Good call on the reiterated mash!! But dude, with a beer this strong you HAVE to let it age for at least 6 months to a year. It will blow your mind how much the beer changes, that acrid flavor will go away, so don't give up on it. Congrats on the new house!
I actually think I made a really good elvish drink...it's dandelion and orange mead, 18.5% ABV, back-sweeten with honey as well. It's now 6 months old and it's fantastic! The color is unbelievable amber gold.. crystal clear. No alcohol burn whatsoever, in fact it's quite dangerous because it is so smooth already, but I will age the rest of it even more. Next bottle I'll open at 9 months, and the final 3 will be drank and at least one given away after 1 year minimum. Something like elderflower wine, perhaps fizzy and such floral country wines might work well too.
I’ve been wanting to make a dandelion wine or mead for a while now so that sounds fantastic! Difficulty must be in just storing if that long without drinking
Other than wine, my personal class fantasy of elves would have them drinking something light colored, highly carbonated, and high abv out of something like a champagne flute. Would also be something that could benefit from ageing since elves live on a different time scale than others. Based on this I'd say a Saison would fit the bill, up the ante by making it mixed ferm. Total coincidence but I actually have a Brett saison in planning that I'm planning to brew and age for next spring.
I made my first all grain brew. It was biased of a Seara Madre pale ale, but I grew my hops and didn’t label them so idk what hops. Anywho I had 6 gallons so I did 5 I’m my fermentation carboy and 1gallon in one of my 1 gallon carboys. I sanitize everything because I’m not a noob at making my own booz, just first all grain. Well my 5 gallon is fine, bottle day quickly approaching, but my 1 gallon molded when I dry hopped it. Oh well. Better than the 5 gallon molding.
Great video. Yes, sadly sometimes we have to toss them. I have made a few . That brew looked really dank. I will not tell you about my habanero chocolate brew....
I would say sit on these bottles for a year and try them again. Maybe vent the bottles too. With heavy beers I will sit on them for 4-6 weeks in the primary before packaging. I have a Wee Heavy I brewed begining of April. Tasted a bit young when I first carbed it then in July it started tasting a bit phenolic but now it is finally coming into its it's own. I just hope there is enough left when the snow hits and I need a winter warmer.
Hi another great vid warts n all !! Have you found a Brewfather profile for your brew tank that you are happy with yet ? I’m still struggling to nail one. Any help would be much appreciated . Keep them coming M
Thanks! sadly no I’m still trying different ones, I’ve had a huge break from brewing and won’t be able to brew till I can afford a shed sadly but will let you know if I find one :)
How long after bottling is this? High ABV drinks like meads and barleywines need a tonnn of aging before those "off-flavors" dissipate, but if you give them 6 months to a year, they almost always do dissipate. So maybe don't throw them all out yet?? Also, to keep the CO2 dissolved, you can chill the bottle down to a very low (but not freezing) temperature before opening it. This usually prevents explosions in my experience.
I bottled this I want to say around early May? Can't remember exactly but it was a while back. I'll keep a few bottles and hope it goes better for those ones!
elves have two livers, one for living and one alone for drinking.
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Nicely done video. I appreciate that you shared even with the result you got. Many would not. Great to see experiments good and bad. Brew on!
Thanks very much :) yeah I thought it should only be fair to show bad batches also
Just found this channel after looking for kvass recipes, your content is great!
Thanks very much
Yeees! Another great video. I missed your mystical brews and storylines. Cheers.
Cheers :)
Good call on the reiterated mash!! But dude, with a beer this strong you HAVE to let it age for at least 6 months to a year. It will blow your mind how much the beer changes, that acrid flavor will go away, so don't give up on it. Congrats on the new house!
That’s a fair point and seems in line with what others have been saying
And thanks :)
Great to see you back making videos buddy
Hey, thanks!
Acrid and explosion when opened? Might be some sort of infection during the bottling process
See I thought so but there doesn’t seem to be anything that points at infection, no film, no sour flavour, still fairly sweet also.
