kevinvalet
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My first batch of beet tasted great and I wished I made 480 bottles not 48.
I just popped 2 beers into the fridge the other night and last night tasted it. It looked good, and had a good head. Didn't smell as nice as the first batch but close enough. Also had plenty of bubbles. Once I tasted it though, it tasted thin, almost like a light beer. I don't like it but a girlfriend of mine liked it because it was lighter. go figure. anyway, here is what the whole process was and tell me what i might have done wrong.
I am a beginner and without thinking placed all 5 gallons of water into my pot and started boiling it. once it got hot enough I placed all 6lbs of bavarian wheat extract into the water and stirred it in. actually I did little by little until it all soaked in.
added liberty hops for an hour and boiled.
cooled it off and put it into the fermenter with Hefe Ale liquid yeast wlp300.
my OG was 1.050.
Smelled and looked great.
fermented for 2 weeks because I couldn't find time to bottle it. Bubbled like crazy the first 2 days.
Bottled it at 1.010 and just drank my first one 2.5 weeks later, will be 3 this tuesday. I don't think another 4 days will do much with this.
I think, after finalling reading the "How to Brew" by John Palmer, that I wasn't suppose to boil all the extract in 5 gallons of water. I should have done 2.5-3 in water and boiled. Than added the extra water later.
How accurate am I on this?
Thanks
I just popped 2 beers into the fridge the other night and last night tasted it. It looked good, and had a good head. Didn't smell as nice as the first batch but close enough. Also had plenty of bubbles. Once I tasted it though, it tasted thin, almost like a light beer. I don't like it but a girlfriend of mine liked it because it was lighter. go figure. anyway, here is what the whole process was and tell me what i might have done wrong.
I am a beginner and without thinking placed all 5 gallons of water into my pot and started boiling it. once it got hot enough I placed all 6lbs of bavarian wheat extract into the water and stirred it in. actually I did little by little until it all soaked in.
added liberty hops for an hour and boiled.
cooled it off and put it into the fermenter with Hefe Ale liquid yeast wlp300.
my OG was 1.050.
Smelled and looked great.
fermented for 2 weeks because I couldn't find time to bottle it. Bubbled like crazy the first 2 days.
Bottled it at 1.010 and just drank my first one 2.5 weeks later, will be 3 this tuesday. I don't think another 4 days will do much with this.
I think, after finalling reading the "How to Brew" by John Palmer, that I wasn't suppose to boil all the extract in 5 gallons of water. I should have done 2.5-3 in water and boiled. Than added the extra water later.
How accurate am I on this?
Thanks