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Apologies, another question. The deterioration you mention, is that more pornounced in warm storage, which I understand being the pimary environment of bottle conditioning, or cold as well and if cold as well I assume at a different rate ?

Interesting, I will definitely be hanging onto one for the long haul. Thank you.

Ahhh, so this possible bitterness decline could be a sign of oxidation coming on ... possibly ?

That is about where I am (~2 months), so seems to fit your experience. Just curious, when you say "sweet spot" I take that as after that range things can go badly ... ? Would this generally be the oxidation concern ? Or some other degradation or combination ?

Well breaking from any sampling schedule at all and not having any other beer on hand, put 2 in fridge. Tried on 10/7 PM, really starting to believe has mellowed some since beginning. Early on in bottling, drinking one was actually difficult to finish first but this time no issue moving onto...

Well, at the moment sticking with the wait game, while slowly drinking them, mostly for sampling. As of 10/5 sampling (I believe 7 weeks in bottle, 3 weeks since last sampling ... took longer than I thought) maybe slightly mellowed. Not tasting anything off, so hoping/assuming no oxidation...

Appreciate the input; something to think about. I guess the idea of waiting a little longer was based on some suggestions in this thread as well as logged experience in another thread where someone had let the beer sit in bottle I believe 4+ months for the exact same reason to mellow out the...

Another tasting, 1 month in bottling. Seemed similar to first tasting. Thinking of going full month before next.

Update: Had first tasting at 2 weeks last night. Definitely still very bitter. I have tasted beers in that area of bitterness, just was not the intent for this one. Sticking with original plan of keep in conditioning for some more time. Not sure if will go with tasting at every week at this...

Absolutely !

Ha, yep, thanks, and the cooler the better on these for sure. Add the nearly 6% and should be going down smoothly in no time ! Definitely doing your month-ish (at least, depending) on the bulk of the batch, but will start sampling at week 2, just to get a feel for things. I really appreciate the...

Just updating to serve as a log. Bottled as expected a couple days ago. Still obviously has the bitterness but I have to say it is drinkable, so with that, still hoping for mellowing out. Not to mention it was warm as opposed to refrigerator-cooled.

This is great news for you ... and me ( I realize thread is very dated). Looks like you put my over-hopping blunder to shame with mine being a little over 100 I am told. More time in bottle has been a consistent theme in the reponses I have gotten. I put 2oz Magnum (13.7 AA) 45 min boil plus 1oz...

Thank you.

Makes sense, thanks. Going to focus on bottle ageing and blend at serve if needed. It was certainly drinkable, for me, and if it mellows at all I think will be fine. If anyone cares, I will try to provide feedback at scheduled tastings. Obviously subjective, but data.

Thank you, was spitballing similar on the 2nd batch for evening out. Sounds like you are saying to do the mixing at the bottle opening, if I understand correctly what if I did that NOW and basically combined fermenters so I end up with 2 of the same size of the 1 I have now ? Where obviously...

Thank you for the info. The West Coast IPA aspect is very interesting and will definitely come in handy as I defend the bitterness ! From USA ... Michigan, Florida. So I was originally planning 2 weeks in bottle, was that your baseline also and are looking at 3-4 ? If so, sounds good and week 2...

I really appreciate the input Genuine and I know your recommendation is spot on, but this is kind of a journey for me, a fun discovery. Obviously I am standing on shoulders to go about it, yours included, but I am currently trying to be in a mode of learning as much as I can through experience...

So adding on, I just read a suggestion on another thread that possibly dry hopping might address extra bitterness, is that valid ? I have some Centennial hops in the fridge because I was concerned might not get the Magnum for brewing day.

I had read something similar before and it had kept me positive. Thank you, I really appreciate the help.