Derek and I both agree that our first batches of beers all taste the same; yeasty. Of course this doesn't include the fantastic "Backyard Maple Sap Porter" which is over-powering with sweet, hoppy, woody goodness that makes you crave for more. But I'll post more about that later.
Here's our observation:
The Double Honey Amber brewed on 6/17/09 and bottled 7/08/09 tasted ... well, yeasty. That's the best way I can describe it. It didn't taste like bread, but a different yeasty, "green" taste. When we tasted the beer, it was approximately 1 week after bottling and 1 month since brewing. So our beer is green and needs time right?
Well, we also tried an Octane IPA brewed from a buddy at work (thanks Nate). The taste of the brew was VERY good but we also detected the same yeasty flavor. Granted, the bottle that Nate gave to me had an adventure the day we drank it. It went for a motorcycle ride and a crazy car ride up Dell road (dirt road). From there it was thrown into a freezer for 20 min and drank. So I'm guessing that we "shook" up the bottle too much and caused the yeast to go wild and shocked the beer b/c the cold temps???
In any event, we are in pursuit of great beer here at 4DB and now need to run some experiments. I read on a website http://blogs.homebrewtalk.com/Revvy/Of_Patience_and_Bottle_Conditioning/ that we need to be a little more patient with bottle conditioning. 3 weeks in the bottle and possibly another 2 weeks in the fridge. Along the way we will test the beer every week to see the difference in quality of the beer and how / if it improves with age and refrigeration. Here we go:
Here's our observation:
The Double Honey Amber brewed on 6/17/09 and bottled 7/08/09 tasted ... well, yeasty. That's the best way I can describe it. It didn't taste like bread, but a different yeasty, "green" taste. When we tasted the beer, it was approximately 1 week after bottling and 1 month since brewing. So our beer is green and needs time right?
Well, we also tried an Octane IPA brewed from a buddy at work (thanks Nate). The taste of the brew was VERY good but we also detected the same yeasty flavor. Granted, the bottle that Nate gave to me had an adventure the day we drank it. It went for a motorcycle ride and a crazy car ride up Dell road (dirt road). From there it was thrown into a freezer for 20 min and drank. So I'm guessing that we "shook" up the bottle too much and caused the yeast to go wild and shocked the beer b/c the cold temps???
In any event, we are in pursuit of great beer here at 4DB and now need to run some experiments. I read on a website http://blogs.homebrewtalk.com/Revvy/Of_Patience_and_Bottle_Conditioning/ that we need to be a little more patient with bottle conditioning. 3 weeks in the bottle and possibly another 2 weeks in the fridge. Along the way we will test the beer every week to see the difference in quality of the beer and how / if it improves with age and refrigeration. Here we go:
Updated July 19th (click table below)
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