Bradsa
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The first beer we brewed was a winner for friends and family alike, it was the Mangrove Jacks Czech Pilsner LME "just add water and beer enhancer" type beer. It tasted sweet after a week in the bottles but the sweetness faded and we loved it.
This time, with the same process but a different beer (Munich Lager) we had a banana'ish taste at bottling but at 1 week it is very bitter.
I thought the lager would at least be milder than the pilsner, but it is at the opposite end of the bitter/sweet scale when compared to the pilsner.
The only difference between the two was that we left the lager in the fermentation bucket for 6 weeks due to us being either too busy or too lazy (ferm temp was around 20C for that period).
I know the sweetness mellows with aging, but will the bitterness subside in the same way?
This time, with the same process but a different beer (Munich Lager) we had a banana'ish taste at bottling but at 1 week it is very bitter.
I thought the lager would at least be milder than the pilsner, but it is at the opposite end of the bitter/sweet scale when compared to the pilsner.
The only difference between the two was that we left the lager in the fermentation bucket for 6 weeks due to us being either too busy or too lazy (ferm temp was around 20C for that period).
I know the sweetness mellows with aging, but will the bitterness subside in the same way?