jmorter1
jmorter1
Last night I tried my first home-brewed beer and it was terrible. The beer had zero head retention and kept fizzing until it had a flat taste/feel to it in about 10 minutes. It was very thin and had an almost sour aftertaste. I got the Northern Brewer 1 gallon small batch starter kit with the White House Honey Porter. I Sanitized all my equipment thoroughly and followed the brewing instructions very closely. When I was chilling the wort I forgot to cover the brew pot until about 15 minutes into the chill. Once I got the wort into the fermenting jug a krausen was forming within a couple hours. A steady visual ferment was consistent for 2 days and then it was calm with the bubbling done at about day 5. This worried me and checked the directions of the kit and they said a ferment can take between 1-2 weeks. The temp in my house was varied between 68-73*F during the week. I impatiently bottled after 1 week of fermenting. The beer was bottle conditioned with the priming charge that came with the kit for two weeks. Anybody have ideas on how to prevent this with my next batch?
I have since purchased the book how to brew by John Palmer, and noticed a few thing to do differently.
I have since purchased the book how to brew by John Palmer, and noticed a few thing to do differently.