Nowuries
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Ok, so an old friend of my Dad's calls me up the other day cause' he has heard that I brew beer now, so he invites me over to try some of his. Awesome! I'm all about it........
But what is the proper etiquette when trying someone's homebrew that sucks? I didn't feel right in saying a word (other than praise), so I choked down a full 12oz of flat "beer" that tasted like alcoholic fruit juice..... that was supposed to be an APA?
As soon as he poped the top and I didn't here the hiss I knew I was in for it! So I ask, "Hey, uh when did you bottle these?" to which he says 3 months ago. So then I kinda (not trying to be obvious) started asking about his bottling process.... Oh, well.
Same thing happened about a month ago with another older friend, but at least I didn't have to try it in front of him, dumped it straight down the drain after one sip..... come to find out latter, he boils one can of lme, pitches yeast, then ferments it out in his garage... which right now is around 100 degeres!!! No Hops at all!!
See, I read on here constantly :rockin: and watch several podcasts and videocasts and read Zymurgy and BYO and all that good stuff, I try to put some thought into my brews and I have counted every one a success.
But I don't feel accomplished enough to criticize... any good tips?
But what is the proper etiquette when trying someone's homebrew that sucks? I didn't feel right in saying a word (other than praise), so I choked down a full 12oz of flat "beer" that tasted like alcoholic fruit juice..... that was supposed to be an APA?
As soon as he poped the top and I didn't here the hiss I knew I was in for it! So I ask, "Hey, uh when did you bottle these?" to which he says 3 months ago. So then I kinda (not trying to be obvious) started asking about his bottling process.... Oh, well.
Same thing happened about a month ago with another older friend, but at least I didn't have to try it in front of him, dumped it straight down the drain after one sip..... come to find out latter, he boils one can of lme, pitches yeast, then ferments it out in his garage... which right now is around 100 degeres!!! No Hops at all!!
See, I read on here constantly :rockin: and watch several podcasts and videocasts and read Zymurgy and BYO and all that good stuff, I try to put some thought into my brews and I have counted every one a success.
But I don't feel accomplished enough to criticize... any good tips?