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Why do you think it would be flavorless if you started from straight fresh apples?

No air leak, but lots of headspace and time.

Thank you! I'm not sure why I didn't expect oxidation.

Eh, it's not bad. Not good either.

Brew_ny I know that, I've just never seen the gradient thing happen before. Half the beer changed entirely from the bulk color that it was before. Though here it is in glass, looks quite pretty actually, albeit a bit dark for a blonde.

The color closest to the trub was what it was throughout for months. Clear and consistent. The darkness towards the top came sometime in the last month or so. Recipe ingredients are 2-row (80%), cara-pils (10%), Crystal 10 (5%), and vienna (5%). Hops are centennial.

So 3-ish months ago I made a batch of blonde ale. Stuck it in primary glass carboy and life caught up with me, and I'm just now pulling it out to see how it's going. I put it in my closet, dark dark space. Temperature has fluctuated probably between 68-80 with the weather (I live in the PNW and...

So are you gonna crack a bottle open for us or do we have to wait the next few months? :)

Really curious to see how this turns out. I wish you tasted it though. Do you know the gravities?