Here is a pic of the Munich Lager in all it's glory being consumed 21 days after bottling:
I needed the camera close at hand to manage to get a photo of the poured beer with some head on it as it dissipated very quickly.
Co-taster Barney was on hand to sample the beer again on day 22 and he agreed that the taste had improved immeasurably from the first taste and we even managed to drink our way through three bottles quite comfortably.
In between the tasting at 15 days and this tasting six days later I bought a dozen bottles in from the shed and stored in the understairs cupboard in the hope that slightly warmer temperatures and a quick inversion to mix some of the sediment up would improve the carbonation. The good news is that it seems to me that I was right and the beer is much improved.
Further to co-taster Barney, I shared another bottle with taster number two Russell on Sunday (day 23). This was the best of the lot so far with a really good head on pouring, a clean crisp taste and enough flavour to make you go back for more. Lucky I am enjoying drinking it because I think I have about 18 bottles of it to drink! We've decided to try to do some blind tasting with a few of the also-ran local beers like Tui to see how it compares. I will report the results when we get around to it.
I needed the camera close at hand to manage to get a photo of the poured beer with some head on it as it dissipated very quickly.
Co-taster Barney was on hand to sample the beer again on day 22 and he agreed that the taste had improved immeasurably from the first taste and we even managed to drink our way through three bottles quite comfortably.
In between the tasting at 15 days and this tasting six days later I bought a dozen bottles in from the shed and stored in the understairs cupboard in the hope that slightly warmer temperatures and a quick inversion to mix some of the sediment up would improve the carbonation. The good news is that it seems to me that I was right and the beer is much improved.
Further to co-taster Barney, I shared another bottle with taster number two Russell on Sunday (day 23). This was the best of the lot so far with a really good head on pouring, a clean crisp taste and enough flavour to make you go back for more. Lucky I am enjoying drinking it because I think I have about 18 bottles of it to drink! We've decided to try to do some blind tasting with a few of the also-ran local beers like Tui to see how it compares. I will report the results when we get around to it.
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