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| By David Ankenbrant on Jan 24th 2006, 2:21 am | Permalink |
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Today I got home from work and found the lid of my bucket fermenter cracked open. Hope no nasty wild yeast go into there. It is also the first time I used a blow by tube...when I wok up this morning the day after pitching the dry Safbrew T58 yeast was backin up into the air lock and the bucket was buldging from the yeast. The smell of the wort from my saison smells like cookies...it smells awesome! I also bottled my Yuengling Lager clone recipe along with brewing my saison. The brew day lasted from 3:00 in the afternoon to 12:00 midnight. Long day. I tasted a glas of the Yuengling Lager clone when I bottled and It had a wine type taste to it, it was good. I guess I will see how the YL clone turns out and how the saison turns out in a bit...I hope it doesnt taste thin like the last beer I made, although I am sure my first all grain tasted washed out and extra hoppy because I added the water to bring up the fermenter volume. If my two recent beers taste washed out again, then I'll have to figure out why. I also went to clean out the fermenter my YL clone was in the day after I bottled and there was yeast and some beer in the bottom...and it had a VERY stong alcohol smell to it...which I liked...so I figured out so far that the qualities in a beer that I like are: wine taste to it, cookie like smell/aroma, definitely not bitter, malty and balanced, I don't like the citrus aroma type hops all that much. The Saison is also the first recipe that I used my 40 quart brew pot and boiled all in one pot. Hope that makes a difference in my beers. I think I am going to start using a secondary and aging my beer for a bit before I bottle, as I was only using a primary for about amonth then going straight to bottling. Oh well, I guess that is it for now. |
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