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[tove]

Hi,

As title says...probably of no interest to anyone but me...

but..

Have to say...my first brew (kit - John Bull IPA), turned out ok, bit of a sugary taste and not much 'kick'..

Left for another week in bottle ..and..

My word. it pays to wait...transformed into 'ok' to 'great'.

Patience is a virtue!!!

Cheers guys!

 

[Wez]

very true, just had a similar experience with one of my beers!

 

[keith1664]

Good, hopefully it'll work on my first kit, a Muntons "Connoisseurs" Lager kit, 4 weeks in the bottle and moving from nasty to unpleasant! The Coopers just tasted bland after 2 weeks.

 

[tove]

my coopers lager has been in bottle for 2 weeks....so tempted to try...is it worth ignoring this feeling and just leaving it for a while?

 

[tove]

very true, just had a similar experience with one of my beers!

good, glad its just not me...just have to be patient in future!

 

[keith1664]

my coopers lager has been in bottle for 2 weeks....so tempted to try...is it worth ignoring this feeling and just leaving it for a while?

Well if you don't how will you know if it's true

 

[Baz Chaz]

Patience ....... a word thought up by dull buggers who couldn't think quick enough Spike Milligan

I'm terrible at waiting to see how brews develop, but I try a bottle after a week then after two etc and it's surprising how brews develop, some early some need more time, but my excuse is you need to try to see where they are :whistle:


get in there my man ....... have a go :

 

[bomberns127]

patience is the key to great beer, after intial ferment, i leave it for approx another3-4 days then transfer to another fv set up as a bottler, i then leave that for a week somewhere cold and then bottle all the lovely juice up, leave the bottles somewhere warm for around a week, then 2-3 weeks after that somewhere cold again and its very very drinkable, be careful on priming sugar if you are doing lager, the longer you leave it in the bottle i find it gets more lively, so i put around a quarter of a teasoon when bottling.