New Brewery Build - Goosegog

[goosegog]

Ha ha! Fortunately no Daleks (they don't come flat packed) just Daler-Rowney

[Spud395]

That a fiddy I see there GG

[goosegog]

Fiddy?

[Spud395]

A Honda 50/monkey bike?

[goosegog]

Ah yes! 1972, mechanically restored and 110cc. I have another 140cc and my other half's is pink with flowers

[Spud395]

Nice, had a few in various states of repair over the years, none now I'm sorry to say, good fun machines!

[goosegog]

Great fun! I did John O'Groats to Land's End on one of mine with 27 other nut cases then round Ireland the next year

Back to the topic in hand - I do believe it's settling bright, don't you think?
Was cloudier, now stuff on the bottom. Glad I filled a clear bottle.

[beermonsta]

get that bottle in the fridge to see it really bright! - won't take long either. If you can chill all your bottles to fridge temperatures you will see them bright very quickly. After this point most of the yeast has dropped out of solution and as so isn't doing anymore to help the flavour profile. Try one when it's fully bright. (a good test is if you can read newspaper print (backwards!) through a bottle like the one you have photographed)

[goosegog]

There are so many conflicting factors with brewing! I read they should be kept at room temperature for up to a month before they would be good to go. They've been bottled since Saturday. Could they be ready so soon?

[Spud395]

I'd leave it at least a week, before the fridge maybe 2, a month is overkill.
Instead of a clear glass bottle next time use a clear plastic bottle (500ml coke)
You can see the clearing and feel the carbonation.

Looking good man!

[goosegog]

Ah yeah, that plastic for the carbonation is a good idea, cheers.
We'll sample at the weekend
Cheers for your help

[goosegog]

OK, tried our beer tonight. Small hiss upon opening, otherwise not much going on. Poured fairly clear but still a bit hazy. Not much aroma which was disappointing (heard 2009 crop Cascade was poor). Flavour was pretty good however. Good bitterness, also slight yeast flavour. Possibly too you at 4 days since bottling. Overall, not too bad for a first brew!
I'm thinking more care and using a big bunch of Citra for aroma for our next brew

[Spud395]

Revisit it in a month, dont come to any conclusions yet.

Patience grasshopper

[stu-le-brew]

OK, tried our beer tonight. Small hiss upon opening, otherwise not much going on. Poured fairly clear but still a bit hazy. Not much aroma which was disappointing (heard 2009 crop Cascade was poor). Flavour was pretty good however. Good bitterness, also slight yeast flavour. Possibly too you at 4 days since bottling. Overall, not too bad for a first brew!

Well that all sounds good - so far, the aroma will improve with condition
The regime I have evolved was that for a beer of up to 5% a minimum of two weeks before even testing and add another week for a beer of 6.5%, in both cases the beer will continue to improve with time.

I have also been getting very good results with adding a bag of hops into the fermenter, big improvements to aroma and taste (which are connected senses)

[garwatts]

OK, tried our beer tonight. Small hiss upon opening, otherwise not much going on. Poured fairly clear but still a bit hazy. Not much aroma which was disappointing (heard 2009 crop Cascade was poor). Flavour was pretty good however. Good bitterness, also slight yeast flavour. Possibly too you at 4 days since bottling. Overall, not too bad for a first brew!

Well that all sounds good - so far, the aroma will improve with condition
The regime I have evolved was that for a beer of up to 5% a minimum of two weeks before even testing and add another week for a beer of 6.5%, in both cases the beer will continue to improve with time.

I have also been getting very good results with adding a bag of hops into the fermenter, big improvements to aroma and taste (which are connected senses)

Stu
At what stage do you add your bag of hops to the fermenter?