MaxPower49
Well-Known Member
Well, after lots of hard work... and lots of waiting, I tasted my first beer. It is a brown ale extract kit (newcastle clone) and I was a little disappointed. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. It has been only been in the bottle for 2 weeks, so I'm hoping it will continue to improve with time.
I can't tell for sure, but I'm afraid there might be the slightest hint of an off flavor in there... although I don't really know how to describe it. I'm also wondering if the alcohol content is lower than it should be, because it didn't taste that strong. Is there any easy way to check that now or do you have to know the OG? Maybe I didn't leave it in the primary long enough (8 days)? I was so eager to get started when I got my kit for Christmas that I probably didn't read up enough before jumping in.
Oh well, hopefully it will improve. Second batch is fermenting now.
I can't tell for sure, but I'm afraid there might be the slightest hint of an off flavor in there... although I don't really know how to describe it. I'm also wondering if the alcohol content is lower than it should be, because it didn't taste that strong. Is there any easy way to check that now or do you have to know the OG? Maybe I didn't leave it in the primary long enough (8 days)? I was so eager to get started when I got my kit for Christmas that I probably didn't read up enough before jumping in.
Oh well, hopefully it will improve. Second batch is fermenting now.