chumprock
Well-Known Member
Long/Short, a friend got a starter kit that had a APA extract batch included which I think he got for christmas.
I helped him brew it on 5/31, and he never came over to bottle for one reason or another. 2 months later, I free up a keg and dump it in, telling him I'll carb it up and we can move it to his bottles when he's ready.
So here it is, August 10th, and he finally asked if he can come over to bottle. I just drew a sample from his keg... I gagged.
It is SOUR. I don't even think you could call it extract twang, its so sharp and off I had to rinse down my lunch with one of my own beers.
Now I'm trying to figure out how to break it to this guy. I want him to enjoy the hobby, but I'm assuming leaving it on the cake so long had a not so great input on the final result. Are there any "factual" explanations I can give him for why it taste so gash darn awful?? Any way to explain it other than "he took too long?"
The color is great, the smell aint even that bad, but the taste made me spit it out and gag.. heh.
I helped him brew it on 5/31, and he never came over to bottle for one reason or another. 2 months later, I free up a keg and dump it in, telling him I'll carb it up and we can move it to his bottles when he's ready.
So here it is, August 10th, and he finally asked if he can come over to bottle. I just drew a sample from his keg... I gagged.
It is SOUR. I don't even think you could call it extract twang, its so sharp and off I had to rinse down my lunch with one of my own beers.
Now I'm trying to figure out how to break it to this guy. I want him to enjoy the hobby, but I'm assuming leaving it on the cake so long had a not so great input on the final result. Are there any "factual" explanations I can give him for why it taste so gash darn awful?? Any way to explain it other than "he took too long?"
The color is great, the smell aint even that bad, but the taste made me spit it out and gag.. heh.