Well it took me all day to get the courage to go and open the bucket, get a sample, test the gravity and taste it.
the gravity is at 1.010 (note I have yet to calibrate the hydrometer, however because I checked the SG with it I will continue)
SG of 1.030
smells like beer, a little yeasty yet, with hints of spices. and as expected its a little cloudy, but not as much as I expected.
I don't yet know how to properly describe is colour but it is somewhere between a golden yellow like bud and a amber
and the taste.......
well its ok
I understand now what is meant by "green" and it tastes a little yeasty to, and a little watery.
In all I am not to suprised with most of it, with all I have learned now.
The spices where good though, they where just enough, not overpowering and in all I like it
On a plus note my wife tried a little sip and said its quite good ( after pressing her more I have concluded thats she's not just trying to make me feel good)
I think I may have a some beer when this is all done
In the mean time I am chilling the rest of the sample before I finish is and having a Grolsch.
oh and I didn't taste the mead or braggot, as I just did 2L tests and just droped the hydro in there to test, but man they smelled good, I can't wait for them to be finished.
the gravity is at 1.010 (note I have yet to calibrate the hydrometer, however because I checked the SG with it I will continue)
SG of 1.030
smells like beer, a little yeasty yet, with hints of spices. and as expected its a little cloudy, but not as much as I expected.
I don't yet know how to properly describe is colour but it is somewhere between a golden yellow like bud and a amber
and the taste.......
well its ok
I understand now what is meant by "green" and it tastes a little yeasty to, and a little watery.
In all I am not to suprised with most of it, with all I have learned now.
The spices where good though, they where just enough, not overpowering and in all I like it
On a plus note my wife tried a little sip and said its quite good ( after pressing her more I have concluded thats she's not just trying to make me feel good)
I think I may have a some beer when this is all done
In the mean time I am chilling the rest of the sample before I finish is and having a Grolsch.
oh and I didn't taste the mead or braggot, as I just did 2L tests and just droped the hydro in there to test, but man they smelled good, I can't wait for them to be finished.