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Vossy1
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:party: ..get a brew on...yes...get a brew on (in a Monty Python voice :lol: )
Brew 10 done.... first with the new set up
just to keep things together here's a link to brew day
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just to keep things together here's a link to brew day
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piddledribble said:still partly shiny ! just to get up Grays nose a bit more.....
It don't bother me unless they are SS :rofl: :rofl:
Back in November I made a brew I called Nutty Rauch Brown, it went well but it had a taste I was not too keen on, perhaps it was the smokey flavoured Rauch Malt I included. However it has never been unpleasant, just not one I really liked.
Well its matured into a great pint. The bottle I've just had is all I want from an all grain brew. A beautiful thick white head that lasts and lasts, even a little laceing on the sides as the beer went down. Clear as a very clear thing,and a deep Amber to darkish brown colour., The beer was well carbonated with tiny little bubbles, nothing ferocious or violent. I drank it at room temp and that allowed the beer to give off all its flavours,sweetish malty beer,nothing too powerful, the taste lingered long after the pint was consumed. You wanted more. Gorgeous.
Outstanding pint and one who's recipe I've now upped to 23 litres for its next brewing...oh yes, there's going to be another brew of this one, and soon.
Well its matured into a great pint. The bottle I've just had is all I want from an all grain brew. A beautiful thick white head that lasts and lasts, even a little laceing on the sides as the beer went down. Clear as a very clear thing,and a deep Amber to darkish brown colour., The beer was well carbonated with tiny little bubbles, nothing ferocious or violent. I drank it at room temp and that allowed the beer to give off all its flavours,sweetish malty beer,nothing too powerful, the taste lingered long after the pint was consumed. You wanted more. Gorgeous.
Outstanding pint and one who's recipe I've now upped to 23 litres for its next brewing...oh yes, there's going to be another brew of this one, and soon.
Please bear in mind, its a record of what I DID when starting out. The thread is full of mistakes errors bad practises etc, but its what I did as I learned the processes. ( I cringe when reading some of them... fermenting temps 25C everything ok ! ) so please don't follow my methods from those dark days in the beginning...
Still it goes to show how forgiving the brewing process is...I survived ! and I've learned the correct methods practises thro trial and error and from the suggestions of good people on the forum.
Most of all its been fun and enjoyable and I've produced beers which in my ignorance I've really enjoyed drinking. As yet I've only had one brew that turned out bad and I'm almost sure it was a bad yeast with that. ( that brew is still in storage...must get my son to have a taste and update me on its condition... :twisted: )
So from the end of June 2012 when I started with a bucket and a kit. I've moved on ( I wont say progressed ! ) to a stainless steel 3 vessel gravity set up capable of producing large brews. I've had a good time spoken with many friendly people and now feel relatively competent with brewing...although I know very little of the theoretical side of brewing and still use the trial and error method.
Still it goes to show how forgiving the brewing process is...I survived ! and I've learned the correct methods practises thro trial and error and from the suggestions of good people on the forum.
Most of all its been fun and enjoyable and I've produced beers which in my ignorance I've really enjoyed drinking. As yet I've only had one brew that turned out bad and I'm almost sure it was a bad yeast with that. ( that brew is still in storage...must get my son to have a taste and update me on its condition... :twisted: )
So from the end of June 2012 when I started with a bucket and a kit. I've moved on ( I wont say progressed ! ) to a stainless steel 3 vessel gravity set up capable of producing large brews. I've had a good time spoken with many friendly people and now feel relatively competent with brewing...although I know very little of the theoretical side of brewing and still use the trial and error method.
Bottling the Arkells 3B brew ( Graham Wheelers recipe ) today, from the secondary fermenter just before going into bottles it looked like this.
Very nice and clear. The sample tasted fine, but I always have difficulty with flat beers, still its not off and we will see what its like in a months time
Very nice and clear. The sample tasted fine, but I always have difficulty with flat beers, still its not off and we will see what its like in a months time
straight forward 3/4 gms of granulated sugar per 500ml bottle....................at the moment.............however
Moving up to bigger brews I don't think bottle priming will be feasible.
But at the moment even when I move up to larger brew lengths, I think I will be doing enough in one brew to split between 2 x 30 litre fermenters, ( using diff yeasts and diff dry hopping etc, so in theory bottle priming could continue
Moving up to bigger brews I don't think bottle priming will be feasible.
But at the moment even when I move up to larger brew lengths, I think I will be doing enough in one brew to split between 2 x 30 litre fermenters, ( using diff yeasts and diff dry hopping etc, so in theory bottle priming could continue
read that as 3 or 4 gms of sugar per 500ml bottle.
Measured with the aid of a set of Cooks measuring spoons, from The Range ( priced £1 ).
I place all my bottles into 2 plastic mushroom trays( each holding 20 ), and with the aid of a little plastic funnel its a matter of seconds to put the Tate and Lyle in a bottle..repeat 20 times...... Next tray....
The trays are then ready for the bottles to be filled with beer and capped.
Measured with the aid of a set of Cooks measuring spoons, from The Range ( priced £1 ).
I place all my bottles into 2 plastic mushroom trays( each holding 20 ), and with the aid of a little plastic funnel its a matter of seconds to put the Tate and Lyle in a bottle..repeat 20 times..
.... Next tray....The trays are then ready for the bottles to be filled with beer and capped.
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