Hey all,
Apologies if this is in the wrong section, I couldn't think of anywhere other than a 'general' section to put it.
I was on the positive side of a bit of a brewing accident today.
About four or five months ago I brewed a poorly-conceived pale ale recipe as my second AG brew, and a lot of it went wrong. The colour is waaay off, looking more like a deep red English ale, the flavour very cloyingly sweet, way too high in alcohol (I underestimated my efficiency based on my clueless first attempt!), and definitely not sessionable.
I kegged it, had the odd drink but never really paid it much attention. Then the fridge temperature controller went all doodally and ended up gradually freezing the water in the kegs, making it progressively syrup-ier and stronger. I eventually shut off the fridge in anticipation of getting a new one that didn't end up eventuating, so it's been unrefrigerated for about two months.
Kegged my newest batch of porter, and was getting the fridge set up again this morning, and on a whim decided to give the ale a quick taste again. Wouldn't you know it, very drinkable. The freeezing then thawing diluted it a touch, bringing down the alcohol and the sweetness, and it's not unpleasant at all. Gonna have to hook it back up now, when I had it written off and was fixing to chuck it down the drain.
Anyone else had any pleasant surprises like that recently?
Cheers,
Ash
Apologies if this is in the wrong section, I couldn't think of anywhere other than a 'general' section to put it.
I was on the positive side of a bit of a brewing accident today.
About four or five months ago I brewed a poorly-conceived pale ale recipe as my second AG brew, and a lot of it went wrong. The colour is waaay off, looking more like a deep red English ale, the flavour very cloyingly sweet, way too high in alcohol (I underestimated my efficiency based on my clueless first attempt!), and definitely not sessionable.
I kegged it, had the odd drink but never really paid it much attention. Then the fridge temperature controller went all doodally and ended up gradually freezing the water in the kegs, making it progressively syrup-ier and stronger. I eventually shut off the fridge in anticipation of getting a new one that didn't end up eventuating, so it's been unrefrigerated for about two months.
Kegged my newest batch of porter, and was getting the fridge set up again this morning, and on a whim decided to give the ale a quick taste again. Wouldn't you know it, very drinkable. The freeezing then thawing diluted it a touch, bringing down the alcohol and the sweetness, and it's not unpleasant at all. Gonna have to hook it back up now, when I had it written off and was fixing to chuck it down the drain.
Anyone else had any pleasant surprises like that recently?
Cheers,
Ash
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