So I brewed my first beer. I used the belgian tripel kit from brewers best. I don't remember the strain of yeast from this kit. I will walk though my brewing procedure and I'm hoping someone can help pinpoint or fix this for the future. I used bottled water for my water, spring or distilled, I don't remember. I was using my stove so I was able to hold my temps to what the instructions said really well. I will say that it was hard to get to a 'rolling boil' though during the 60 min boil. It was my first brew so I didn't use a cleaner but used starsan on everything...I mean everything. I can think of one thing that was not sanitary and that was using my mouth to start my siphon from kettle to primary.
I kept it in the primary for 4 days where it went from 1.082 to 1.033, then went to the secondary and left it there for just over 3 weeks. All fermentation was in a room that stays a pretty consistent 67-69 degrees.
I bottled in 32oz bottles and left for three weeks. I put one in the fridge yesterday and tried the first one out today. It is well carbonated, with great foamy head and retention. It is a bit more amber than golden than I thought it should be but its pretty close to what the kit said it would be.
(first home brew and am I no way a beer tasting expert but will do my best) Initial smell is..well band aidy.not hoppy or beery to me. First drink nice mouth feel..a twing of chemically but I cant put my finger on it..then malty and not a terrible after taste. The chemical taste tends to be worst if I do short sips instead of full tongue covering mouthfuls of the drink. I'm hoping not to cause this in the future so any questions or help on this would be much appreciated.
I kept it in the primary for 4 days where it went from 1.082 to 1.033, then went to the secondary and left it there for just over 3 weeks. All fermentation was in a room that stays a pretty consistent 67-69 degrees.
I bottled in 32oz bottles and left for three weeks. I put one in the fridge yesterday and tried the first one out today. It is well carbonated, with great foamy head and retention. It is a bit more amber than golden than I thought it should be but its pretty close to what the kit said it would be.
(first home brew and am I no way a beer tasting expert but will do my best) Initial smell is..well band aidy.not hoppy or beery to me. First drink nice mouth feel..a twing of chemically but I cant put my finger on it..then malty and not a terrible after taste. The chemical taste tends to be worst if I do short sips instead of full tongue covering mouthfuls of the drink. I'm hoping not to cause this in the future so any questions or help on this would be much appreciated.