andylanc1975
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this is as the name suggests and incredibly simple kit. It's the equivalent of a 1 can kit so needs 1kg of sweet stuff to make up the wort and I say equivalent as you don't get a tin with this kit, its a heavy duty plastic bag of wort (with a sachet of freeze dried yeast taped to the bottom).
I made my brew up using a bag of Muntons Beer Enhancer, must admit I've never used household sugar or any other products when doing 1 can kits as I tried the beer enhancer on my first attempt, it worked well so I don't see any point in changing it?
As with every other brew I've done with the enhancer, it clumps as soon as you get any sort of moisture near it, so you need to work it a bit to ensure it's fully dissolved. Other than that the kit itself was a breeze, slight issue dissolving the residue that was left on the side of the pack, not as easy to swill boiling water in a plastic bag compared to a tin to get the last remnants out. SG came out at 1040, making the brew to the recommended 5 gallons and had a good light colour to it. I didn't bother re-hydrating the yeast, just pitched them straight into the FV and sealed the FV up, using an airlock as is my normal practice. Next morning, the yeast was already at work, airlock giving a steady bubble every now and then.
Due to a trip away rather than anything I've read or felt in my water, I left the beer in the FV for 14 days before taking the first gravity reading. the reading was 1006 and remained so for the next two days, so it was time to transfer to the pressure keg. That was Sunday, it's been in there with 85g of household sugar so pressure will (hopefully) be building up nicely. Off to Oulton Park this weekend, so it'll sit in the house until I get back and then out to the garage for conditioning for as long as I can stand it.
A sample off from the FV (to measure the gravity, honest that was the only reason, promise it wasn't to try... but as I had taken a sample off, seemed rude not to try it :
), showed a fairly typical haze, an aroma and taste that had a pleasing grapefruity citrus aroma (citra hops maybe?) and a really nice light coloured ale. I have high hopes for this one!
A picture of the sample before I had to try it...
I made my brew up using a bag of Muntons Beer Enhancer, must admit I've never used household sugar or any other products when doing 1 can kits as I tried the beer enhancer on my first attempt, it worked well so I don't see any point in changing it?
As with every other brew I've done with the enhancer, it clumps as soon as you get any sort of moisture near it, so you need to work it a bit to ensure it's fully dissolved. Other than that the kit itself was a breeze, slight issue dissolving the residue that was left on the side of the pack, not as easy to swill boiling water in a plastic bag compared to a tin to get the last remnants out. SG came out at 1040, making the brew to the recommended 5 gallons and had a good light colour to it. I didn't bother re-hydrating the yeast, just pitched them straight into the FV and sealed the FV up, using an airlock as is my normal practice. Next morning, the yeast was already at work, airlock giving a steady bubble every now and then.
Due to a trip away rather than anything I've read or felt in my water, I left the beer in the FV for 14 days before taking the first gravity reading. the reading was 1006 and remained so for the next two days, so it was time to transfer to the pressure keg. That was Sunday, it's been in there with 85g of household sugar so pressure will (hopefully) be building up nicely. Off to Oulton Park this weekend, so it'll sit in the house until I get back and then out to the garage for conditioning for as long as I can stand it.
A sample off from the FV (to measure the gravity, honest that was the only reason, promise it wasn't to try... but as I had taken a sample off, seemed rude not to try it :
), showed a fairly typical haze, an aroma and taste that had a pleasing grapefruity citrus aroma (citra hops maybe?) and a really nice light coloured ale. I have high hopes for this one!A picture of the sample before I had to try it...
Sorry, I didn't make any notes in my book when I drank it... which does tell me that the beer was drinkable as any kit that turns out not to my taste gets a red line straight through it.
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