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davis119 · 04-26-2012, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by chalmer9

ohio

oh ok jw.

**hogwash** · 04-26-2012, 11:30 AM

Great recipe! I had my first bottle the other day at about 2.5 weeks. Nice hop bite with a light body. This will be perfect when the weather heats up. I'm going to wait another couple weeks before I drink anymore as I think it will smooth out. By the way, I dry hopped for a few days with some leftover cascade & centennial. Adds a nice aroma.

**AlkiBrewing** · 04-28-2012, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BierMuncher

Yepper...

Decided to go to the trouble of freezing the bottles this time around when bottling and made a huge difference.

Next time you're in town...I'll give the beer I serve you the same consideration...

BM, rookie question. What effect does freezing the bottles have? How does it improve the Beer? Thanks.

TheWiz · 04-28-2012, 02:30 AM

I think it cuts down on foam when bottling from a keg using a beer gun.

indios40 · 04-28-2012, 02:27 PM

Been away for awhile, however my SWMBO and her friends really enjoy this beer! Very good recipe, can't wait for it to warm up once and for all to enjoy after work on the deck or before and after the yard work. Very drinkable with a nice flavor / hop presence not to mention the golden straw like appearance.

racetech · 04-29-2012, 01:11 AM

Brewed this last weekend, took a reading today and got a decent smell of the beer. Think I might have some off flavors unfortunately.

gritmaster · 04-29-2012, 07:07 PM

Anyone try and FWH the 20min Cascade addition? Just wondering.

pvtschultz · 04-30-2012, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by racetech

Brewed this last weekend, took a reading today and got a decent smell of the beer. Think I might have some off flavors unfortunately.

It's highly unlikely that you'll be able to tell off flavors from a simple primary sniff. Fermenting beer wreaks with a strong carbonic acid smell and tingles of the nose hairs. Just leave it alone for 2-3 weeks and bottle/keg it. Taste the gravity sample if you want, but warm or even cold flat beer doesn't taste all that great. This beer will start to come into its own after about three weeks in the bottle and gets really good after about five weeks.

RDWAHAHB

racetech · 04-30-2012, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by pvtschultz

It's highly unlikely that you'll be able to tell off flavors from a simple primary sniff. Fermenting beer wreaks with a strong carbonic acid smell and tingles of the nose hairs. Just leave it alone for 2-3 weeks and bottle/keg it. Taste the gravity sample if you want, but warm or even cold flat beer doesn't taste all that great. This beer will start to come into its own after about three weeks in the bottle and gets really good after about five weeks.

RDWAHAHB

Thanks for the info. I have it sitting at about 72 degrees still in primary. Hit 1.008 and it's still going, been over a week since it first started.

Charlieatthedisco · 05-01-2012, 01:31 AM

One week in primary and one in secondary for this brew? If you were to add fruit when would you put it in?