cvstrat
Well-Known Member
Ok so I had a thread a few weeks back about my thus named "Epic Fail Pale Ale" and how I was pretty sure I F'd it up.
Notable idiotic moves were boiling the 2 oz cascade for 60 and 1 oz for 1 min (yes one min lol) instead of all 3 for 60 per the recipe.
My OG reading was 1.020, an impossibly low number considering my next 3 brews overshot OG by a good bit, so I know my effeciency is over 75%.
I sampled the beer while taking gravity readings and hated it. I did 1 week primary, 2 weeks secondary, and finally bottled. I had a smidge left over after bottling, and it too tasted like ****.
After 3 days of in bottles I cracked on open for the hell of it, and it tasted just as aweful as it did the entire time.
Here it is about 7 days after bottling and I chilled one and cracked it open just to track progress. No head, but there are bubbles coming out of the beer. Color is good, maybe a smidge light. But damn does it taste GOOD! I was worried because it had this bad flavor (guess that's what you call green) and now it's smooooooth as silk and I can finally distinguish malt and hop flavors, and there is actually a pleasant aroma. I can't wait until two more weeks pass and it's ready to rock.
Thanks for the encouragement not to throw this batch out. I'm glad I saw it through and I can't wait to get my next 3 brews on the bottle and ready to drink!:rockin:
Notable idiotic moves were boiling the 2 oz cascade for 60 and 1 oz for 1 min (yes one min lol) instead of all 3 for 60 per the recipe.
My OG reading was 1.020, an impossibly low number considering my next 3 brews overshot OG by a good bit, so I know my effeciency is over 75%.
I sampled the beer while taking gravity readings and hated it. I did 1 week primary, 2 weeks secondary, and finally bottled. I had a smidge left over after bottling, and it too tasted like ****.
After 3 days of in bottles I cracked on open for the hell of it, and it tasted just as aweful as it did the entire time.
Here it is about 7 days after bottling and I chilled one and cracked it open just to track progress. No head, but there are bubbles coming out of the beer. Color is good, maybe a smidge light. But damn does it taste GOOD! I was worried because it had this bad flavor (guess that's what you call green) and now it's smooooooth as silk and I can finally distinguish malt and hop flavors, and there is actually a pleasant aroma. I can't wait until two more weeks pass and it's ready to rock.
Thanks for the encouragement not to throw this batch out. I'm glad I saw it through and I can't wait to get my next 3 brews on the bottle and ready to drink!:rockin: