Porter

[Pale Ale Dale]

I'am new to brewing and had some beginners luck with a fantastic first up batch of IPA.

I've now bottled a Porter which has been bottled for one week. I decided today to try one. Well I was a little disappointed with it. The beer looked light in colour and was extremely gassy. Also very green. It fact I could not bring myself to drink all of it.

Just wondering if anyone could shed a little light on this situation for me.

Im thinking weather? Been around 36oc here some days??

Help!!

Cheers in Advance...

 

[oxford brewer]

Leave it in the bottles a while longer(another week or so) .
Hard i know but will be worth it.I have started a few kegs after 10 days or so,but beer tasted green.
By the end of the keg it tasted a whole lot better(but had run out ...damn )

 

[Pale Ale Dale]

The IPA was fantastic after a month.

Whats with all the gas and bubbles in a Porter?

Thanks

 

[Sasquatch]

Sounds to me like maybe you bottled it before it had fermented to completion. Sometimes the malts in those dark beers take a long time to work through. What kind of timeline did you use?

What I'm saying is, if you are getting really gassy beer, you were fermenting not just the priming sugar, but other sugars as well, and this gave you too much CO2 in bottle.

 

[AHammer16]

Age those bad boys for a couple of weeks. A month will really change you opinion of the brew.

 

[anthrobe]

Age those bad boys for a couple of weeks. A month will really change you opinion of the brew.

I agree. My last porter was green for the first two weeks that it was on tap (after 2 weeks in secondary). Afterwards it was one of the best brews. My next porter will be sitting for quite a while longer.

 

[sheephrdr]

ill agrea with aove posts my porters usualy are ok/good after a week but Ive saved a few for a couple months now and just amazing flavour/smoothness and everhthing.

 

[Orfy]

Age it. If it's still gassy pop the lids and recap?

 

[Pale Ale Dale]

Cheers for that guys!

I had it fermenting for about a week although I have had problems with the fermenter seems to have a leak. As so far both batches havent bubbled through the air lock. Im thinking I should take it back?

Is recapping a viable option?