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Offline yso191

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Re: One Week Fermentation = Mistake?
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2012, 12:43:21 pm »
Thanks to both of you.  I think this is the biggest hole in my understanding about brewing.  By taste, do you mean the abscence of diacetyl, etc.?  Or is it more that it doesn't taste like fermenting wort anymore and more like beer?

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Re: One Week Fermentation = Mistake?
« Reply #16 on: December 05, 2012, 01:07:36 pm »
What I mean is that it tastes like something you'd want to drink.  Yeah, it's pretty subjective.  Start with that criterion, then take into account things that you know will age out or be removed, like diacetyl.  You'll learn as you brew more.
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Re: One Week Fermentation = Mistake?
« Reply #17 on: December 05, 2012, 02:48:00 pm »
It takes practice. A lot of practice and a few stinkers here and there to "educate" oneself. Despite other's advice I've, uh... tried various approaches and experiments and pretty much have figured out what works and what doesn't. Had to learn the hard way.

It does help to have a Carbonator cap. That way one can carb up a sample to see what it will actually taste like carbonated. I may be in a minority in this but have spigots installed in all my fermenters. This gives me the ability to draw off samples whenever I like, which is particularly useful when trying new yeast, temperatures and recipes. Again, once I've establish how things will behave I won't fiddle with the beer and leave it to do it's thang.

And quite certainly the brewer can have their beer ready to be drunk in less than a week. Just takes skill, knowledge and the right approach and criteria.
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