Truth be told, the REAL reason I wanted to learn how to homebrew, was to be able to make my own tasty imperial stouts for $1/bottle, rather than store-bought $4+/bottle!
In pursuit of that goal, I made two, mostly failed imperial stouts. Failed in the sense that they still have zero carbonation even 6+ months after bottling.
Made a third batch, finished at 9.5% abv, decided to bourbonize it up to 10.sumpin'% abv (2 oz Elijah Craig PER GALLON of beer), but this time, bottled with CBC-1 yeast. Anyways, at 3 weeks(!), the beer is perfectly carbonated, and tasting daaaaayyyuuuuum fine, despite still having a pretty intense hop-burn.
In pursuit of that goal, I made two, mostly failed imperial stouts. Failed in the sense that they still have zero carbonation even 6+ months after bottling.
Made a third batch, finished at 9.5% abv, decided to bourbonize it up to 10.sumpin'% abv (2 oz Elijah Craig PER GALLON of beer), but this time, bottled with CBC-1 yeast. Anyways, at 3 weeks(!), the beer is perfectly carbonated, and tasting daaaaayyyuuuuum fine, despite still having a pretty intense hop-burn.