Flying with home brew
When I visited Denmark a few days ago (together with Léon, Anna and Amaia, but that’s another story), I wanted to take a few bottles of my home-brewed beer to inflict on old friends, so I wrapped eight bottles up in my best clothes and handed the suitcase over to Norwegian (they fly Edinburgh-Copenhagen, even during winter).
When we finally got to Århus, I unwrapped the bottles, and apart from one (which had leaked a little), they seemed to have survived the trip.
The next day I met up with an old friend of mine, Jes, who also happens to be a home-brewer, and I proudly poured him a glass of my fine brew. Or so I thought.
The beer was producing much more foam than it does here, and the taste had deteriorated. Jes was being very polite about it, but I was disappointed.
The next day I was visiting another old friend, Thomas Mailund, and I brought him a couple of bottles, too. I was hoping that the problems had perhaps been resolved by letting the bottles rest a little longer, but unfortunately it tasted even worse than the day before, not just yeasty but also sour.
So I have to conclude that my home brew doesn’t travel. If you want to taste it, you have to visit me here in Scotland! 🙂
I think you can only conclude that it doesn’t fly. Try ferry?
For a test, take a bottle on a road trip (or just keep it in the car for a bit, so it goes on multiple short trips). This will at least test if the shaking is to blame.
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There are still two unopened bottles on my kitchen table. I will report back in a couple of weeks, if a couple of weeks rest revives the beer 🙂
Søren, please let me know how they taste then!
I will. You just have to wait a little 🙂