strange-steve
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My flanders red is only a few weeks off a year old so I took a sample to check progress. Gravity is surprisingly high at 1.012, but I remember when I brewed this I noticed after the mash that the temperature probe wasn't properly seated in the thermowell, so I suspect it was mashed quite a bit hotter than intended.
I'm guessing the gravity will drop a bit more because I still have to release the pressure from the sealed carboy every few days with an audible hiss, so there's still some activity.
Flavour wise it's OK, nothing special. Not much sourness yet, just a little tang, and some fruity brett flavour. Hopefully this will improve with some more ageing, I'm not in a hurry to bottle this so I'll give it another try in a few months.
I'm guessing the gravity will drop a bit more because I still have to release the pressure from the sealed carboy every few days with an audible hiss, so there's still some activity.
Flavour wise it's OK, nothing special. Not much sourness yet, just a little tang, and some fruity brett flavour. Hopefully this will improve with some more ageing, I'm not in a hurry to bottle this so I'll give it another try in a few months.