be one of my favorite beers) it's just mine was so strong. I'll let
my next batch clarify before drinking. I was just concerned to see
if my first batch worked. quick question though: I'm wanting to
serve this to some friends and i'm not sure if they'll detect the
taste after clarifying or not, do you think if i poured it through
one of those brita pitchers it would filter out all of the yeast and
if it did would it filter out good parts of the beverage?
--- "ramjammn"
> --- In E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com, therockinc@y... wrote:
> > My first beverage just finished fermenting. I got impatient
dring
> > clarification and drank some as soon as it was cold. it tasted
> good
> > but I noticed the distinct flavor of the yeast. My question
is:
> > Does this go away after clarification or will all of mine have
this
> > flavor? If so i can live with it I'd just rather not have that
> > yeasty taste.
>
> The cloudy color in the beverage is suspended yeast
> cells. Like Steve said. Once the beverage clears
> most (there still might be a faint hint of yeast
> flavor)of the yeast taste will go away. I put my
> 2L bottles in the fridge for 2 or 3 days. Then transfer
> the drink ( I like getting the beverage off the lees
> (sediment) as soon as possible) into smaller plasic
> soda bottles for 10 days. This produces perfectly
> clear drinks that look great when you serve them.
> The taste is awesome to. If your use to drinking
> commercial wines and beers you will notice even the
> slight bit of yeast taste. That is because those
> beverages are filterd and all the yeast cells are
> removed. Even vintage wines are filtered to prevent
> any more fermenting from taking place in the corked
> bottle. Try drinking a bottled conditioned ale
> (Like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale) and you will notice a
> hint of yeast taste. If you don't like any yeast taste
> then natural alcoholic beverages might not be your
> cup of tea:-)
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