That said, I do fancy another onelancsSteve wrote:Just trying a belgian shade and v. disappointed
Have given the bottles a bit of a shaken in their crates and moved back up to the warm for a few weeks to see if I can get them to carbonate...
1 mash, 2 boils, 3 blokes, 4 versions of "4 Shades of Stout"
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lancsSteve
Re: 1 mash, 2 boils, 3 blokes, 4 versions of "4 Shades of St
Have given the bottles a bit of a shaken in their crates and moved back up to the warm for a few weeks to see if I can get them to carbonate...
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lancsSteve
Re: 1 mash, 2 boils, 3 blokes, 4 versions of "4 Shades of St
After 3 weeks in the warm carbonation MUCH improved.
Belgian impressed at first - gentle Belgian edge and residual sweetness but somewhat tarnished by a metallic aftertaste. Almost no yeast sediment left - feel that it needed re-priming with belgian yeast for bottling to really develop further, hoping that was a duff bottle (came into contact with no metal since running through the hop strainer, hoping it's one to develop further and just a phase it's going through or a duff bottle...)
Whisky shade has developed beautifully with a nice hint of smoke in the aroma and flavour.
Coffee is a little variable - some are INCREDIBLY coffee falvoured with a real cool coffee stout others less assertiveley so - needed more mixing up pre bottling I think.
Still not tried the 'pirate' shade - tomorrow night methinks. MUCH improved after further warm conditioning.
Belgian impressed at first - gentle Belgian edge and residual sweetness but somewhat tarnished by a metallic aftertaste. Almost no yeast sediment left - feel that it needed re-priming with belgian yeast for bottling to really develop further, hoping that was a duff bottle (came into contact with no metal since running through the hop strainer, hoping it's one to develop further and just a phase it's going through or a duff bottle...)
Whisky shade has developed beautifully with a nice hint of smoke in the aroma and flavour.
Coffee is a little variable - some are INCREDIBLY coffee falvoured with a real cool coffee stout others less assertiveley so - needed more mixing up pre bottling I think.
Still not tried the 'pirate' shade - tomorrow night methinks. MUCH improved after further warm conditioning.