Good morning folks. As I've thoroughly mastered the consumption side of beer, my kids bought me a brewing set up for Christmas. Good kids.
My first batch is an English Nut Brown, from a kit. I'm following the instructions implicitly. So far it all looks good. Had my wort in the primary fermenter for 5 days now. Bubbled away great for 1st couple days, now shes slowed down considerably. According to the instructions, I carefully siphoned my liquid into my glass secondary. SP is 1.11. I had to taste it! put a small amount in a glass and while it's rich in flavor, it's quite bitter. I'm praying this is merely because my brew is so "green". I'm figuring after a couple weeks in the secondary and aging a couple weeks in the bottle she'll lose some of the bitterness.
Sound about right???
Oh, looking forward to being a member and learning from you guys.
My first batch is an English Nut Brown, from a kit. I'm following the instructions implicitly. So far it all looks good. Had my wort in the primary fermenter for 5 days now. Bubbled away great for 1st couple days, now shes slowed down considerably. According to the instructions, I carefully siphoned my liquid into my glass secondary. SP is 1.11. I had to taste it! put a small amount in a glass and while it's rich in flavor, it's quite bitter. I'm praying this is merely because my brew is so "green". I'm figuring after a couple weeks in the secondary and aging a couple weeks in the bottle she'll lose some of the bitterness.
Sound about right???
Oh, looking forward to being a member and learning from you guys.