MGRockwell
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This is my first post.
I just wanted to stop in and say hello. I've lurked a bit but made a username today.
I brewed up an ingredient kit (Big Ben Pale Ale) 15 days ago, using a kit that I bought from Midwest Supplies (two 5 gallon buckets, glass carboy, various other supporting equipment) and have been patiently waiting since. This morning I let it get the best of me and measured my specific gravity and was pleasantly surprised to see it come out to what it should be around.
My starting gravity was around 1.048 and now it is around 1.012. I tasted my sample as well and it definitely tasted like warm flat beer. It had a funny bitter aftertaste to it that tasted kinda chemical-y (not a pleasant hoppy taste really) which was a bit disappointing. Other than that no remarkable flavors which was also a bit disappointing, but since it is my first batch I'm not going to hold it against myself too much. I know I should wait longer but I'll probably bottle in a few days so I can start drinking it in a few weeks and see what it properly tastes like.
Anyway, hello - I'll be poking around more in the future.
I just wanted to stop in and say hello. I've lurked a bit but made a username today.
I brewed up an ingredient kit (Big Ben Pale Ale) 15 days ago, using a kit that I bought from Midwest Supplies (two 5 gallon buckets, glass carboy, various other supporting equipment) and have been patiently waiting since. This morning I let it get the best of me and measured my specific gravity and was pleasantly surprised to see it come out to what it should be around.
My starting gravity was around 1.048 and now it is around 1.012. I tasted my sample as well and it definitely tasted like warm flat beer. It had a funny bitter aftertaste to it that tasted kinda chemical-y (not a pleasant hoppy taste really) which was a bit disappointing. Other than that no remarkable flavors which was also a bit disappointing, but since it is my first batch I'm not going to hold it against myself too much. I know I should wait longer but I'll probably bottle in a few days so I can start drinking it in a few weeks and see what it properly tastes like.
Anyway, hello - I'll be poking around more in the future.