Just tasted my first home brew

[ceweldon]

So the wife bought me a beer kit for Christmas. I brewed up a batch of porter, Fat Man Porter recipe from the local brew store here in Gainesville. I bottled it last weekend and held out on tasting until tonight. It's going to turn out really good I think. Still needs to carbonate more and age but it tasted pretty good.

I just want to say thanks to the good people on this board without your advise and the RDWHAHB slogan I would have freaked out.

 

[BlondIrishGuy]

Good to hear it. Check out my thread about the same thing. My wife gave me a kit for Christmas too, and I am sitting her on my second homebrew as I type this. I have had a Blonde Ale in the fermenter for 2 weeks, and I picked up an Irish Stout at the LHBS to brew tomorrow. I also picked up a second primary fermenter so I could have more than one batch going at a time.

 

[RM-MN]

Hold some of that back for at least 2 months and compare the taste. I think it will be much better. The porter and stouts I've made take 2 1/2 to 3 months in the bottle to mature.

 

[Kjay]

I second that about the dark beers i have a black and tan that i did about a year ago and the difference in taste is way better and seems like it gets better as i drink them. BUt it might have to do with supply and demand. The worst thing is that it was recipe that i mish mashed my way thru wrote it down forgot to put it inot excel and dont remember what i used for a recipe for the life of me. Anyways have fun.

 

[lumpher]

get yourself another fermenter now and save yourself some agony. you'll want several beers in rotation. welcome to the addiction. and glad you took it to heart.. rdwhahb