I have been making beers from kits since the beginning of the year and have been quite satisfied with my efforts...very drinkable.
Now I got fed up with reading posts from All grainers saying how much better All grain was and that there was no comparrison with kit beers....
Phu... I thought they are talking out there bottoms.....
How can you get better than a St. Peters red ruby etc etc.
Anyways I decided to test their assertions out. in September this year.
Each of my brew days have had problems, my inexperience, my untried cobbled equipment have been putting problems in front of me and I was starting to question whether the expense was worth it changing from kit beers... whatever they say setting up all grain costs a bob or two.
Well that was yesterday.
Today my first all grain brew came on line.... Piddles Dribble brewed 13 September.
My first all grain brew and everything that could go wrong...went wrong.. from knocking a tap out and losing several litres to the garage floor ( I'm still sticking to that ) to missed volumes in brew length and gravities.
It was bottled around the 19th and tasted very thin and insipid not much hope was given to the brew.
Today was my first tasting.........after a few short weeks in the bottle................" F**k me.
Its gorgeous...clear and crisp and a great colour. There's mouth feel, taste and after taste galore. I can't believe its the same beer.
If this is a sign of things to come...I can't wait for Sarah Hughes 1, Sarah Hughes 2, Timothy Taylor. Gob Hoblin and Exmoor Gold to come online... :party: :party: :
So to all you All grainer's I apologise, yet again you were absolutely correct. All Grain beers knock the spots off kits !
And as a recommendation of this brew suffice to say I've had a litre of Piddles Dribble this morning and typing this post has took ages...the keyboard wont sit still......
Cheers to you all.
Now I got fed up with reading posts from All grainers saying how much better All grain was and that there was no comparrison with kit beers....
Phu... I thought they are talking out there bottoms.....
How can you get better than a St. Peters red ruby etc etc.Anyways I decided to test their assertions out. in September this year.
Each of my brew days have had problems, my inexperience, my untried cobbled equipment have been putting problems in front of me and I was starting to question whether the expense was worth it changing from kit beers... whatever they say setting up all grain costs a bob or two.
Well that was yesterday.
Today my first all grain brew came on line.... Piddles Dribble brewed 13 September.
My first all grain brew and everything that could go wrong...went wrong.. from knocking a tap out and losing several litres to the garage floor ( I'm still sticking to that ) to missed volumes in brew length and gravities.
It was bottled around the 19th and tasted very thin and insipid not much hope was given to the brew.
Today was my first tasting.........after a few short weeks in the bottle................" F**k me.
Its gorgeous...clear and crisp and a great colour. There's mouth feel, taste and after taste galore. I can't believe its the same beer.
If this is a sign of things to come...I can't wait for Sarah Hughes 1, Sarah Hughes 2, Timothy Taylor. Gob Hoblin and Exmoor Gold to come online... :party: :party: :
So to all you All grainer's I apologise, yet again you were absolutely correct. All Grain beers knock the spots off kits !
And as a recommendation of this brew suffice to say I've had a litre of Piddles Dribble this morning and typing this post has took ages...the keyboard wont sit still......
Cheers to you all.
