butler1850
Well-Known Member
I have brewed my first batch in many years, a nice simple Wheat beer.
2 weeks in the primary, and a week in the bottles.
I cracked one open last night to sample, and had a few questions...
It had a good head, decent carbonation, and a yummy flavor, though a bit sweeter than I expected. Almost a honey flavor at the end, though there was no honey in the recipe.
6.6# Wheat extract (liquid)
1oz Perle (bittering) - 60 minute boil.
1/2oz @ 50 min hallertaur (flavor/bitter)
1/2oz @ 59 min hallertaur (aroma)
Safbrew T-58 yeast pitched @ 78F into a 6gal glass carboy.
OG 1.044
FG 1.011
Primed w/ 5oz corn sugar in 16oz H2O.
What can I expect from further aging in the bottles? Will it carbonate more? Will the sweetness mellow out? What's the normal "changes" as it sits in the bottles?
2 weeks in the primary, and a week in the bottles.
I cracked one open last night to sample, and had a few questions...
It had a good head, decent carbonation, and a yummy flavor, though a bit sweeter than I expected. Almost a honey flavor at the end, though there was no honey in the recipe.
6.6# Wheat extract (liquid)
1oz Perle (bittering) - 60 minute boil.
1/2oz @ 50 min hallertaur (flavor/bitter)
1/2oz @ 59 min hallertaur (aroma)
Safbrew T-58 yeast pitched @ 78F into a 6gal glass carboy.
OG 1.044
FG 1.011
Primed w/ 5oz corn sugar in 16oz H2O.
What can I expect from further aging in the bottles? Will it carbonate more? Will the sweetness mellow out? What's the normal "changes" as it sits in the bottles?