Rich82
Active Member
Hi everyone. I have been spending the last few weeks studying the posts on here and thought it was time I joined, and maybe one day put something back in as opposed to just constantly taking everyone elseâs advice. Thanks to everyone that has posted on here, as I have probably read it, and took guidance from it at some point. I am pretty new to home brewing, I started after a visit to Australia. It seems everyone out there does it, must be because beer / decent beers are quite expensive out there. After coming home I was bought a Youngâs lager brew buddy kit for my birthday. I made the included lager kit and it didnât go to well, it stayed cloudy had a wheat beer type taste about it and kept going flat. Needless to say I was the only one who drank it (after half a keg it tasted o.k. to me). I tried a couple of wines and out of the 4 that I tried to brew 1 was successful and not too bad tasting, the other 3 ended in disaster, 1 dropped demijohn (not by me), the bottom fell off the 2nd of the demijohns, and a cracked demijohn forced me to discard the contents of the third as I wasnât sure if glass slivers would have got into the brew. For various reasons I put the brewing on hold, but now I am determined to get back into it. I have just bottled/kegged my first home brew in 3 years and decided to go for a Cooperâs draught, as this was not the cheapest but not the most expensive. I also drank it whilst in Oz and thought it was one of the better mass produced beers that they had there. I apologise in advance to all the hardcore brewers as I am only doing the easier mix and go kits at the moment, however when I have some success I will advance, starting with one of my local brew shops âdesign a brew kitsâ which seems to be half way between mix and go kits and full brewing. Eventually I want to try some recipes i have in a book that was bought for me with the kit a few years back, âan enthusiast guide to homebrew beersâ as it has recipes for extreme beers. They sound fun!! Well i apologies for the waffle and basically hello to everyone. :