Right now I'm running a little low on homebrew and the main batch I've been drinking isn't all that great in comparison to how I expect my beer to turn out. The other day my uncle gave me a gift of a 6-pack of a commercial APA (with rye), and I was excited because that meant my homebrew would last just a little longer. It wasn't a beer I had tried before, so I was excited to try it.
Well, the commercial beer turns out to be not very good at all. I understand the idea of unfiltered beer and bottle dregs, but this one has a large amount of floaties that are completely unavoidable AND there is an off-flavor of some sort. I can't nail down what it is. I guess I haven't had enough practice identifying off-flavors (I'm ok with that). My gut reaction is that it is something to do with the yeast, but who knows.
I tried a second bottle, thinking maybe I had just shaken up the first bottle a bit too much. No dice. There are still 4 bottles left.
So, I'm proud to say that even what I consider to be a mediocre batch of my homebrew (and calling it mediocre is being generous) is better than something my uncle paid money for at the store.
Well, the commercial beer turns out to be not very good at all. I understand the idea of unfiltered beer and bottle dregs, but this one has a large amount of floaties that are completely unavoidable AND there is an off-flavor of some sort. I can't nail down what it is. I guess I haven't had enough practice identifying off-flavors (I'm ok with that). My gut reaction is that it is something to do with the yeast, but who knows.
I tried a second bottle, thinking maybe I had just shaken up the first bottle a bit too much. No dice. There are still 4 bottles left.
So, I'm proud to say that even what I consider to be a mediocre batch of my homebrew (and calling it mediocre is being generous) is better than something my uncle paid money for at the store.