The taste of Failure...

[Joe13]

Give it a shot, but hold on loosely. There are some things time doesn't heal.

Yea, I took them out, and will give them a week or so more. If i lose out, i lose out. The good news is that I have stumbled into a free freezer so a ferm chamber will be happening!

 

[grimstuff]

Yea, I took them out, and will give them a week or so more. If i lose out, i lose out. The good news is that I have stumbled into a free freezer so a ferm chamber will be happening!

Lol, two weeks of conditioning + "a week or so more" is not going to be enough. Save them for at least a month more. Or ship them to me and i'll store them for free.

 

[Joe13]

Lol, two weeks of conditioning + "a week or so more" is not going to be enough. Save them for at least a month more. Or ship them to me and i'll store them for free.

Two weeks conditioning is plenty after three weeks in the fermenter. At least with mr beer kits. I'd ship em over, but I need the bottles.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

My first Mr Beer kit needed almost 2 months before the off flavors started to fade, but were still noticable. That was also the same time they had all been consumed as I punished myself for making bad beer by drinking it and haven't had a bad batch since... Yet! Now I gotta go knock on some wood

 

[Joe13]

Update. I've drank all four that I put in. IPA is still miserable, the red and the blonde have improved a bit. The corona one is actually perfect. It was the least bitter the first and the most drinkable. I plan to put some more in and see how they are progressing.

 

[joepez]

Since my last post I have done this...

Started the mr. Beer kits in my conical fermenter. Leave it there for two weeks as primary.

Move the beer into two one gallon fermenters to secondary adding gelatin to help clear the beer. Leave it in secondary for a week.

On the day of bottling I will cold crash it to clear it further, I then bottle condition for a MINIMUM of two months. I made an Irish red which turned out great.