I hope not beginners luck

[Dale_3rd]

A while back I posted about my porter and how I thought it turned out excellent but hadn't finished bottle conditioning. Well, I brought a 6'er to work and (after work of course) shared a bottle with a half a dozen of my friends to take home and try. So far, 3 have tried theirs and REALLY liked it. One is a lager drinker but he said it was really good (described it was smooth), another liked porters and said it was excellent and asked if he could buy a six pack and/or if I knew what commercial beer it tasted close to so he could buy some and the other said it was excellent and paired perfectly with his hamburger and salad he'd had for dinner that night. It certainly makes you feel good when you brew a good beer and that others enjoy it as well.

My fear now is that it was relatively beginners luck and that I won't be able to reproduce the beer again, even following the recipe I used. I also hope that home brewing isn't an "up and down" game, one batch comes out so-so and the other exceptional. Guess there is one way to find out...brew it again and see.

 

[unionrdr]

While no two ferments are alike,sticking to the same process with the right amount of ingredients should do the job.

 

[SporkD2]

Its not if you take your time and do the preparation. Mistakes and things like it are made when people don't fully prepare for their brew and just start throwing things together.

IMHO making good beer is about planning and sticking to your processes.

Congrats man!

 

[edie]

congrats! it's great to get positive feedback on something YOU CREATED! get the pipleline going asap.

 

[Revvy]

It's really not hard to make great beer. It's not rocket science. The biggest thing to making excellent beer is to give the yeast plenty of time to do their job and even clean up after themselves, and to relax. That's really all there is too it.