Failure or success

[erick0619]

If i brewed a beer free of off flavors but is a bit unbalanced and not bad but also not great is it a failure or a success?

 

[frozennorth]

It is a beer. Do you like it? If so, it is a success, drink it. If not, drink it anyway and figure out where the issue is to fix next time.

 

[emorris]

success if it is drinkable. I chalk those up to learning and understanding what works and what does not.

 

[AkTom]

I'd add a lime slice and call it good. I wouldn't brew it again though.

 

[Braufessor]

Just depends. If you had brewed the same beer 10 times in the past, and the last 5 you nailed it.... then this one is a failure. If this is the first time you brewed the recipe, and it was a good beer, but needs some tweaking... then it is a success.

 

[PlexVector]

If i brewed a beer free of off flavors but is a bit unbalanced and not bad but also not great is it a failure or a success?

it depends on what your goal was. If your goal was to have a balance beer then maybe a failure, but if you still end up with a drinkable beer, then maybe a success.

If you learned something from a "failure" is it really a failure?

I consider any home brew I can enjoy even it it wasn't what I intended a success, because the next one is going to be even better!

After thinking about it a bit--if I brewed perfect beer every time I would probably get bored and move on to something else...

 

[erick0619]

Thank you all for the responses! I guess i can call it a success. Yes it is beer and yes i do enjoy it. This was the first time brewing this recipe just a simple 2row citra smash. I think the main problem was that i mashed too high i really need to invest in a thermapen.

 

[brewcat]

It usually takes me a couple recipes to really get where I like them. But tweaking them is all part of the enjoyment. I have one I really like now but it took me multiple brews to get there with major and minor adjustments.

 

[Singletrack]

Success! Balance is overrated. Embrace the unbalancedness of it. Tweak next time, if you want.

 

[erick0619]

It usually takes me a couple recipes to really get where I like them. But tweaking them is all part of the enjoyment. I have one I really like now but it took me multiple brews to get there with major and minor adjustments.

Yeah i will def be tweaking this one for starters mashing lower and going with a 60 minute bittering addition rather than fwh