Posted by Jared Birbeck on Monday, November 30, 2009,
The two next test beers are done. Summer of Saaz, a simple recipe of ale malt and a touch of wheat i
s now in secondary and tasting great and the Aussie Wheat is now in the bottle. It was tasting good when it got racked just before bottling. Hopefully it continues to do so. There was a hint of something on the nose when I tipped the yeast out from secondary. Stupidly I didn't taste at the time.
Neither of those beers got test yeasts in them, the focus was on getting the beers easy to drink for ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jared Birbeck on Tuesday, November 3, 2009,
I'm getting confused now. There is no doubt that the first Australian ale of the summer has gone awry, but it may not be the same infection I've had. There are some similarities, but I tasted it again and its very easy to drink. I'm thinking it may be a fermentation problem rather than an infection. The temperature on this raced a little. I pitched around 22 degrees, a little high to begin with and then there were a few hot days. As a result I think fermentation has been affected by the tempe... Continue reading ...
