Sol
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
I tried my first batch last week (a nut brown ale) after a month in primary (no secondary) and 2 1/2 weeks conditioning in the bottles (I figured that was close enough to 3 weeks :fro.
Long story short, it's horrible. I got about 1/3 of the way through the bottle but couldn't finish it and poured the rest out. I'm planning on waiting a month and trying again as I've read that a lot of issues will settle with time.
I think know what I did wrong. Noob mistake, I thought the recommended fermenting temp was ambient air temp, not temp of the beer itself. The room it was fermenting in occasionally got up to 73 or 74 degrees which, in my experience with brews I've done since could mean the beer was over 80. All of my subsequent batches have been fermented downstairs with an ambient air temp of about 63-64, so I think I've addressed the problem going forward, it's just a matter now of whether I bother waiting this one out.
Will a lot of intense ester flavor settle out of the beer with time or should I chalk this one up to not reading "How to Brew" enough before jumping in and ditch it?
I tried my first batch last week (a nut brown ale) after a month in primary (no secondary) and 2 1/2 weeks conditioning in the bottles (I figured that was close enough to 3 weeks :fro.
Long story short, it's horrible. I got about 1/3 of the way through the bottle but couldn't finish it and poured the rest out. I'm planning on waiting a month and trying again as I've read that a lot of issues will settle with time.
I think know what I did wrong. Noob mistake, I thought the recommended fermenting temp was ambient air temp, not temp of the beer itself. The room it was fermenting in occasionally got up to 73 or 74 degrees which, in my experience with brews I've done since could mean the beer was over 80. All of my subsequent batches have been fermented downstairs with an ambient air temp of about 63-64, so I think I've addressed the problem going forward, it's just a matter now of whether I bother waiting this one out.
Will a lot of intense ester flavor settle out of the beer with time or should I chalk this one up to not reading "How to Brew" enough before jumping in and ditch it?