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...gotta love this site.
Using information from here my second brew is clearly better than my first which was pretty good itself.
What I did different:
1) Steeped the specialty grains at the get go rather than waiting till the water is heated up, which after 20 minutes the water was at 150 already.
2) Did not secondary, rather primary 3 1/2 weeks (intended 4 weeks, but had something to do on that weekend so went ahead 2 days "early" only a 1050 OG so...
4) Did not make the early mistake of allowing fermentation temp to get too warm. Blame that on the NB brew sheet.
3) Slightly increased the priming sugar after several folks told me a better mixture ratio.
After just 7 days in bottles - carbing is already into the liquid. Sustains about a 1/4" head after a semi-aggressive pour with bubbles rising to support head.
Smell - young. A little funky.
Taste - definitely immature as would expect. A little funky, a bite at the end...but I can already tell what it will be like.
My first beer was very fruity and a significant sharp bite at the end this early.
Good deal...I can tell this one is going to be better...now about that IPA just coming out of active fermentation...:rockin:
Using information from here my second brew is clearly better than my first which was pretty good itself.
What I did different:
1) Steeped the specialty grains at the get go rather than waiting till the water is heated up, which after 20 minutes the water was at 150 already.
2) Did not secondary, rather primary 3 1/2 weeks (intended 4 weeks, but had something to do on that weekend so went ahead 2 days "early" only a 1050 OG so...
4) Did not make the early mistake of allowing fermentation temp to get too warm. Blame that on the NB brew sheet.
3) Slightly increased the priming sugar after several folks told me a better mixture ratio.
After just 7 days in bottles - carbing is already into the liquid. Sustains about a 1/4" head after a semi-aggressive pour with bubbles rising to support head.
Smell - young. A little funky.
Taste - definitely immature as would expect. A little funky, a bite at the end...but I can already tell what it will be like.
My first beer was very fruity and a significant sharp bite at the end this early.
Good deal...I can tell this one is going to be better...now about that IPA just coming out of active fermentation...:rockin:
