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Personally i think this comes out better if you do it to the 23L and add beer enhancer (500g) got mine to 4.5% that way and it was nicer than the one i brewed short to 21L, although they were both very drinkable! :hat:

That's roughly what I did with mine Brian, mine has a slight bitter aftertaste but nothing out of the norm, are you chilling it too cold before drinking as I found that can bring a bitterness though? :hat:

It has been in the bottle for 4 months now and I finally gave up and thought I would give on a go, so tried the plastic carbonation bottle. After the first few sips I was thinking to myself this has a familiar taste to it so I let the Fragrant lady wife have a taste and she hit the nail on the...

Evening chaps, well nearly 2 weeks in the fermenter and it has finally got down to fg 1010, so by my reckoning it should be around 5.8%. Had a taster of the trial jar, it tasted pretty good so high hopes, might bottle it tomorrow. :hat: (edited 3/9/13) Bottled this today with 72g of demerara...

I quite agree Brewbob, it is really easy to stir up the sediment, the bottles cleared really well but i have a thin layer of sediment that is clinging to the sides of the bottle, i left mine to settle out before bottling and have managed to not have too much in the bottom. That said, it is...

I had one a couple of weeks ago I thought had gone mouldy but it tasted like it should and the smell was ok so I bottled it and it is fine. So the up shot is if it smells and tastes fine it will be fine! :hat:

Wish my garage was that empty, well done old chap! :hat:

Evening chaps, I bought this kit on a recommendation by the LHBS, the previous Brewferm kits i have done have all turned out well so no reason this one shouldn't. I brewed this one to the instructions as it is a first for me so I used 500g of dark candi sugar and 12 litres of bottled water, the...

Evening Chaps, I am just testing my second batch of Golden Ale and I have to say I think I have improved on the first! I brewed the first batch short to 21lt and treated the water with a half a campden tab prior to brew the result was a really good ale. The second batch i brewed to 23lt but...

The little filter bag that came with the kit did super job of keeping all the crud out of the syphon :hat:

I had the bag in some VWP for about 15 mins then gave it a good rinse, i was going to just throw the hops in and put a filter on the siphon so will be a bit miffed if it is the bag! Incidently the bag was new. I don't have a keg as i usually bottle all my brews

Afternoon chaps, I recently thought i would have a little experiment with one of my brews by dry hopping, all was going well until i looked in this afternoon and it seems to have developed a skin! I have attached a pic It smell ok and the white blobs i think are bubbles trapped under the...

I got mine down to 1012 also moved it to a secondary FV for 2 weeks before bottling. :hat:

Bottled this today have to say this is the best smelling beer i've made yet. The ferment took a total of 17 days at 22c although i gave it a couple more days to settle out. The Fg was 1004 from a Sg of 1048, which according to the the calculator makes it 5.8% so it actually came out slightly...

I primed mine with demerara sugar although i wouldn't think it would make a huge difference as the amount is quite small.

This sounds interesting, was it the Trippel?

Sounds like a good idea :hat:

Judging by your signature GJB if you start with the coopers and work to the right it will be ready when you get there!

I bought another Brewferm Tarwebier that i am going to dry hop with cascade to see what happens, i am also chasing the leffe esque taste! :hat:

Just purchased this one myself old boy! I have made a wise choice by the sounds of it. How long are you going to leave it to mature? Did you use candi sugar? :hat: