Firstly, thank you Yooper & Revy for your advice, direct & indirect (previous posts) and to all who helped my brew my best beer yetddc4d
2nd sorry for the long post
I bottled my 1st lager 5 weeks ago, it was a dark lager. I got advice here, from yooper & revy's bottling thread) regarding how to lager correctly and how to bottle a lager, some differing views but the main points were the same. Anyways I bottled the lager using 1/3 pk of notty and conditioned it at a constant 69.5/70 f for 3 wks. Cracked one open 2 weeks ago and was very disappointed to say the least, it kept foaming out the top and I could only get 1/2 (500ml) bottle poured as it just kept foaming. The clarity was s**t the head was dirty and the taste was far from satisfactory (it seemed like it was my 1st brew). I began to worry about gushers & infections in the whole batch. I nearly asked the dreaded "Did I ruin my beer?" but I searched and again yooper & Revy's posts, and other replies, helped put my mind at ease, sort of. I left them another week then put them in the fridge for a week. Last night I cracked one, no foam over, a head the sat beautifully on top of a dark lager with a clarity that a brewery would be proud of. The taste.......well what can I say it had a refreshing taste followed by a subtle flavour from the choco malt used. My best beer to date will be paraded at a family gathering this Saturday... Pics to follow
Beginners (me included) if you ask for advice from experienced brewers like yooper & Revy then follow it and you will not be disappointed
2nd sorry for the long post
I bottled my 1st lager 5 weeks ago, it was a dark lager. I got advice here, from yooper & revy's bottling thread) regarding how to lager correctly and how to bottle a lager, some differing views but the main points were the same. Anyways I bottled the lager using 1/3 pk of notty and conditioned it at a constant 69.5/70 f for 3 wks. Cracked one open 2 weeks ago and was very disappointed to say the least, it kept foaming out the top and I could only get 1/2 (500ml) bottle poured as it just kept foaming. The clarity was s**t the head was dirty and the taste was far from satisfactory (it seemed like it was my 1st brew). I began to worry about gushers & infections in the whole batch. I nearly asked the dreaded "Did I ruin my beer?" but I searched and again yooper & Revy's posts, and other replies, helped put my mind at ease, sort of. I left them another week then put them in the fridge for a week. Last night I cracked one, no foam over, a head the sat beautifully on top of a dark lager with a clarity that a brewery would be proud of. The taste.......well what can I say it had a refreshing taste followed by a subtle flavour from the choco malt used. My best beer to date will be paraded at a family gathering this Saturday... Pics to follow
Beginners (me included) if you ask for advice from experienced brewers like yooper & Revy then follow it and you will not be disappointed