My Admirals Reserve had been in the bottle 2 weeks today after a disheartening taster when first bottled so I left one in the fridge to be nice and cool when I got home from work the result : carbonation is spot on, taste is rather fruity and only a hint of the initial twang that was getting...
Sorry to keep bumping this but things just keep coming up ! Couple of people seem to have had the same issue but turns out the beer was just green at first. My concern lies though in the fact it tastes exactly the same as my stout that had been in the bottle for 9 weeks and didn't change taste...
In conclusion its really halted my enjoyment of the hobby and other than a current brew that is in the FV I feel that there is little point in simply creating more stock of product that I am not going to enjoy drinking.
Time to save up :twisted...
Just bottled it up tried individually priming this time , used half a teaspoon per bottle. I got quiete p*****d off actually as the smell as taste is exactly the same as my stout I chucked due to the same tang. I'm really hoping this may die down, Im really anal about cleaning and sterilising...
That chocolate orange porter sounds bloody lovely ! Porter is usually a bit to rich or me but that really does sound lovely. A sample bottle would be great ;-) haha
Started this for some ideas really as I'm wanting to stick 3 brews on soon and stash them away for Halloween Bonfire night and Christmas , a turbo cider and and a Milestone dasher the flasher ( unsure about bonfire night one maybe a bitter ) Have you got any stashed away already or anything in...