dhutchings
Well-Known Member
I've been waiting for this one for a while. At the beginning of March I brewed an extract-based clone recipe of Aventinus, one of my favourite beers. I bottled it after returning from a trip to Germany at the beginning of April, and tried my first sample bottle last night, A/B'ing it with a bottle of the real thing.
It's got the right look, both in colour and head. It has the right smell. It has *mostly* the right taste. The banana and clove spiciness is there, but in my clone there's a sharp alcohol-ish bite.
I'm suspecting it needs a little more time to sit and mellow out a little bit. I let it carbonate for 2 weeks and then had it sit another 2 weeks in my cold room. I'm thinking I'll leave it another 2 weeks before I try another bottle.
It's got the right look, both in colour and head. It has the right smell. It has *mostly* the right taste. The banana and clove spiciness is there, but in my clone there's a sharp alcohol-ish bite.
I'm suspecting it needs a little more time to sit and mellow out a little bit. I let it carbonate for 2 weeks and then had it sit another 2 weeks in my cold room. I'm thinking I'll leave it another 2 weeks before I try another bottle.