fluketamer
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wait til its conditioned in the bottle for a few weeks. it will be super. i used to always do 3 weeks at 70 then 1 week chilled to really get the co2 into the beer when bottling. happy you got the esters you were looking for.
tapped the pilsner last night. no way this will have any chance to lager. properly. its good. after three glasses of trying to find off flavors i decided i cant.
i then gave it to swimbo who said its not bad its not bad at all. which means its young. i didnt get the " its pretty good" which means its ready. lol
it’s all speculation until you ferment it and taste it. im speculating that this keg wont last the month. i like mine too. it needs a little more tweaking . changing golden light to pilsen and adding steeped grains and hop tea will make it perfect. i may even leave out the dme all together and just add 12 ounces of dextrose and brew to 4.5 gallons. this came out maltier , boozier and not as pale as i was looking for. also not as bitter . i thought shorting it to 4.5 would have sufficed for the bitterness but thats the problem with kits you dont really know what you will get until you try.
also summer is busy for me and i left the half batch with kit yeast in primary with the dry hops in there now for 12 days now hoping to keg it tomorow.
hope the extended dry hop doesnt have detrimental effect.
pondering what to make next.
tapped the pilsner last night. no way this will have any chance to lager. properly. its good. after three glasses of trying to find off flavors i decided i cant.
i then gave it to swimbo who said its not bad its not bad at all. which means its young. i didnt get the " its pretty good" which means its ready. lol
it’s all speculation until you ferment it and taste it. im speculating that this keg wont last the month. i like mine too. it needs a little more tweaking . changing golden light to pilsen and adding steeped grains and hop tea will make it perfect. i may even leave out the dme all together and just add 12 ounces of dextrose and brew to 4.5 gallons. this came out maltier , boozier and not as pale as i was looking for. also not as bitter . i thought shorting it to 4.5 would have sufficed for the bitterness but thats the problem with kits you dont really know what you will get until you try.
also summer is busy for me and i left the half batch with kit yeast in primary with the dry hops in there now for 12 days now hoping to keg it tomorow.
hope the extended dry hop doesnt have detrimental effect.
pondering what to make next.