Ready to Drink?

[Rhino199]

hi Guys,

I bottled my Coopers Australian Lager a week ago Sunday (18th) and kept inside until Tuesday evening when I moved it out to the shed.

Do you think it will be drinkable yet?

Cheers

Rhino

[stevezx7r]

It's drinkable as soon as it's finnished fermenting

Go and have one, you know, for scientific research purposes

Obviously, it will get a hell of a lot better so don't be surprised if it's a bit gash. It should be perfect by week 6 but most people start drinking by week 2 onward (at least I do anyway)

[Scotty]

As Steve has said, it'll be ready to drink but probably won't taste too clever just yet!

[KevP]

most people start drinking by week 2 onward (at least I do anyway)

Add me to the Fortnight Fellowship

[Blue Brew]

I bottled my Coopers Lager, first ever home brew, on Thurs 22nd, kept it inside for a week and couldn't help myself last night. Tasted fairly awful and have learned my lesson! Going to leave it til at least the two week stage so I don't waste any more of my hard work. Her indoors said it tasted of chemicals and has got me paranoid that I didn't wash out the bottles enough after sterilising

Here's hoping I've not got 40 pints of poison.

[randomdave]

Been the impatient chap Im most of my brews are "sampled" at most 5 days after bottling. This usually results in 35-40 bottles been pollished off by 3 weeks later.

I do TRY to make em last but I like beer, I like making it, I like drinking it. What can ya do.

Time does make it taste better though. I managed to make one brew last 4 weeks an the last bottle was a corker. Now if only i could occupy myself long enough to let it mature...

[KevP]

I find the only way to let some beer mature is to make lots of it and often, I have 4 kegs and I try to keep at least three on the go at a time, 1 hopefully left to mature, another to 'try' and mature (but sampled now and then) and one to drink, the aim to to be drinking the mature one whilst another is maturing.

[randomdave]

ahh if only i had more storage space and an understanding mrs ^^