I thought I'm supposed to wait 4 weeks prior to bottling given that it's supposed to be a belgian tripel. Unfortunately I didn't get hygrometer since I didn't know I needed it at that time and the brewing store is pretty far away.
I took a sample at 3 days +4 hours. A little alcohol with a very very strong banana flavor and aroma along with a modest bitter flavor experience and a little piney flavor. Extremely unpalatable as you'd expect, yet I'm trying to describe whether or not the fruits of my endeavor are worthless or...
Prior to this the airlock was bubbling up a storm until around 3 days and then I shooked it up. Should I go for the rest of the 4 week interval for maximum fermentation or should I just bottle it in a week? I'm quite discouraged at this point. Reflecting back in college when I used to brew very...
Hi so I would like to know if I ruined my first beer ever :(
So the recipe that I'm using is Briess light LME 9lb with Cane Sugar 1lb and saphri 1oz @ 1 hr and additional one 40 minutes later using Safale T-58 yeast. The instructions were terrible and I added the yeast after I added 5lb of ice...