Christ71
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Eight months ago I brewed a Westvleteren 12 clone. At bottling it had all the right flavours: burned sugar, nuts, cognac, alcohol, chocolate and dark fruit.
Then, a month later, I opened the first bottle, expectations were high. Reasonably carbonated, but a cola-like fizzy head that disintegrated within ten seconds. The beer was flat, sweet and generally bland. All the flavours seemed to have disappeared. For the past six months I've opened a bottle once a month with no significant change, until yesterday!
I opened a bottle last night, a good pssst indicating more carbonation then before. The beer poured a good fine head that lasted until the final sip. The beer has lost some/most of its sweetness and gained more flavour. Not quite as layered as at bottling, but definitely a step in right direction!
Anybody familiar with beer evolving like this during bottle conditioning?
Then, a month later, I opened the first bottle, expectations were high. Reasonably carbonated, but a cola-like fizzy head that disintegrated within ten seconds. The beer was flat, sweet and generally bland. All the flavours seemed to have disappeared. For the past six months I've opened a bottle once a month with no significant change, until yesterday!
I opened a bottle last night, a good pssst indicating more carbonation then before. The beer poured a good fine head that lasted until the final sip. The beer has lost some/most of its sweetness and gained more flavour. Not quite as layered as at bottling, but definitely a step in right direction!
Anybody familiar with beer evolving like this during bottle conditioning?