Comments on: The Beer Turned Out – OK!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:31:39 +0000

The off-taste could be caused by timing. Either sitting too long in the primary fermenter, or bottling too soon.
Or maybe just a bad kit.
I usually go about a week in the primary, and 2 weeks clearing in the secondary. Been brewing for about 20 years, only had 1 batch that was bad, and that was because I was in a rush to bottle – I was moving and didn’t want to transport a full carboy.

Filtering might take out some of the sediment you’re finding in your bottles, but won’t do anything to the taste.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 22:22:36 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Andrew. That’s interesting about the lager not tasting so good for you. I haven’t tried one myself – so I’ll get someone else’s opinion as well.

As far as filtering beer – good question. I suppose you could do that if you had a way to carbonate it – home brew usually does have some yeast in the final product as that, along with a bit of extra sugar at bottling time, help to provide carbonation.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:56:49 +0000

I don’t know if your first batch was the white beer or the red… but I tried both, and I can say the white was a little difficult to drink, and I must confess I drank is slowly enough that I didn’t have time to finish the bottle. However, the red was quite nice, and I enjoyed it to the end. These were the first home-made beers I have ever tried, and I would be encouraged now to try making my own some time.

The white had an off-taste similar to the off-taste I found in a batch of homemade soda pop that I attempted a couple of years ago. I’m not sure how to describe it… perhaps it was an excessive yeastiness(?)

I wonder what these would be like filtered? Have you tried filtering beer? Can it be done easily at home, or would you have to take your batch to a U-Brew place and get them to do it for you?