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750ml bottles make smoother beer than stubbies?

Posted: Thursday Dec 04, 2008 8:58 am
by chadjaja
I read this from Chimay's website when talking about its magnum bottle.
If you think that Magnum is just a Chimay Blue in a 150 cl (51 fl.oz.) bottle, you are forgetting one essential fact, for it is important to appreciate that a large volume of beer affects the development of taste in the second fermentation of the beer in the bottle and gives it a fuller and smoother character
I bottle all my home brew in stubbies with the odd exception.

Re: 750ml bottles make smoother beer than stubbies?

Posted: Thursday Dec 04, 2008 9:01 am
by drsmurto
I 'bottle' in 19L containers. :lol:

The flavour definitely changes over time, the hop bitterness subsides which is why you would say its smoother.

I'd say the difference between stubbies and longies would be very subtle.