laserghost
Well-Known Member
I recently brewed a really nice rye IPA, my first 5 gal batch using all grain. It's pretty tasty, so I invited some friends at work to a tasting the following day during lunch break. I bike to work, and that morning I put a 24 oz bottle in a snug pocket of my backpack on my way to work. Put it in a really cold refrigerator when I got in and went to my desk. The tasting was about 3.5 hours after fridging the beer, but I wonder if it needed more time.
At home the beer has been pouring with pretty good clarity. Not really cloudy, but it was pretty cloudy when I poured it out into 3 cups for the tasting. Also, I feel like the taste wasn't quite as delicious as it is at home straight out of the fridge. This is only my 5th batch, but I'm thinking that the yeast sediment got a little roused during transit, and it needed more time in the fridge to settle back out.
So considering this, is it safe to assume that bottle conditioned beers that are transported by bike (or any other method that's not super smooth) might need a full day in the fridge to settle out before giving to your beer snob friends?
My coworkers were still highly impressed, but they had no reference point to what I have experienced with this brew. I sensed that it wasn't at its peak, but they said they would drink it at pub and it would be as good as the next IPA.
At home the beer has been pouring with pretty good clarity. Not really cloudy, but it was pretty cloudy when I poured it out into 3 cups for the tasting. Also, I feel like the taste wasn't quite as delicious as it is at home straight out of the fridge. This is only my 5th batch, but I'm thinking that the yeast sediment got a little roused during transit, and it needed more time in the fridge to settle back out.
So considering this, is it safe to assume that bottle conditioned beers that are transported by bike (or any other method that's not super smooth) might need a full day in the fridge to settle out before giving to your beer snob friends?
My coworkers were still highly impressed, but they had no reference point to what I have experienced with this brew. I sensed that it wasn't at its peak, but they said they would drink it at pub and it would be as good as the next IPA.