Once again, I've jumped the gun. After bottling on the 24th and 25th, I pulled out one each from our batches of Stout, Scottish Ale, Hefeweizen (carboy 1) and super-Hefeweizen (carboy 2)*. The results are as follows:
- Stout: Not ready
- Scottish Ale: Shows promise, but not ready
- Hefe: Ready enough, but I think it will improve
- Super-Hefe: Not ready.
I told wifey I'd had enough—I was just going to forget all about this beer for about three months. She took that to mean I wouldn't be drinking ANY beer for three months. We had a good laugh sorting all THAT out (by which I mean, I laughed and she did not). Patience is critical to good brewing, and that's always been a challenge for me. So I'm finding comfort in the knowledge that in several weeks, I'll have a lot of REALLY good beer to enjoy.
* We split the hefeweizen between two carboys, and carboy 2 had more yeast in it, so it carbonated a lot faster, seems to have some subtle flavor differences, etc. Hence "hefe" and "super-hefe."
Let us know how this "wifey" thing works out. I'm still trying to figure out how they function.
ReplyDeleteI suspect you understand their function as well as I do (which is to say, not much). I've found compliments work okay, but cash works even better.
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