Marsdude
Well-Known Member
My first brew has been in the bottle about three weeks now. I had a bottle bomb a few days back and from advice from this forum put the rest of the bottles in the fridge. I opened some today and found an inconsistency it the brew in the bottles.
The first one I opened was great! I brewed an amber ale and it tasted as good or better than any amber I have ever had! The second one the bottle was not filled as high and the beer was flat. Another one had an off taste.
I am thinking I have several problems here. First I may have a sanatation problem, however I did rinse the bottles out very well under the faucet and spray StarSan into the bottles (with a hand spray bottle). I then set them upside down in the dishwasher until they were dry inside.
The other problem I think I had was when filling. How can you tell how full the bottle is when if foams so much when you get to the top?
Am I on track - do you have other suggestions?
BTW - the bottle with the great amber has me encouraged about my homebrewing now despite the problems. If I can brew beer this good as a noob I can't wait until I get better at this. :rockin:
The first one I opened was great! I brewed an amber ale and it tasted as good or better than any amber I have ever had! The second one the bottle was not filled as high and the beer was flat. Another one had an off taste.
I am thinking I have several problems here. First I may have a sanatation problem, however I did rinse the bottles out very well under the faucet and spray StarSan into the bottles (with a hand spray bottle). I then set them upside down in the dishwasher until they were dry inside.
The other problem I think I had was when filling. How can you tell how full the bottle is when if foams so much when you get to the top?
Am I on track - do you have other suggestions?
BTW - the bottle with the great amber has me encouraged about my homebrewing now despite the problems. If I can brew beer this good as a noob I can't wait until I get better at this. :rockin: