Ahhh….it’s been 2 weeks in the bottle and so I decided to open up a bottle and have a little taste of the Australian Pale Ale made from the Cooper’s Australian Pale Ale Kit. If you remember, this was done in the beginning of July and it’s been about 1 and a half months already. Not really optimal but I guess it should good enough for a sampling. My friends will be receiving their beers next week and I really need to ensure that at least, it would taste like beer. And I am not disappointed.
Here are the photos:
Nice colour, good head and yes, solid carbonation.If you would compare the colour to my previous batch (actually my first batch), you would see that the colour here is lighter and more golden. This is the result of less boiling during the wort making process which would darken the colour and reduce the “goldenness” of the final beer.
Another shot of the beer. This time with flash.
The head. Alas, the head didn’t last long. It went down in about 10 minutes or so. This could be due to the amount of dextrose I added as this will thin the beer and thus there will be less head retention. Too bad. I actually wanted to use more malt instead of sugar but due to cost and the problem with too much sweetness in the beer, I decided to use dextrose instead. Do note that the Cooper’s Australian Pale Ale kit is already not that bitter in the beginning and if I add more malt, it may become just too sweet to be a real beer.
Now, for the taste. In my opinion, it tasted quite good. Pleasant drinking without the usual kit twang which we often get from kits. At least I didn’t taste any off flavours or harshness in the beer. As I mentioned before, this batch was done with 1kg of dextrose and I was expecting some strong alcohol harshness, but I didn’t feel any in the beer. That is definitely a good thing. It stills feels a bit rough on the edge but I guess it could be due to the fact that the beer is a bit green. A little more aging and it should be prefect. Overall, it is great. I am sure that my friends will like this one.
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