Hi all, just had a bottle of my 2nd ever brew. My first brew was a lager kit that comes with brewbuddy and the 2nd was a 2 can Yorkshire bitter. more or less followed brewing instructions for both. With Both beers I have gotten the same fruity/licorice aftertaste not a bad taste but being new to home brew I did find it strange to get the same after taste from both beers. Is this the norm? Was it something I have or haven't done? any one get the same thing?
Strange aftertaste.
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The brewing instructions on kits tend to suggest the beer is ready to drink a bit earlier than it really is.
Other posters refer to a "homebrew twang".
If you could let us know the exact kit, when it was started, how much later it was bottled and how long it has been in the bottle, we can give you some advice.
Modern kits make decent beer, but come with super optimistic "instructions". 2 months is the realistic timeframe for making kit beers.
My beers are much better for leaving it in the primary FV for 2 weeks. That extra week in primary saves much maturing time later in the process.
Bottling at 1 week leads to a cloudy brew that the yeast has not properly cleaned up. Takes much longer for the yeast to do this in the bottle.
Mantra: 2 in the Primary - 2 in the warm, bottled - 2 in the cool.
No harm in leaving it in the cool for several weeks. My better efforts are after around 3 months from brewing using kits.
Thanks Slid. I took you advice on my latest batch coopers draft lager. just under 20 days in first. Then put into 2nd fermenter batch prime then bottled. I just had a wee taste last night and I couldn't tell it from draft in the pub. Just going to refrigerate it now for a few weeks before drinking.
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