How long from bottling to trying?
Even if it doesn’t taste great - is a week too soon?
Yes...I have the patience of a gnat.
Even if it doesn’t taste great - is a week too soon?
Yes...I have the patience of a gnat.
How long from bottling to trying?
Even if it doesn’t taste great - is a week too soon?
Yes...I have the patience of a gnat.
Yeah a porter will do well with some age. When I first started and was bottling, I brewed a porter and was so excited that it turned out well that I drank it within a few months and it was good. Then one day about 8 months later I found a six pack of it the back of the closet, chilled it down and it was sooo much better with age on it.Hmm ok, thanks. Porter - so longer. No drops, just boiled the sugar that came in the kit and made sure it was well mixed. So probably too soon, but one bottle out of 50...decisions haha
Thanks!
This is solid advice. Having an adequate pipeline of beer will help you let beers that need age...age.Of course a week is too soon, so chill one and give it a try. Being a porter it will be harsh flavored and thin. That sample will tell you something about the flavor though. Then brew another beer, preferably a light colored on that will be ready to drink 3 weeks after pitching the yeast. (I know, too short, but I have done it successfully) That will have you something to drink while waiting for the porter to get good somewhere about 3 months from now.
Congrats! You made beer! By the sounds of it good beer.So yeah...I did it. First beer I made myself I drank by myself. Good carbonation, decent taste. Little thin as stated above. How does it ‘thicken’ over time?
But it would also do to point out what a valuable learning experience this is. Advice to wait two or three weeks or years or decades is all nifty coming from guys who know what to expect and anticipate from their home brews, but if you have NEVER tasted; green, under carbed, thin, weak, etc, you have no mechanism of comparison. By diving in and tasting one young, you can better evaluate the changes as the beer matures. In fact periodically testing every week or so can help you develop a sense of how it all works. Some things are better learned than explained.
My first inspiration was to point out it is YOUR beer, drink it if you like and advice be damned! And i see you did just that - good on ya! But it would also do to point out what a valuable learning experience this is. Advice to wait two or three weeks or years or decades is all nifty coming from guys who know what to expect and anticipate from their home brews, but if you have NEVER tasted; green, under carbed, thin, weak, etc, you have no mechanism of comparison. By diving in and tasting one young, you can better evaluate the changes as the beer matures. In fact periodically testing every week or so can help you develop a sense of how it all works. Some things are better learned than explained. Kind of like a kid with a hot stove - you can tell them not to touch it cause its hot - but until they actually burn a finger hot don't mean squat.
Taking the drinking beer early to the extreme, I always enjoy drinking my gravity sample. I drink it with breakfast. (but I don't have another one for dessert)
Wow, talk about overthinking something. You had 50 bottles. Now you have 49. Life is still good, right?
I don't think that's quite fair. This hobby is intimidating to new brewers and with so much information and advice, people just want reassurance that their hard work is gonna be as good as they expect it. I get it, it's only 1 beer, but until you get comfortable, RDWHAH is tough to do! You eventually learn how though
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