I was in my local HBS this weekend and spotted this kit which I hadn't seen before.
I like the more unusual beers, Belgian, Wheat, hoppy american style craft etc. So I thought this would be fun to try.
The kit is quite small (10 litres). But you wouldnt normally drink this beer like a lager so should last quite a while. The kit recommends using smaller 33cl bottles.
Inside the kit you get a tin of extract, yeast, hops (tea bag style), and some begian 'candi' sugar - which looks more like road grit/salt.
I've never before hopped a beer the way this kit instructs. -
Empty the malt extract tin into the fermenter and fill with boiling water, add the candi sugar and hop tea bag. Leave for 15 minutes.
It also recommends making a yeast starter.
Ideally I would have used a smaller fermenter. I did consider dividing it between three demijohns.
After only 8 hours the fermentation was well under way!
I like the more unusual beers, Belgian, Wheat, hoppy american style craft etc. So I thought this would be fun to try.
The kit is quite small (10 litres). But you wouldnt normally drink this beer like a lager so should last quite a while. The kit recommends using smaller 33cl bottles.
Inside the kit you get a tin of extract, yeast, hops (tea bag style), and some begian 'candi' sugar - which looks more like road grit/salt.
I've never before hopped a beer the way this kit instructs. -
Empty the malt extract tin into the fermenter and fill with boiling water, add the candi sugar and hop tea bag. Leave for 15 minutes.
It also recommends making a yeast starter.
Ideally I would have used a smaller fermenter. I did consider dividing it between three demijohns.
After only 8 hours the fermentation was well under way!
