BeerNoob
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I brewed an IPA last Winter before Christmas. I thought everything went great with the batch and much to my dismay, after I bottled and let them condition for a few weeks they tasted horribly sour to the point where they would actually make me feel ill if I tried to muscle one down.
So here I sat, with a Rubbermaid tub in my closet stacked with bottles. I would crack one open every few weeks to see if they got any better and they seemed to only get worse. I had completely given up on the batch and was waiting for some free time to dump all the bottles so I could bottle my latest batch.
Fast forawrd to today - I'm testing the gravity of a new beer I'm brewing and it has an aroma that really reminds me of the sour smell that my last batch has. I do a taste check.. it tastes ok. I open one of my old beers to compare them and the one I opened actually tastes good!
I dunno if I'm just crazy thirtsy right now or if they've actually conditioned to the point of drinkability but I stuck another 2 or 3 in the fridge to try later.
A full 10 months to start tasting good... amazing. And to think that they were still in the bottle out of sheer laziness because I've been meaning to dump them so I can use the bottles for a new brew....
Next time when someone says "DON'T DUMP THAT BEER!" you better believe that I'm going to listen.
So here I sat, with a Rubbermaid tub in my closet stacked with bottles. I would crack one open every few weeks to see if they got any better and they seemed to only get worse. I had completely given up on the batch and was waiting for some free time to dump all the bottles so I could bottle my latest batch.
Fast forawrd to today - I'm testing the gravity of a new beer I'm brewing and it has an aroma that really reminds me of the sour smell that my last batch has. I do a taste check.. it tastes ok. I open one of my old beers to compare them and the one I opened actually tastes good!
I dunno if I'm just crazy thirtsy right now or if they've actually conditioned to the point of drinkability but I stuck another 2 or 3 in the fridge to try later.
A full 10 months to start tasting good... amazing. And to think that they were still in the bottle out of sheer laziness because I've been meaning to dump them so I can use the bottles for a new brew....
Next time when someone says "DON'T DUMP THAT BEER!" you better believe that I'm going to listen.