I found a few bottles of my first partial / BIAB experiments which had been hidden away for 6 or 9 months. Was under the impression that time improves most things in the brewing world, so was happy to leave a bit of each stock in an 'archive' case, but these weren't too great.
The AG stout was pretty good, still had its bitterness, and great malt flavours. But I'd had a few kits and bits brews, which looking back through the recipes were kit plus some steeped crystal and short hop boil. These have lost all their hop taste, and are left with a cloying sweetness, not that tasty, and some may even go down the drain..... Am pretty sure they were good when they were first drunk.
So, apart from not drinking the fruits of my labour quick enough, have I done anything wrong?
What's the longest bottles (brown 750mls pet bottles kept under the house in auckland temperatures) can be kept for?
The AG stout was pretty good, still had its bitterness, and great malt flavours. But I'd had a few kits and bits brews, which looking back through the recipes were kit plus some steeped crystal and short hop boil. These have lost all their hop taste, and are left with a cloying sweetness, not that tasty, and some may even go down the drain..... Am pretty sure they were good when they were first drunk.
So, apart from not drinking the fruits of my labour quick enough, have I done anything wrong?
What's the longest bottles (brown 750mls pet bottles kept under the house in auckland temperatures) can be kept for?