Your videos are great. Best of luck with your new home.
Thanks very much!
Glad you're back, moving sucks.
thanks very much :)
dont throw it away, leave it for a year in the cold.
Think I might do now you know
I actually think I made a really good elvish drink...it's dandelion and orange mead, 18.5% ABV, back-sweeten with honey as well. It's now 6 months old and it's fantastic! The color is unbelievable amber gold.. crystal clear.
No alcohol burn whatsoever, in fact it's quite dangerous because it is so smooth already, but I will age the rest of it even more. Next bottle I'll open at 9 months, and the final 3 will be drank and at least one given away after 1 year minimum.
Something like elderflower wine, perhaps fizzy and such floral country wines might work well too.
I’ve been wanting to make a dandelion wine or mead for a while now so that sounds fantastic! Difficulty must be in just storing if that long without drinking
Great video, I think maybe you didn’t need to add sugar to carbonate if leaving for so long.
That could be a fair point, I tried adding less than necessary but guess there was still some unfermented sugars there
Other than wine, my personal class fantasy of elves would have them drinking something light colored, highly carbonated, and high abv out of something like a champagne flute. Would also be something that could benefit from ageing since elves live on a different time scale than others. Based on this I'd say a Saison would fit the bill, up the ante by making it mixed ferm.
Total coincidence but I actually have a Brett saison in planning that I'm planning to brew and age for next spring.
That’s actually also quite a good idea with the saison
I made my first all grain brew. It was biased of a Seara Madre pale ale, but I grew my hops and didn’t label them so idk what hops. Anywho I had 6 gallons so I did 5 I’m my fermentation carboy and 1gallon in one of my 1 gallon carboys. I sanitize everything because I’m not a noob at making my own booz, just first all grain. Well my 5 gallon is fine, bottle day quickly approaching, but my 1 gallon molded when I dry hopped it. Oh well. Better than the 5 gallon molding.
That’s really lucky only the gallon one went off! What a relief
Great video. Yes, sadly sometimes we have to toss them. I have made a few . That brew looked really dank.
I will not tell you about my habanero chocolate brew....
Cheers, id love to know about your habanero chocolate brew!
I would say sit on these bottles for a year and try them again. Maybe vent the bottles too. With heavy beers I will sit on them for 4-6 weeks in the primary before packaging. I have a Wee Heavy I brewed begining of April. Tasted a bit young when I first carbed it then in July it started tasting a bit phenolic but now it is finally coming into its it's own. I just hope there is enough left when the snow hits and I need a winter warmer.
Hmm good call, I think I’ll save it for a bit longer and see how it comes out next year
@@NikitaVorontsov would enjoy seeing a short tasting video to see if it has improved or destined for the sink
Shame it turned out less than great. I can see elves drinking carrot wine. If you've never had it's really worth trying.
I haven’t tried that actually! Never even heard of it
Hi another great vid warts n all !!
Have you found a Brewfather profile for your brew tank that you are happy with yet ? I’m still struggling to nail one. Any help would be much appreciated . Keep them coming M
Thanks!
sadly no I’m still trying different ones, I’ve had a huge break from brewing and won’t be able to brew till I can afford a shed sadly but will let you know if I find one :)
How long after bottling is this? High ABV drinks like meads and barleywines need a tonnn of aging before those "off-flavors" dissipate, but if you give them 6 months to a year, they almost always do dissipate. So maybe don't throw them all out yet??
Also, to keep the CO2 dissolved, you can chill the bottle down to a very low (but not freezing) temperature before opening it. This usually prevents explosions in my experience.
I bottled this I want to say around early May? Can't remember exactly but it was a while back. I'll keep a few bottles and hope it goes better for those ones!
Any updates on this one?
Is acrid and off greeen bottle? A brown bottle in a year?
Hey man, when you think you’ll get back to making more beer?
I wish I knew, life just gets in the way now unfortunately, no time, space, or the money to brew at the moment!
This style need to condition for a long time (one year+)
Yeah im going to set some aside I think