warra48
I've drunk all my homebrew and I'm still worried.
I've just bottled my latest batch today. I've also just downed a bottle of one of my Hefeweizens.
The prevailing logic is to get your brew of the yeast before lagering. Well, I didn't.
I brewed an Alt type beer, but with a truckload of lager yeast (4 packets of S 23). I fermented it at 10C for 3 weeks, then dropped the temp to 2.5C for another 5 weeks. all of this was done in primary.
The batch smelled amazing, in spite of sitting on the yeast for 8 weeks. Absolutely no evidence of autolysis, and even the dregs in the fermenter smalled OK. Apart from the fact I've washed it all down the driveway, I'd be happy to have re-used it. However, my schedule for for some US style ales next.
The usual logic of Hefeweizens is to drink them fresh. Well, my last batch was brewed in early July last year. Initially it had way too much clove for my taste and was well out of balance. 6 months in the bottle has done wonders for it. The clove character has moderated to a very significant degree, and the wheat characters are now shining through. Much more to my taste.
Did I just get lucky?
The prevailing logic is to get your brew of the yeast before lagering. Well, I didn't.
I brewed an Alt type beer, but with a truckload of lager yeast (4 packets of S 23). I fermented it at 10C for 3 weeks, then dropped the temp to 2.5C for another 5 weeks. all of this was done in primary.
The batch smelled amazing, in spite of sitting on the yeast for 8 weeks. Absolutely no evidence of autolysis, and even the dregs in the fermenter smalled OK. Apart from the fact I've washed it all down the driveway, I'd be happy to have re-used it. However, my schedule for for some US style ales next.
The usual logic of Hefeweizens is to drink them fresh. Well, my last batch was brewed in early July last year. Initially it had way too much clove for my taste and was well out of balance. 6 months in the bottle has done wonders for it. The clove character has moderated to a very significant degree, and the wheat characters are now shining through. Much more to my taste.
Did I just get lucky?