Today on Facebook, my mom asked me a question that I couldn’t answer in the short limits that Facebook imposes on wall comments/posts. I reposted it here in full form.
Here is the question:
Hi Patrick,
I have a beer question.Unfiltered and unfettered Hefeweisen… I had that recently at 12 Crane and it didn’t taste right. I am sure I have had it before, or at least tasted it at a beer bar in Boston with you and I liked it. When I asked the waitress about it, she said the beer was as it should be but may have seemed strange because of the “unfettered and unfiltered”. Does that sound right to you or is she just a good waitress with an intelligent sounding response? I am keeping my question “filtered” because I don’t want to cast aspersions on any beer makers.
love, Mom
Read on for my response:
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In the next installment of my
Bottle Conditioning in Growlers
Well, today seemed to be a busy day for people asking me beer-related questions on facebook. I like to repost things like this here, since the facebook wall doesn’t really stick around very long.
So, a friend of mine who is just getting into homebrewing, posed this question:
Well, I’ve experimented some with bottle-conditioning in growlers, with some mixed (but never disastrous) results. I’ve also heard the warning from people on the Internet about bottle bombs.
Read on for my response, which I elaborated on somewhat to fit this format (my blog), since facebook imposes character limits on wall posts and comments.
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