First home brew Red Ale

[rodneypierce]

Well, here is the first glass of my Red Ale that I brewed up a few weeks ago. Its only been in bottles for one week now, but i just had to try it. of course, hardly any carbonation, its very flat, but you can really taste the hoppiness of this beer. (to me anyhow) Most wouldnt think so, but my palette is very sensitive to hops. Anyhow, just figured I would toss up a picture. I didnt get it in time to have the little bit of head on it, before it disappeared.

 

[sketerbuck]

congrats on the brew. I hope it tastes great!

 

[artyusmc]

welcome to the addiction

 

[rodneypierce]

welcome to the addiction

lol, tell me about it! I already have the second batch resting. It will get bottled next weekend (its reached FG of 1.013, but leaving it for another week to finish up.)

 

[brew2enjoy]

My first brew was a red ale as well. It's almost finished bottle conditioning. Did you use a kit?

 

[rodneypierce]

My first brew was a red ale as well. It's almost finished bottle conditioning. Did you use a kit?

yes I did. Its a true brew kit. It tastes OK, but I have had much better. Kind of bland until the finish. We will see what a little aging does for it :rockin:

I think my next one is going to be a chocolate bock. But I have to try and find if I can manipulate the yeast used to suit my temperature range.

 

[philrose]

you lasted a whole week, nice job

Welcome to the cult

 

[michaelob]

thats cool, I taste from the primary to the secondary. good luck with it