I got home early and decided to bottle my witbier using my new bench capper (acquired for 15$, new, yeah it's a brag). I took a final gravity, just to check if it had moved since last week. Nope, everything was fine. Bottling was uneventful and quick.
I then decided it would be a good idea to bottle my winter warmer next. Being the conscious little brewer that I am, I opted to take a gravity reading: it's a big beer (1.072 gravity) and I wanted to be sure everything was kosher. Took the gravity: 1.016, right on target, just like last week. The aroma was heavenly too: candied apple, with some EKG spices and inviting alcohol. I decided to taste the sample, as I always do.
It was akin to drinking sweet cider mixed with rubbing alcohol. There are no fusel since the beer fermented cold, but the green apple character was in full force, something that was missing just last week: you can taste it's decent underneath, but it's just hasn't mellowed. Had I decided to bottle after just the three weeks since brewing, that taste would have lingered on for ages. Now I'll just park it and brew another batch instead
I then decided it would be a good idea to bottle my winter warmer next. Being the conscious little brewer that I am, I opted to take a gravity reading: it's a big beer (1.072 gravity) and I wanted to be sure everything was kosher. Took the gravity: 1.016, right on target, just like last week. The aroma was heavenly too: candied apple, with some EKG spices and inviting alcohol. I decided to taste the sample, as I always do.
It was akin to drinking sweet cider mixed with rubbing alcohol. There are no fusel since the beer fermented cold, but the green apple character was in full force, something that was missing just last week: you can taste it's decent underneath, but it's just hasn't mellowed. Had I decided to bottle after just the three weeks since brewing, that taste would have lingered on for ages. Now I'll just park it and brew another batch instead
