg to the top, I thought it should have because it was five gallons; although there was a bit left at the bottom of the bin and I wasted some by taking hydrometer readings.
I tasted the brew from the keg after it had been conditioning for about a week and it didn't taste like the same beer that I have purchased directly form the brewery. It looked good, smelt ok, but didn't taste that good. I'm thinking that the oxygen left at the top of the king keg may have interfered with the conditioning.
Am I being paranoid, do you think the beer will taste better if I leave it for longer? I thought the conditioning was just about getting some CO2 into the beer and letting th sediment settle.
Any thought?