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I know the standard is to wait at least 2 weeks after bottling before drinking
...but is it drinkable after one week? ....and what does it taste like? Just less carbonated?

Pants,
I must admit to being a little impatient at times, I do tend to "monitor" a bottle after about 1 week in the bottle. The beer does tend to taste a bit sweet and the flavours don't tend to have settled down much. For my last brew (a wheat beer) I "monitored" after 4 days. Due to the warm weather at the time, it was fully carbonated by this stage and tasting great. I mainly do ales and most are highly drinkable after 1 month and only ok at 2 weeks.

BK

bkmad wrote:Pants,
I must admit to being a little impatient at times, I do tend to "monitor" a bottle after about 1 week in the bottle. The beer does tend to taste a bit sweet and the flavours don't tend to have settled down much. For my last brew (a wheat beer) I "monitored" after 4 days. Due to the warm weather at the time, it was fully carbonated by this stage and tasting great. I mainly do ales and most are highly drinkable after 1 month and only ok at 2 weeks.

BK

BK - Whats ya thoughts on lagers after 2 weeks in bottle?

I havent tried it yet but am patiently (well as patient as I can be) waiting for the 14th to come around so I can try it.

I did a Coopers kit lager and only waited 10 days after bottling before taking the top off one. Tasted great but you can tell it'll improve with age. Reckon if the beer is clear and you want to try one, go ahead.
Cheers,
Ed

Great, thanks for the tip Ed....I have waited long enough I reckon, I think its time to try it out!

What others have you had great success with?

i've had the same experience with the coopers larger... first ones (5 days after bottling) were ok at a pinch.. now 1.5 months after the brew they are quite drinkable and disapearing fast!

Jack, I'm only on my second brew now which is a Muntons lager. I'm using saflager yeast so am able to brew it down to low temps (this ones going to take some time before I can drink it).

Two of my brothers have experience with brewing, so I'm picking their brains and relying on the postings in this forum . Mostly, their brews seem to be quite drinkable after about 3 weeks but vastly improve just when your down to the last few bottles. I'm lucky enough to be able to get the extra bottles when they have excess.

Cheers, Ed

My overly enthusiastic brother in law drank half of his last brew out of the fermenter! He and his 3 bottling mates made a real mess. All of the beer was gone within 2 weeks. Disgraceful tsk tsk

didn't even make the bottles huh? Wow, serious drinkers
Cheers, Ed

20 minutes.

Dogger

hehe ^_^
Well the Ancestors drank it quick like that so .... ?

Every summer I make a (suprise) summer wit..50% pale ale malt, 50% woolies plain flour, some cumin, coriander and ginger 10 minutes from boil end. Head for about 1030-1032, use Whitelabs Wit II usually, last year 4 days in the fermentor, into the keg, into the freezer chill pump it up with CO2 shake the shirt off it pump it up shake again (this method rapidly carbonates the beer) etc etc..drink straight away..my mate ( a wine judge) and I sat out the back that arvo drinking half litre after half litre...mmmmmmmm and yummmmm.
Try it ..its a winner....

Kurtz

Grain to Brain in Less than a Week...its my motto !!

Kurtz,

This recipe sounds intriguing (not least because of the addition of the plain flour).

I gather you mash it all together?

What's the exact method you employ to make it?

Oliver

Plain flour! funky!