Jamil’s American Brown Ale: Early Observation
I figured that I would mention that this beer is the only beer that I have made so far whose prefermented wort was actually pretty darn tasty. This wort had a very complex flavor full of maltyness and roastyness and all sorts of goodness.
Pitching this wort on the previous batch kicked started this yeast like I have never seen before. It was up and running full speed in less than two hours. This certainly is a new persional landspeed record. I guess so much for ester production but that is just fine; I wasn’t looking for fruity flavors in this one anyway.
I had a real hard time keeping this temperature down, even in the tub. It fermened for a solid 48 hours. As of today, this beer is still in the primary fermenter. I am giving it a long rest on the yeast to ensure that the yeast has time to clean up the mess from a warm fermenation. Thankfully, I don’t think that this beer fermented warm enough to generate any of those hot fusil alchols.
I will be transfering this into a secondary in the next few days and then moving it into the back of the kegerator. I want to give this some time to clarify before moving into a keg. If you skip the secondary, you can safely move it into the keg but the first few glasses are a bit chunky–and if you bump the keg real good, you will get some serious haze for a few more glasses ( of course, it still tastes fine either way ).
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I have been tasting the wort for a while now and I have not been able to make the connection between what I taste there and what the final product tastes like. In fact, I have noticed that my first few beers from a young brew usually are reminiscent of the wort, whereas the last few taste more like a mature complete beer.
I have always found that the mature beer tastes far, far better than the wort. This is what I was excited about. If this wort was pretty good, then the final product should be outstanding.
Good call. I noticed that with my dopplebock, I was really pleased with my wort flavor on that one. It stood out because I usually don’t enjoy the wort.