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Hoonigan said:
Try this, it's my own recipie, just substitute the grain for light malt extract, remove the 60 min addition and add some extra hops at 15min (start of boil) to match the IBU's. It's not exactly lager like, but light and hoppy... Nom nom nom 
http://brewgr.com/recipe/18530/amarillo-cascade-am...
i think im a little way off ofboiling up my own brews just yet, but if i get the hang of things, i'll give it a go.http://brewgr.com/recipe/18530/amarillo-cascade-am...
Edited by Hoonigan on Sunday 15th May 12:03
Edited by Hoonigan on Sunday 15th May 12:05
i decided to do a cheapy kit, so have a wilko cerveza on the go at the moment. 500g of light sprey malt, and 750g of dextrose. its bubbling away like crazy in the fermenter, ready to bottle either wednesday, or ill leave it until next saturday.
the youngs is all bottled up, and in the airing cupboard. the bottles have pressured up nicely, as theyve only been there since monday. i'll probably move it to the garage over the weekend, and perhaps allow myself a cheeky taster too, though i imagine this young it'll taste like crap.
Good man!
I normally grab one straight out the airing cupboard, couple of hours in the fridge and open it to "check it's carbonated"
at least you know that that's the worst it's going to be.
getting enough bottles and getting the labels off was the worst part for me. But I have about 160 or so now, had a break while doing the kitchen so about half of them are empty ATM, but working to rectify that now.
I normally grab one straight out the airing cupboard, couple of hours in the fridge and open it to "check it's carbonated"
at least you know that that's the worst it's going to be.getting enough bottles and getting the labels off was the worst part for me. But I have about 160 or so now, had a break while doing the kitchen so about half of them are empty ATM, but working to rectify that now.
craigthecoupe said:
the youngs is all bottled up, and in the airing cupboard. the bottles have pressured up nicely, as theyve only been there since monday. i'll probably move it to the garage over the weekend, and perhaps allow myself a cheeky taster too, though i imagine this young it'll taste like crap.
Actually the heavily hopped brews like your IPA are better drunk whilst fairly young so you may be surprised. The hop characteristics will to some extent diminish with age. Dark beers get better with long aging but for IPA/APAs better to drink within 3-4 months.Going to break the seal on my pressure barrel on Youngs APA tonight
I've just started brewing a batch of this:
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/tiny-rebel-cwtch-3-0kg.htm...
Last year's Champion Beer of Britain and it's lovely stuff on tap, so fingers crossed - smells fantastic already!
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/tiny-rebel-cwtch-3-0kg.htm...
Last year's Champion Beer of Britain and it's lovely stuff on tap, so fingers crossed - smells fantastic already!
Symbolica said:
I've just started brewing a batch of this:
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/tiny-rebel-cwtch-3-0kg.htm...
Last year's Champion Beer of Britain and it's lovely stuff on tap, so fingers crossed - smells fantastic already!
that sounds really interesting, i think that'll be my next beer. thanks for posting it up.http://www.brewuk.co.uk/tiny-rebel-cwtch-3-0kg.htm...
Last year's Champion Beer of Britain and it's lovely stuff on tap, so fingers crossed - smells fantastic already!
I'm just sipping some Woodford's Wherry.
It was made with some additions which I think have worked very well indeed.
250gm of spraymalt was added at the outset, and some Goldings hops were added after fermentation had finished.
The result is a beer that is incredibly smooth and rich in flavour.
It was made with some additions which I think have worked very well indeed.
250gm of spraymalt was added at the outset, and some Goldings hops were added after fermentation had finished.
The result is a beer that is incredibly smooth and rich in flavour.
Got a batch of Woodfords Wherry going at the moment, but have a question of the more experienced of you!
I boiled 25g of hops into 3.5l water to start the kit and added another 20g for a few days before kegging. The keg has been in the fridge for a little over three weeks now, bit it's still very cloudy. Quite nice to drink, but just doesn't look quite right (not that that's a measure of anything!). My question is - would the haze be down to the addition of hops, or more to do with keeping so cold?
I boiled 25g of hops into 3.5l water to start the kit and added another 20g for a few days before kegging. The keg has been in the fridge for a little over three weeks now, bit it's still very cloudy. Quite nice to drink, but just doesn't look quite right (not that that's a measure of anything!). My question is - would the haze be down to the addition of hops, or more to do with keeping so cold?
Jonboy_t said:
Got a batch of Woodfords Wherry going at the moment, but have a question of the more experienced of you!
I boiled 25g of hops into 3.5l water to start the kit and added another 20g for a few days before kegging. The keg has been in the fridge for a little over three weeks now, bit it's still very cloudy. Quite nice to drink, but just doesn't look quite right (not that that's a measure of anything!). My question is - would the haze be down to the addition of hops, or more to do with keeping so cold?
