over powering and i just couldnt control it

[matty198111]

YEP ITS THE URGE TO OPEN A BREW

well as some of u know i brewed a pilsner kit

bottled it sunday


was gonna leave it a good few weeks BUT

just opened my second bottle

have to say its awesome

just the right amount of fizz, nice good reasonably strong taste

i know ur gonna say u shoulda waited but come how many of u got the urge to sup asap on ur first brew lol


any way i got another 3 kits on the go so i will leave alot of them for a month or more, just enjoying this lovely pint


i have thanked you all before for your help but would like to thank u all again

CHEERS GUYS

[thedeckking]

We've all done it at some point

[GrowlingDogBeer]

I'm forever sampling mine as soon as they are in the Kegs, just a little taster day by day to see how they are progressing. The Summer Lightning has been in the Keg nearly a week now and is starting to come good. The ESB has been in nearly a week as well and that is getting close to ready.
I had a trip out today with SWMBO to a local Farm Shop and came home with 20 different bottles of local ales so that should keep me busy for tonight at least.

[trucker5774]

There is hardly a day goes by without me having a sample. To be honest I am usually drinking my barrelled beer 10 days from pitching the yeast................the bottles only survive while there is some left in the barrel

[edgearsenal]

nothing wrong with it we all do it well the impatient ones of us do.

[Andris]

am I the only one who drinks up the gravity check samples from fermenter - yeast and all?

ah, as for the bottling - after I bottle 2 crates, the remaining beer gets into small 0.33l bottles just for sampling purposes! try white glass ones - fascinating view how yeast works there and settles down, also good way to check how your batch is carbonating and perfect excuse to sample it!

[monkeyb0y]

Ive known people on here drink it from the fermenter....which imo is ok as long as you use a sanitised pint glass..lol

[kidgloves]

Im guilty of this as well. Im getting better now that i've got the production line approach. Drink 1 barrell while the other clears and also bottle as often as possible.

[Scotty]

am I the only one who drinks up the gravity check samples from fermenter - yeast and all?

Nope! Gives me a good idea about how the final beer should turn out, plus it acts as a good laxative

I leave my kegs 3-4 weeks (bottles even more so) before sampling.