bottlebomber
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Mine didn't have great head retention either, despite the flaked barley. Again, it pours proud, but after 5 minutes it's got just a bead of foam around the edges.
Dhruv6911 said:anyone try this with US-05? i have a starter of it ready and just found this thread again... hmm.
Just bottled it. Tasted the dregs of the bottling bucket, and didn't detect any plastic. I think it's going to be drinkable.I made a variant of this [2/1/12] . . . Scaled it down to 1 gallon . . . .
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This is my first batch, sort of. About 18 years ago, I made five 5-gallon batches of homebrew. Every one had a terrible plastic taste . . . (which is redundant, when you think about it).
bottlebomber said:Are you using the wlp004? That is pretty sweet... What is your fermentation temp?
Boek said:Using ferentis s-04. Ferment temp was 68, on the third day it dropped to 59 then I raised it back up. What should I do?
Tasted this for the first time tonight. It poured a nice dark-brown head, which looked great, though it didn't last long. It's totally drinkable. It's not great, but it's quite drinkable, maybe a little astringent in the finish, but my palate is so undeveloped who knows. Anyway, I had 25 gallons of failure when I tried brewing years ago, now I've got 500ml of success.Just bottled it. Tasted the dregs of the bottling bucket, and didn't detect any plastic. I think it's going to be drinkable.
harlond said:Tasted this for the first time tonight. It poured a nice dark-brown head, which looked great, though it didn't last long. It's totally drinkable. It's not great, but it's quite drinkable, maybe a little astringent in the finish, but my palate is so undeveloped who knows. Anyway, I had 25 gallons of failure when I tried brewing years ago, now I've got 500ml of success.
Boek said:Mine is good but seems a bit watery. Actually if I close my eyes it tastes a bit like coke. Anyone getting any of that?
seanybubbles said:After one week in the primary I have a gravity of 1020. This gives me an ABV of 3.3%. Alot lower than expected. The hydro does taste pretty good though....
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