Testing a recipe

[bxtzd3]

would it be feasible boil a small sauce pan full of your recipe to test it for flavor? trying to take the guess work out of it.

 

[kh54s10]

You could. But you still have to go through the whole process so personally I wouldn't waste my time to wait 4-8 weeks for a saucepan full. You might try one gallon batches. Several of the online stores sell one gallon equipment kits. The smallest I have done was 3 gallons.

 

[stpug]

Maybe some folks can draw a conclusion of the final fermented beer based on final wort flavor but I certainly can't. Even the bitterness level appears to change from wort to beer. The grain characteristics don't even stand out much above the sweet malt sugars. Not to mention the attributes attained by the yeast during fermentation.

Like kh54 said, a 1 gallon batch is reasonable with a decent payoff and not much risk.

If you are up for it, you can post a recipe and get some critique which often times helps take some of the guesswork out.

 

[bxtzd3]

You could. But you still have to go through the whole process so personally I wouldn't waste my time to wait 4-8 weeks for a saucepan full. You might try one gallon batches. Several of the online stores sell one gallon equipment kits. The smallest I have done was 3 gallons.

oh, my idea was to get a base taste sort of, not the whole thing. just to get an idea of what it would come out like. now thinking, that the yeast dries the flavor out some what so it would change.

 

[bxtzd3]

oh, my idea was to get a base taste sort of, not the whole thing. just to get an idea of what it would come out like. now thinking, that the yeast dries the flavor out some what so it would change.

ya that's sounds like the plan, thanks.

 

[stpug]

oh, my idea was to get a base taste sort of, not the whole thing. just to get an idea of what it would come out like. now thinking, that the yeast dries the flavor out some what so it would change.

ya that's sounds like the plan, thanks.

Did you really just take your own advice and thank yourself?
~awesome~

 

[bxtzd3]

You could. But you still have to go through the whole process so personally I wouldn't waste my time to wait 4-8 weeks for a saucepan full. You might try one gallon batches. Several of the online stores sell one gallon equipment kits. The smallest I have done was 3 gallons.

i usually talk to myself but not this time, i hit the wrong quote button.