IpA after 8days in the bottle...
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chumpsteak
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Blue Moon is good?
rubybrew
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You did it! On to the next project!
thats a great feeling - Always nice to crack that early bottle and see that you have some great beer shaping up!
I'm a sucker for the 1 week bottle as well
I'm a sucker for the 1 week bottle as well
And the Irish Car Bomb Stout I have had sitting in the basement for 4 weeks is starting to taste great! Even some "Mega Brewery" drinkers said it was pretty damn good. Of course they couldn't handle the Alchy content... but oh well.
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I just tried my Irish Red after 2 weeks and I was surprised by how good it was. Only issue is a little more sweetness than I was expecting. As it sits in bottles is that something that will disappear?
Want to trade? I would have liked a little sweetness in my red but it finished at 1.002, rather dry for my taste but the flavor is good and the head is superb. I only have a few bottles left so I might try the recipe again with the mash at the proper temperature instead of 4 degrees low.
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I still have about 45 bottles left. I'm sure w/ time it'll change... just need to hear someone say it to make me feel at peace. It's been just over 2 weeks now
I would hate it if one of my IPAs tasted like Blue Moon, a macro Witbier... a completely different style of beer. It also uses high fructose corn syrup as part of the fermentables and is made on such a mass scale that it has no love put into it. My bottled beers are still quite flat after 8 days in the bottle. You must be using a ton of priming sugar and storing the bottles in a hot room.
Congrat's on the good news! I had a similar event this weekend on a cream ale in the bottle for 8 days. Could not believe that things can be this good.
I only have done a only few batches previously and they are beginning to carb and become tasteful after 3 weeks - but whew! - were they flat green apples for the first two weeks.
I only have done a only few batches previously and they are beginning to carb and become tasteful after 3 weeks - but whew! - were they flat green apples for the first two weeks.
I only used about 5 oz of Sugar. Room stays a constant 70-72 in the basement.
It's amazing how the different hops really do impact the flavor and aroma of the beer.
I will say it is still a bit strong in terms of abv and you can def tell.
It's amazing how the different hops really do impact the flavor and aroma of the beer.
I will say it is still a bit strong in terms of abv and you can def tell.
jakenbacon
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Everything you say is right and he must be doing it wrong because its carbed so quickly.... Drink a beer dude, people don't need your negativity when pleased with their first brew. Thanks
Drewski8986
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chumpsteak said:
+1
I guess I do come off as negative. Sorry for that. Just a very direct person without a filter sometimes. Kind of like Simon Cowell's criticisms. Hope at least some of it helps anyways. Cheers
JordanThomas
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I also usually crack a bottle at the 8 day mark. Always has been carbonated. I did the same most recently with a Citra/Galaxy pale ale. It's the best beer I've brewed to date.
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