Moonie, ya know craft brewing is just like golf (thats flog spelt backwards, by the way) the better ya get the tougher the handicap. Ya just keep movin the goalposts on yourself, s'pose what i mean is that what you thought was great six months ago, is maybe not so good now.
Thankfully the outcome is the results improve. But somehow I doubt if we believe it. We need someone to bounce the beer off for an opinion, like your uncle the lucky bugger. Sounds like he is going to be sampling his fair share of free beer, also sounds like you are happy to share the fruits of your labour with him, so he must be a good bloke.
Father in law recently declared one of my brews was "the best beer he had ever tasted". This guy has had many of my previous beers and the comments have not always been so good. I was not that happy with the beer he was tasting, but upon reflection, it was much better than the previous 2 attempts at the style.
Once you progress to kegging, then bottle conditioning is not such an issue. Bottled beer morphs so much over time. I recently opened a 5 month old IPA and it was totally different (improved) to what it was even 7 weeks ago, but a Red Irish Ale 6 months in the bottle was over carbed and tasted worse to me than it did at 8 weeks.
Keep brewing and sharing that is what this great craft/hobby experience is all about. Much like a true Chef, we study, experiment and practice our craft to experience enjoyment from producing something which brings enjoyment to ourselves and others.
On On, Brew Brew, Moonie
Thankfully the outcome is the results improve. But somehow I doubt if we believe it. We need someone to bounce the beer off for an opinion, like your uncle the lucky bugger. Sounds like he is going to be sampling his fair share of free beer, also sounds like you are happy to share the fruits of your labour with him, so he must be a good bloke.
Father in law recently declared one of my brews was "the best beer he had ever tasted". This guy has had many of my previous beers and the comments have not always been so good. I was not that happy with the beer he was tasting, but upon reflection, it was much better than the previous 2 attempts at the style.
Once you progress to kegging, then bottle conditioning is not such an issue. Bottled beer morphs so much over time. I recently opened a 5 month old IPA and it was totally different (improved) to what it was even 7 weeks ago, but a Red Irish Ale 6 months in the bottle was over carbed and tasted worse to me than it did at 8 weeks.
Keep brewing and sharing that is what this great craft/hobby experience is all about. Much like a true Chef, we study, experiment and practice our craft to experience enjoyment from producing something which brings enjoyment to ourselves and others.
On On, Brew Brew, Moonie
