Silviakitty
Well-Known Member
...and I'm sorry for the newbieness.
According to the instructions, fermentation of this particular kit (west coast pale ale) is supposed to be over in seven-ish days. It also said a sample of a beer finished fermenting should taste yeasty but not sweet.
It's day eight. I taste-tested, and it actually tastes like beer, just flat (that was pretty exciting, actually...kind of like 'I MADE BEER!'). So I got my stuff together for bottling.
I filled one bottle, put the cap on and shook it, and I noticed it looked slightly carbonated already, with a few bubbles and a bit of foam at the neck. I know it's not actually carbonated, but I started to get paranoid that I bottled too early. I put that one bottle in a plastic bag in case of explosion and ran over here to type this post.
As I said, it tastes like beer, but flat. It's slightly cloudy, but from everything I'm hearing homebrew tends to be. I'm basically asking before I finish up so I don't have a heart attack from bottle explosions in the middle of the night.
I know it won't hurt to wait to bottle the rest of the beer, but what about the one I already did?
According to the instructions, fermentation of this particular kit (west coast pale ale) is supposed to be over in seven-ish days. It also said a sample of a beer finished fermenting should taste yeasty but not sweet.
It's day eight. I taste-tested, and it actually tastes like beer, just flat (that was pretty exciting, actually...kind of like 'I MADE BEER!'). So I got my stuff together for bottling.
I filled one bottle, put the cap on and shook it, and I noticed it looked slightly carbonated already, with a few bubbles and a bit of foam at the neck. I know it's not actually carbonated, but I started to get paranoid that I bottled too early. I put that one bottle in a plastic bag in case of explosion and ran over here to type this post.
As I said, it tastes like beer, but flat. It's slightly cloudy, but from everything I'm hearing homebrew tends to be. I'm basically asking before I finish up so I don't have a heart attack from bottle explosions in the middle of the night.
I know it won't hurt to wait to bottle the rest of the beer, but what about the one I already did?