That’s going to be a complex brew. You said you were going to age this a few months in bottles – how do you avoid oxidation in your homebrew while it’s in bottles?
I use special caps that help prevent it, as much as possible at least. I haven’t ever had too much of a problem with oxidation…but then again I tend to be impatient and drink most of my beer before it even gets to that point!
[...] up, I bottled my port barrel-aged Belgian brown ale, which smelled and tasted phenomenal coming out of secondary. The lactobacillus I added after [...]
February 28, 2009 at 6:21 pm
That’s going to be a complex brew. You said you were going to age this a few months in bottles – how do you avoid oxidation in your homebrew while it’s in bottles?
February 28, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I use special caps that help prevent it, as much as possible at least. I haven’t ever had too much of a problem with oxidation…but then again I tend to be impatient and drink most of my beer before it even gets to that point!
April 14, 2009 at 8:24 am
[...] up, I bottled my port barrel-aged Belgian brown ale, which smelled and tasted phenomenal coming out of secondary. The lactobacillus I added after [...]