For my initial brew made early in January I've come to learn I made a few crucial mistakes:
- The BB American Ale kit was a gift, the kit was the old style so the extract was likely old
- Didn't really do a great job of aeriation (not bad though)
- Fermented at 71 degrees ambient (so actual ferment was probably close to 80)
- Took out of fermenter after only 2 weeks (probably 10 days post fermentation)
- Missed calculated FG. Supposed to be 1.09-1.13 Actual was about 1.19
The brew has been conditioning for nearly 3 months now and has strong yeast flavor and now developing a metalic taste. I have 24 bottles still in the basement, and I pulled out 12 bottles to refridgerate. As of last weeks sample I'm still getting strong off flavors.
Will further conditioning help me much more? Or is my first brew being chalked up as experience? Either way it's not a total loss, my second brew (robust porter) is delicious... and it's only been bottle conditioning for 1 week!! I'm being patient with this one... can't wait to see how it is in another few weeks.
- The BB American Ale kit was a gift, the kit was the old style so the extract was likely old
- Didn't really do a great job of aeriation (not bad though)
- Fermented at 71 degrees ambient (so actual ferment was probably close to 80)
- Took out of fermenter after only 2 weeks (probably 10 days post fermentation)
- Missed calculated FG. Supposed to be 1.09-1.13 Actual was about 1.19
The brew has been conditioning for nearly 3 months now and has strong yeast flavor and now developing a metalic taste. I have 24 bottles still in the basement, and I pulled out 12 bottles to refridgerate. As of last weeks sample I'm still getting strong off flavors.
Will further conditioning help me much more? Or is my first brew being chalked up as experience? Either way it's not a total loss, my second brew (robust porter) is delicious... and it's only been bottle conditioning for 1 week!! I'm being patient with this one... can't wait to see how it is in another few weeks.