Hey guys!
Some time ago I made the first steps into brewing and got a craft-a-brew APA kit, and with nothing else to do these days I finally had a go at it. It came with some steeping grains, light extract, some Perle and Cascade hops, yeast (US-05 from what I could find), and sanitizer. It also came with a 1gal carboy, airlock, tubing, and a racking cane.
After leaving it in the fermenter for two weeks in my closet (I live in the Florida and the house is usually between 74-76), I bottled it into Grolsch bottles today. It was as eventful as you would expect from a first time bottler, but I got most of it into the bottles rather than in the sink.
Now, after I got as much as I could out of the carboy before sucking up the trub, I decided to try to suck a little up with the racking cane to test my beer. It was awful. It smells delicious, and looks delicious, but it tasted like someone had poured a splash of beer into a glass of vodka. I'm wondering if it was caused by the high fermentation temp? Maybe I got a mouth full of trub? Or is this just how young beer is before it mellows?
Also, it went pretty bananas during fermentation. Filled my flow off glass full of krausen on day 2, then bubbles essentially stopped on day 4, though I could still see yeast doing it's thing.
For the record, I've already put a second batch in the carboy in a little evaporation bucket rig I've hooked up.
Hoping for any thoughts on what may have (or didn't) go wrong!
Thanks
Some time ago I made the first steps into brewing and got a craft-a-brew APA kit, and with nothing else to do these days I finally had a go at it. It came with some steeping grains, light extract, some Perle and Cascade hops, yeast (US-05 from what I could find), and sanitizer. It also came with a 1gal carboy, airlock, tubing, and a racking cane.
After leaving it in the fermenter for two weeks in my closet (I live in the Florida and the house is usually between 74-76), I bottled it into Grolsch bottles today. It was as eventful as you would expect from a first time bottler, but I got most of it into the bottles rather than in the sink.
Now, after I got as much as I could out of the carboy before sucking up the trub, I decided to try to suck a little up with the racking cane to test my beer. It was awful. It smells delicious, and looks delicious, but it tasted like someone had poured a splash of beer into a glass of vodka. I'm wondering if it was caused by the high fermentation temp? Maybe I got a mouth full of trub? Or is this just how young beer is before it mellows?
Also, it went pretty bananas during fermentation. Filled my flow off glass full of krausen on day 2, then bubbles essentially stopped on day 4, though I could still see yeast doing it's thing.
For the record, I've already put a second batch in the carboy in a little evaporation bucket rig I've hooked up.
Hoping for any thoughts on what may have (or didn't) go wrong!
Thanks