Just tasted my first brew

[idahobrew]

An American Wheat. 24 days primary, 2 days cold crash included, 7 days in the bottle. I could not believe I had great carbonation and a nice head on the beer. Just wanted to sneak a taste after a month of waiting, and I'm very happy with the results. Should be a very nice beer in a couple weeks, it's actually quite good right now. Thanks to all here for all the great info!

 

[FastAndy]

An American Wheat. 24 days primary, 2 days cold crash included, 7 days in the bottle. I could not believe I had great carbonation and a nice head on the beer. Just wanted to sneak a taste after a month of waiting, and I'm very happy with the results. Should be a very nice beer in a couple weeks, it's actually quite good right now. Thanks to all here for all the great info!

Congrats. The wait makes the first sip soooo good. Start another batch and keep the pipeline glowing.

Cheers!

 

[idahobrew]

Thanks, another batch fermenting now!

 

[Waynep005]

The first taste that shows you really make good beer is a great feeling. I still sneek a beer after a week or so in bottles just to see how it tastes.

 

[Darwin18]

Good deal! I'm impressed when a new brewer has the patience to let their beer ferment and age properly before bottling. If you can put those bottles away for another two weeks they should improve substantially.

 

[djfriesen]

With reference to time, I imagine you would find, if you're going to spend 4 weeks fermenting and carbing a wheat beer, you might be better served to cut fermentation to 2 weeks, and then condition for 2. Wheat beers tend to finish quickly (like me) relative to other styles. Don't get me worng, I applaud your self-control, but in order to maximize efficency, you can cut that fermentation time a little, without seeing any negative effects.

P.S. I'm happy to see newer Idaho brewers. I'm in Caldwell myself.