Mathew Simkin
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Hi guys,
Relatively new brewer here and followed a few threads with interest.
Brewed a Wilko Cerveza kit four weeks ago, left it to ferment away for two weeks, then bottled into 23 litre bottles (batch primed with 150g table sugar). Fermented steadily at 18 degrees and left to condition for 6 days. Also used a clearing agent (Harris filters beer brite).
The thing is, it tastes really odd. It smells a bit cidery, has absolutely no head (which might be down to the beer brite) and doesn’t taste of much. The only way I can put it is that it tastes like water with a weird warm alcoholic kick.
Is this a classic case of the beer needs to mature for a while? Or should I have short brewed it?
I’m going to leave it alone for another two weeks and try another, but do you think it’s flogging a dead horse?
Relatively new brewer here and followed a few threads with interest.
Brewed a Wilko Cerveza kit four weeks ago, left it to ferment away for two weeks, then bottled into 23 litre bottles (batch primed with 150g table sugar). Fermented steadily at 18 degrees and left to condition for 6 days. Also used a clearing agent (Harris filters beer brite).
The thing is, it tastes really odd. It smells a bit cidery, has absolutely no head (which might be down to the beer brite) and doesn’t taste of much. The only way I can put it is that it tastes like water with a weird warm alcoholic kick.
Is this a classic case of the beer needs to mature for a while? Or should I have short brewed it?
I’m going to leave it alone for another two weeks and try another, but do you think it’s flogging a dead horse?