I bottle all my beer. In March I put a batch into the garden shed immediately after bottling. It failed to clear. I took a couple of bottles indoors and they cleared in two days. They also tasted better.I boiled 25g of hops into 3.5l water to start the kit and added another 20g for a few days before kegging. The keg has been in the fridge for a little over three weeks now, bit it's still very cloudy. Quite nice to drink, but just doesn't look quite right (not that that's a measure of anything!). My question is - would the haze be down to the addition of hops, or more to do with keeping so cold?
I would take it out of the fridge and give it three days. Please report back.
don4l said:
I bottle all my beer. In March I put a batch into the garden shed immediately after bottling. It failed to clear. I took a couple of bottles indoors and they cleared in two days. They also tasted better.
I would take it out of the fridge and give it three days. Please report back.
Top man, will do that tonight, cheersI would take it out of the fridge and give it three days. Please report back.
craigthecoupe said:
Symbolica said:
I've just started brewing a batch of this:
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/tiny-rebel-cwtch-3-0kg.htm...
Last year's Champion Beer of Britain and it's lovely stuff on tap, so fingers crossed - smells fantastic already!
that sounds really interesting, i think that'll be my next beer. thanks for posting it up.http://www.brewuk.co.uk/tiny-rebel-cwtch-3-0kg.htm...
Last year's Champion Beer of Britain and it's lovely stuff on tap, so fingers crossed - smells fantastic already!
Much stronger flavours than some of the other kits that I've used. I've just bought a second kit to get going, which I think I'll leave in primary for a bit longer this time, to see if it makes a difference. Final ABV is in the region of 4.4%.Also I've just bottled a run of this:
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Amerc...
3 weeks in primary, less than a week in the bottle and it's already shaping up to be an excellent summer IPA - really good hops and grapefruit flavours, it's similar to a homemade Brewdog Punk IPA. I've got an ABV of 6%, with a few more weeks to condition I think it's going to be superb stuff.
These are the first homebrews I've done for years, really pleased to end up with two very decent beers.
Nice one symbolica.
I've done the American ORA (oaked rum ale) and that was / is absolutely awesome, and I've got their New World Saison in the cupboard. That would have been good to have on now with the hot temps at the moment.
Do you not feel that there are sooooooo many kits out there that doing the same one twice is un necessary? I did a wherry to start with and it took me well over 15 other kits before I went back and did another. (Albeit with the East Kent Golding's tweak as mentioned in here recently).
There are a couple of the ones I've done that I want to do again, (oaked rum ale, razorback, sundew but with a citrus tweak), but there are many more that I want to do for the first time!
I've done the American ORA (oaked rum ale) and that was / is absolutely awesome, and I've got their New World Saison in the cupboard. That would have been good to have on now with the hot temps at the moment.
Do you not feel that there are sooooooo many kits out there that doing the same one twice is un necessary? I did a wherry to start with and it took me well over 15 other kits before I went back and did another. (Albeit with the East Kent Golding's tweak as mentioned in here recently).
There are a couple of the ones I've done that I want to do again, (oaked rum ale, razorback, sundew but with a citrus tweak), but there are many more that I want to do for the first time!
ive just put the ipa on again. the last kit was my first ever homebrew. it came out pretty good, but wanted to repeat the process again straight after and see how any changes i make manifest in terms of flavour/clearness/ carbonation etc.
i did buy the saison too as it was on special from brew.co.uk, want to get that on as soon as the ipa is through, as mentioned the hot temps at the moment, it sounds like a great beer.
i thought i'd do the qwitch to have for the autumn/early winter months.
i did buy the saison too as it was on special from brew.co.uk, want to get that on as soon as the ipa is through, as mentioned the hot temps at the moment, it sounds like a great beer.
i thought i'd do the qwitch to have for the autumn/early winter months.
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Ameri...
I was given this kit for Xmas - took a while to get round to making it, but this last week it was ready - my f
king god it is awesome!! It is a winter ale really - perfect for Christmas - but it is amazing. The first few pints were quite strong in rum flavour; almost too rummy. But now. it has mellowed and I say amazing!!
Three pints in so far today!
Totally recommended!
I was given this kit for Xmas - took a while to get round to making it, but this last week it was ready - my f
king god it is awesome!! It is a winter ale really - perfect for Christmas - but it is amazing. The first few pints were quite strong in rum flavour; almost too rummy. But now. it has mellowed and I say amazing!! Three pints in so far today!
Totally recommended!
Chester draws said:
Nice one symbolica.
I've done the American ORA (oaked rum ale) and that was / is absolutely awesome, and I've got their New World Saison in the cupboard. That would have been good to have on now with the hot temps at the moment.
