Second batch came out great!

lroog · 05-23-2009, 01:10 AM

I drank the first bottle of my second batch tonight!!!

I brewed a Summer Blond Ale. Primary only for two weeks and in the bottle for one week tonight. It is really good! Even after one week!!

I will not be using a secondary again unless I start with the fruit infusions. Not using a secondary was much less hassle and the beer tastes great There is no yeast or "bready" taste as I was told there would be my the brew shop guy. The advice I got on this board was much more accurate and my beer turned out great!

Thanks again Home Brewers!

Gargon · 05-23-2009, 01:32 AM

Awsome grats on the good Brew! secondary for me is just to clear up the beer or good for dry hopin!

HillbillyDeluxe · 05-23-2009, 01:34 AM

Secondary is for making beer people will see, not what you drink yourself in my humble opinion. I dont have a single beer that tastes better after a secondary than a primary......sorry for the spelling, hammered.

talkingmonkey · 05-23-2009, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HillbillyDeluxe

Secondary is for making beer people will see, not what you drink yourself in my humble opinion. I dont have a single beer that tastes better after a secondary than a primary......sorry for the spelling, hammered.

Spelling : correct...Grammar : Not so much.

Since Possum Knob is a suburb of Bugtussel, shouldn't you just claim to be from Bugtussel since more people are familiar with it?

Sorry dude, fellow southerner, also hammered.

OP: Congrats, don't worry about secondaries unless you want it clearer. I always try mine early too, I can't resist. I finished my first batch one month after bottling.

JoeMama · 05-23-2009, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HillbillyDeluxe

Secondary is for making beer people will see, not what you drink yourself in my humble opinion. I dont have a single beer that tastes better after a secondary than a primary......sorry for the spelling, hammered.

Exactly. Thats why I keg all of my beers now, and have a couple of sleeves of plastic cups next to the kegerator. The cups arent clear, so it doesnt matter if my beer is 'clear' either. Then again, a month in the primary tends to give me really clear beers anyway.

Gratz on your second batch! NOW GET GOING ON SOME MORE!
-Me

lroog · 05-23-2009, 02:06 AM

Thanks everybody!

**android** · 05-23-2009, 03:26 AM

Possum Knob? damn, that is the coolest town name ever!

to the OP: congrats on the first brew!