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Bitter was stable so decided to bottle that up as well. Again nice and bright and pretty much the colour i was looking for as well.Ended up a bit below my expected abv at 3.8% ,same as my mild.Was looking for 4.18%,hey ho.:) First time using the CML ale yeast on both these so keen to see how...

Just bottled the mild. Nice golden colour,along the lines of Banks's original which is what i was after.Sparklingly clear,nice aroma as well. Fingers crossed it will be as good once carbed up:) If it good i shall up the amount and re brew it.Came out at 3.8%

Good work:thumb:

I think they are a nice couple:whistle::lol::lol:

I have 'tinkered' with a few of the dog recipies and all have been pretty good.Ok,probably not much like the original due to my tinkering but well recieved by others.

Hiya. Oh dear,first rung on the slippery ladder:lol: I only did a handful of kits before moving on to extract and b.i.a.b.First time i would stick to the instructions on the can,however give the beer at least 14 days brewing.Subsequent brews can be tinkered with as you gain confidence. You...

Water:twisted: Self imposed 7 day lay off due to medication!

yup plenty ripening although slowly:thumb:

As terrym just said,too early keep those hands in ya pocket:thumb:

Keep ya mit's off it:lol:

Crisis at Xmas,bring someone out of the cold,only £26.80,what the f##k is the 80p all about!!!!. Seems all the adds ask for a minimum amount now,no more please send what you can!.

Given a few away and have had pleasing comments on it.Another one to repeat at some point:thumb:

:wha: Is that a local brew?:lol:

Would have thought a max of around 20%,more like 10% however.Just my thoughts.

Yup quite often porters had brown and black malts.

Just got this batch into various sized bottles.Really nice colour and sparklingly clear,came out at 5.25%:thumb:

Once you do biab you won't return to kits:nono:

Poor old retailers,always doing badly:twisted:

It's on news at ten now,the interview- puke making spiel:roll:

Just asked my wife if she can remember the canal system and what was Burgess Park prior to it becoming that,she can't though.She's an Old Kent Road gal:). Anyway we digress.Let us know how it comes out.Have my last attempt at a 'decent' bitter in the FV using CML ale yeast. If not up to much...