Do you not feel that there are sooooooo many kits out there that doing the same one twice is un necessary? I did a wherry to start with and it took me well over 15 other kits before I went back and did another. (Albeit with the East Kent Golding's tweak as mentioned in here recently).
There are a couple of the ones I've done that I want to do again, (oaked rum ale, razorback, sundew but with a citrus tweak), but there are many more that I want to do for the first time!
Yes to be honest I wouldn't normally do the same kit twice in close succession, but in this caseI've done the American ORA (oaked rum ale) and that was / is absolutely awesome, and I've got their New World Saison in the cupboard. That would have been good to have on now with the hot temps at the moment.
Do you not feel that there are sooooooo many kits out there that doing the same one twice is un necessary? I did a wherry to start with and it took me well over 15 other kits before I went back and did another. (Albeit with the East Kent Golding's tweak as mentioned in here recently).
There are a couple of the ones I've done that I want to do again, (oaked rum ale, razorback, sundew but with a citrus tweak), but there are many more that I want to do for the first time!
a) It's a limited edition
b) Really I should've bottled it the first time around, but I was a bit lazy and just stuck it into a barrel, so I'm going to get a second load into bottles so that I can let them condition individually.
Yep, valid points. Also like Craig's comments about noting how changes made during brewing could affect the end product. Doing a different kit each time means you can't isolate one particular variable.
I have thought about when I do my Sundew kit with Cascade hops.... To split it between a couple of fermentation buckets after 10 days or so, and then vary the amount / time that I dry hop each for before bottling.
I have thought about when I do my Sundew kit with Cascade hops.... To split it between a couple of fermentation buckets after 10 days or so, and then vary the amount / time that I dry hop each for before bottling.
PositronicRay said:
I'm not brewing any more until autumn, end of Sept early Oct. I struggle getting consistent temperatures during the spring/summer.
Build yourself a brew fridge: http://www.berrybrew.co.uk/fermentation-fridge-bui...Although no need to faff around with the STC-1000 temperature controller shown in that link, get one of these instead: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inkbird-Temperature-Contr...
I've got two brew fridges now, best bit of kit I have for home brewing, consistent brewing temperatures year round.
Chester draws said:
Do you not feel that there are sooooooo many kits out there that doing the same one twice is un necessary?
Tend to agree there, since getting back into full scale home brewing I've always done a new kit each time. There will come a point when I done most of the kits in the styles of beer I like and will come back to the ones I most enjoyed. To that end I've actually been making a few tasting notes this time around so I don't forget. The most standout kit of late that I may well do again in the cooler months was a Festival Pride of London Porter, it was lovely and a style of beer that I really enjoy.I'm currently drinking a Festival Father Hook's Best Bitter, have a pressure barrel full of Festival Summer Glory (has elderflower in it), and ready to ferment a Bruphoria Dead Phony IPA, a Bulldog Pennine Peak, and a Coopers Stout for bottling.
Happy days
more as a reminder to me, but ive just bottled up my second batch of the youngs ipa kit. differences are i brewed this batch with bottled water, allowed the beer to ferment for 16 days as opposed to 2 weeks, hopped for 4 days not two, and weighted the hops in a muslin bag, to keep the hops submerged. i've one remaining bottle from my fist batch so will do a comparison in a few weeks time.
also put on the youngs saison on this morning, and will have a similar process as the ipa.
any recommendations for a next kit? i like the hoppy/floral stuff, but bearing in mind we'll be heading for winter, i'd like to try something a bit less sharp/fizzy/punchy.
also put on the youngs saison on this morning, and will have a similar process as the ipa.
any recommendations for a next kit? i like the hoppy/floral stuff, but bearing in mind we'll be heading for winter, i'd like to try something a bit less sharp/fizzy/punchy.
Morning guys.
Don't really have a suggestion for you Craig... But the last one I did was the sundew with cascade hops based on link below. No DME and split into two before hopping, one lightly hopped and one more heavily.
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&...
How did your NWS start off Craig??
Put mine on yesterday, in water bath at 27°C, this morning it's blown up through the airlock, blocked that and pushed the lid up! First kit I've had that's ever done that.
I did start at about 23.5 litres as I'd rather it be slightly less than the 6.3% as I've done a couple of strong light ones recently. Diablolo and evil dog).
Don't really have a suggestion for you Craig... But the last one I did was the sundew with cascade hops based on link below. No DME and split into two before hopping, one lightly hopped and one more heavily.
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&...
How did your NWS start off Craig??
Put mine on yesterday, in water bath at 27°C, this morning it's blown up through the airlock, blocked that and pushed the lid up! First kit I've had that's ever done that.
I did start at about 23.5 litres as I'd rather it be slightly less than the 6.3% as I've done a couple of strong light ones recently. Diablolo and evil dog).
Edited by Chester draws on Friday 2nd September 09:20
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