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What a fantastic thread. Tomorrow (hopefully) sees me do my first simple AG brew. This will be a full volume, no sparge BIAB SMASH. I am aiming at 10 to 11L into the fermenter and will be using 2KG of Maris Otter (4.5 EBC) with 150g of crystal (175 EBC), and hopping with cascade pellets...

I bottled it on 8 December and the bottles went into my large water bath at 21°C for 2 weeks and conditioning started on 23 December. So just over a month conditioning until first taste. I normally follow the 2+2+2 rule, but managed to resist this one a little longer.

I followed terrym's suggestions, adding 3 espressos made from my Nespresso machine and Lavazza pods. The coffee is not at all 'in your face', in fact in my opinion it gives a roast flavour. Only had a couple of bottles, spaced a week apart to judge how it matures taste wise and I can already...

Decided the time was right to sample a bottle of this stout. Now as I have said previously, I am not a stout drinker and brewed this because a neighbour is partial to a drop. Well, what can I say. I doubt that he will be getting as many bottles as I originally intended as its absolutely...

Good shout. Thanks

@terrym I have a set of measuring spoons and did a '20 teaspoon' calibration test so, feel that I can be pretty accurate, however I might still batch prime. When you bottled, what volume of C02 did you shoot for?

Finally got down to a stable 1.011 FG over 3 days, so bottling tonight. Having looked through this thread as well as the Brewers Friend priming calculator I think I need either 3/4 teaspoon of dextrose per 500ml bottle to achieve a volume of C02 of 2.0 or 1 teaspoon to get 2.3 vols of C02...

Thanks for the reply. I was always going to leave it in the FV for around 2weeks, it was just the sudden stopping of visible activity prompted the hydrometer reading. I did use the kit yeast and had picked up on a previous comment that it seemed to have a slow tail off period, so wasn't too...

So, mine went into the FV last Sunday (22/11)and I followed terrym's additions. SG was 1.046 and it took a good 14 hours before the airlock 'spoke' to me! Anyway, it all seemed to be over by late Wednesday, so I thought a quick hydrometer reading was called for today. This showed 1.014, which...

I use my water bath in the garage to carb up the bottles. Seems to work well and the lid fits.

Really fancy the Deer Stalkers Black Oaked Ale. 🤞

Thanks for the valuable input once again, terrym. I did notice your recipe and thought it was a good way to go. I don't really drink a lot of stout myself, but a neighbour only drinks Guinness in the UK and Beamish or Murphy's draught when he goes the other side of the Irish sea, so I thought...

Just thought I would share this. As I got ready for bottling last week, I realised that I was short of space in the house to allow the beer to carb up, so I had to come up with a plan! To enable me to ferment this beer as 2 separate 11L batches, in my garage, I had to find another way to set...

Very good point. I suppose another reason to brew as per instructions and use the taste test from that as a baseline for future modding

Just wondered if anyone has done this kit to only say, 11L with no additional fermentables?

Hydrometer reading of 1010 @ 12.1°C equates to 1009, so no change. Bottling tonight 👍

Thanks Terry. It got to 1009 after 8 days and remained at that, 2 days later, which is when I pitched in the hop teas. It then sat at fermenting temps for 3 days, followed by 2 days cool so it was in the FV for 15 days. I will definitely do a reading and adjust for temp tomorrow. Just want to...

So, after adding the hop tea, leaving in the water bath for 3 days, then chilling to 12°c for a couple of days, I racked each batch into 2 bottling buckets, and fitted the lids. The intention was to bottle tomorrow (Wednesday evening), however I have just noticed that the lids are slightly...

Time for a quick update. My experiment to steep the crystal malt in a Thermos flask worked well and it's now 7 days from putting the 2 FV's in my water bath, maintaining a steady 21°C. I took gravity readings today and it's now at 1010 (1040 SG), so I will check again tomorrow and if as I...

Indeed. Don't you just love this forum 👍