Alcohol Free Beer is it possible by mistake.

[CaPunT Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CaPunT]

How much craft beer have you had (tasted) before you attempted making your own beer ??

Holy shit the "quote" had me in stitches JIG.

[jakeslouw Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jakeslouw]

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Not much at all - the Beer fest at deep sea Club and occasionally when a place serves it.
Likely twice - 3 x a year.

Craft beer doesn't have to taste alcoholic. In fact, any session ale should NOT be.

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[Toxxyc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toxxyc]

As I have it, most beer styles "the masses" enjoy, should not have even the slightest hint of being alcoholic. It should be smooth, balanced and well-rounded. There are some, yes, but they're usually not something most enjoy. Also not something a beginner homebrewer should attempt at making.

[Treeman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Treeman]

[QUOTE=jakeslouw;30373]Craft beer doesn't have to taste alcoholic. In fact, any session ale should NOT be.
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Ahhh ye', I do understand that, "NOW" - but I was trying to convey the "light beer" taste or mouth feeling it had. This "light beer" factor went away 3 days further down the aging path.
At two weeks I posted the low alcohol post and 3 days later the bar/pub test.
There was a definite turning point some time after the 14 day age - whats the general feeling on aging times?

[Treeman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Treeman]

[QUOTE=Toxxyc;30374]As I have it, most beer styles "the masses" enjoy, should not have even the slightest hint of being alcoholic. It should be smooth, balanced and well-rounded.
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This is a very attractive goal, I may then have lucked onto a good one - hence the woman liking it so instantly.
I have had 7 bottles now and it is nicer with each bottle, perhaps my course palate is the problem.

[Toxxyc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toxxyc]

Beer, like wine and most other drinks, requires time. Some styles are more forgiving for being "young", like IPAs, where others get better with a lot of time (like a properly cellared Belgian Triple).

Either way, for the homebrewer, most beers do well being left alone for a good while. Be it in the fermenter or in the bottle. And take it from the most impatient man on the forum, it's good to let them sit and age. Develop. Condition.

2 Weeks in the bottle is considered the absolute minimum for a beer to spend in the bottle before being tasted for the first time by many. Some will say 4 weeks is more appropriate. Some beers develop fully only years later. It's hard, I know, which is why it's nice to have surplus. Having enough makes it easier to leave some to condition a bit more.

It was damn near the hardest beer-related thing I've ever had to do, leaving my Vienna Lager in the fridge for 3 months before even bottling it. Can't wait to see how it'll turn out, though.

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

[QUOTE=Treeman;30375]

Craft beer doesn't have to taste alcoholic. In fact, any session ale should NOT be.
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Ahhh ye', I do understand that, "NOW" - but I was trying to convey the "light beer" taste or mouth feeling it had. This "light beer" factor went away 3 days further down the aging path.
At two weeks I posted the low alcohol post and 3 days later the bar/pub test.
There was a definite turning point some time after the 14 day age - whats the general feeling on aging times?

[QUOTE=Treeman;30376]

As I have it, most beer styles "the masses" enjoy, should not have even the slightest hint of being alcoholic. It should be smooth, balanced and well-rounded.
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This is a very attractive goal, I may then have lucked onto a good one - hence the woman liking it so instantly.
I have had 7 bottles now and it is nicer with each bottle, perhaps my course palate is the problem.

@Treeman
You don't seem to getting the quote thing under the belt ???

Are you using this button?
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with most of your post ½ the quote is missing and you have this weird ***************** going on, so it's difficult to see where your reply actually starts ??

[Treeman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Treeman]

[QUOTE=JIGSAW;30378][QUOTE=Treeman;30375]

@Treeman
You don't seem to getting the quote thing under the belt ???

Are you using this button?
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with most of your post ½ the quote is missing and you have this weird ***************** going on, so it's difficult to see where your reply actually starts ??

Sorry Jigsaw, I have developed habits from other sites.
I usually delete the parts of quoted that are not relevant to my reply.
I always use the ************* between quote and response, old carry over.

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Sorry Jigsaw, I have developed habits from other sites.
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Ok fine, I do the same, but then DON'T delete the last part of the quote that says [ / QUOTE ]

then all will be fine and display correctly ... see, i just did the same above with your quote

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[Treeman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Treeman]

Problem is I am likely a few drinks behind.

[Toxxyc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toxxyc]

Problem is I am likely a few drinks behind.

Don't worry, we all are.

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Problem is I am likely a few drinks behind.

No excuse ... As per that signature the whole world is