A Pleasant Surprise

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A Pleasant Surprise

Post by adm » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:43 pm

The second AG brew I did didn't work out so well.

It was a HobGoblin clone attempt, and came out tasting a bit "thin" if you get my drift. It had a very similar taste to HG, but something wasn't right.

At the time I had a few pints, then left it as I had some other brews coming on stream - all of which have been really nice so far.

I hummed and hawed about showing it the dustbin, but in the end just left it in the corny and almost forgot about it.

Anyway - last week I drank all the rest of the on hand brews and have been on bought bottles ever since waiting for brews to ferment and mature. This evening though, I remembered the BobGoblin and hooked it up to the tap to see whether it was still as bad.

It's turned out rather good now! The taste is nicely rounded and it seems to have integrated more. It still feels a rather "light" in the mouth, but it's more than drinkable. In fact, I'm now on my 3rd pint of it! It's also clear as a bell now (too clear for HobGobin...)

I find it funny that the two brews that I haven't been happy with (this one, and a Wherry Insta-Kit which was the first beer i ever made) dissapointed me at first, then got forgotten about, then ended up rather good.

So the moral of this story is: "If at first you don't succeed, leave it sit another month and try again"
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Post by Stonechat » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:00 pm

Patience is a virtue :wink: For homebrewers it brings rewards to those that wait :D :D :D

Seriously though, am very pleased the craft and effort put into your AG eventually was repaid with a tasty pint.
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maxashton

Post by maxashton » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:26 pm

I've had this several times with AG brews. especially stuff around 4%. Seem to have less trouble with my higher alcohol stuff, presumably due to higher volume of dextrins from the darker malt.
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scarer

Post by scarer » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:11 am

I'm just getting this with an all Golding bitter I kegged about 3 weeks ago. It's still a bit young anyway but it seems thinner than any of my previous 4 ish beers.

I diluted this one to get to gravity and wondered if I'd gone to far and my refractometer was telling me lies.

I'll leave it and see how it turns out.
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Madbrewer

Post by Madbrewer » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:33 am

scarer wrote:I'm just getting this with an all Golding bitter I kegged about 3 weeks ago. It's still a bit young anyway but it seems thinner than any of my previous 4 ish beers.

I diluted this one to get to gravity and wondered if I'd gone to far and my refractometer was telling me lies.

I'll leave it and see how it turns out.
Are you still using Nottingham yeast? I am going back to S04 for my next brew, though I like Nott's it did sort of 'over ferment' my last TEA a little.
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booldawg

Post by booldawg » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:31 pm

I always find the bitterness isn't there in 'green' beers. THe hops come through with proper maturation times.
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Matt

Post by Matt » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:47 pm

I had this - a Kolsch I brewed had DMS and chill haze and it was boo hoo all round. 3 months later it matured into my best brew.
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:12 pm

I think every homebrewer has experienced similar. Beer, especially the slightly darker or stronger ones can really come into their own in a few months time.

Same with my current Kolsch, Matt. After kegging I thought it had acetaldehyde or something, it was pretty rough tasting. 3 weeks later it's amazing.
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