rauchbier
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I bottled my steam beer (my first homebrew) a week ago. The batch was able to fit into 25 22oz bottles. Since I had the one odd bottle, I decided to test it after the first week of conditioning (which was done at fermentation temp). I used 3/4 cup of corn sugar for priming.
First off the hoppiness is wonderful, and it had a very nice head. Now to the problems.
The other flavors seemed to be watery, and there really isn't much in the way of carbonation (besides the head). I assume the wateriness will stay the same, but will the beer become more carbonated within the next two+ weeks? I plan on putting the rest of the bottles in the fridge (~40 F).
I used saflager s23 dried yeast (came with the kit). Which for a lager yeast has a very wide temp range (51-75 F).
Thanks
First off the hoppiness is wonderful, and it had a very nice head. Now to the problems.
The other flavors seemed to be watery, and there really isn't much in the way of carbonation (besides the head). I assume the wateriness will stay the same, but will the beer become more carbonated within the next two+ weeks? I plan on putting the rest of the bottles in the fridge (~40 F).
I used saflager s23 dried yeast (came with the kit). Which for a lager yeast has a very wide temp range (51-75 F).
Thanks