Coolhand78
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone, Brewed my first extract kit (True Brew Oktoberfest) 6 weeks ago. Everything went pretty well I think. Boiled my priming sugar and added it to my bottling bucket before siphoning my beer in. Didn't stir or anything; just relied on the flow of the beer to fully mix with the priming sugar.
After 1 week in bottles, I decided to test one. It was awesome. Nicely carbed, good head retention, and good flavor. I was really surprised, and I even posted about it on here about how happy I was. A week later I tried another one, and it had WAY too much head, but it still was good beer. Tonight, after 3 weeks in bottles I had another one, completely expecting it to be great. However, on this beer there was very little carbing and almost no head at all. I'm kind of disappointed.
What are your thoughts on this inconsistency? I was planning on sharing a bunch of these, my very first homebrews, this weekend with family. I really hope this latest beer was just an anomaly, and the rest are much closer to that very first beer I sampled 2 weeks ago.
After 1 week in bottles, I decided to test one. It was awesome. Nicely carbed, good head retention, and good flavor. I was really surprised, and I even posted about it on here about how happy I was. A week later I tried another one, and it had WAY too much head, but it still was good beer. Tonight, after 3 weeks in bottles I had another one, completely expecting it to be great. However, on this beer there was very little carbing and almost no head at all. I'm kind of disappointed.
What are your thoughts on this inconsistency? I was planning on sharing a bunch of these, my very first homebrews, this weekend with family. I really hope this latest beer was just an anomaly, and the rest are much closer to that very first beer I sampled 2 weeks ago.