11-07-2011, 10:06 PM
Well, here is my experience... I went ahead and chilled a couple bottles , changed caps.. (at 9 days I think?)I drank some the next night.. AMAZING! So so so good. Then I went ahead and bottled some, continuing to drink from the plastic ones.
Interesting thing to note: The bottled ones smell of sulfur when opening.. It SHOULD settle in after 3 weeks... Wheat beers yeasts have more sulfur release. Apparently sulfur is released mainly at the end of the yeasts life. In normal brewing conditions, it is allowed to air out. This would be a good reason for fermenting for the 2 weeks! However I wonder if that would detract from the carbonation.. In which case you could add some fresh unyeasted beer to the bottle and seal - like normal kraussening. Also, perhaps its best to avoid wheat beers due to the extra sulfur...
I have since brewed a all-organic partial mash hefeweizen. I used a 5 gallon glass bottle, but I put 2 liters of it into a plastic with EZ caps. SO COOL, I get to taste the brew much earlier this way. Tasted it today and its unreal... no sulfur, and just indescribably loaded with tasty nuances.
Interesting thing to note: The bottled ones smell of sulfur when opening.. It SHOULD settle in after 3 weeks... Wheat beers yeasts have more sulfur release. Apparently sulfur is released mainly at the end of the yeasts life. In normal brewing conditions, it is allowed to air out. This would be a good reason for fermenting for the 2 weeks! However I wonder if that would detract from the carbonation.. In which case you could add some fresh unyeasted beer to the bottle and seal - like normal kraussening. Also, perhaps its best to avoid wheat beers due to the extra sulfur...
I have since brewed a all-organic partial mash hefeweizen. I used a 5 gallon glass bottle, but I put 2 liters of it into a plastic with EZ caps. SO COOL, I get to taste the brew much earlier this way. Tasted it today and its unreal... no sulfur, and just indescribably loaded with tasty nuances.