BWG12
New Member
Hi there,
Well I've tried to brew a couple of times before but its gone pear shaped for several reasons really. I tried to make some lager using a Young's starter kit which worked fine but I think when we were bottling it we shook up the sediment and put it in the bottles, the lager tasted slightly flat and there was something not quite right about it which we couldn't figure out. I then found a kit for making gin and put a little more research into it this time, although I think something got into it because it tasted and smelt vinegary, so bad that I had to throw it out!
I am brewing up a dark ale (again from a kit) the first fermentation is done although after thinking I could take a cheap option and use some demi-johns I already had as a pressure barrel but I don't think I've made the 'sample' demi-john air tight enough as it looks flat and lifeless.
Anyway, that's about the stage I am at, at the moment. Does anyone have any links, or could help me out with a list of equipment I would need to brew ales and maybe the occasional wine? Also any suggestions for what I should try next would be greatly appreciated (as simple as possible, it'll need to be MORE than idiot proof I am quite a talented idiot :wha: )
Looking forward to get more into it :drink:
Well I've tried to brew a couple of times before but its gone pear shaped for several reasons really. I tried to make some lager using a Young's starter kit which worked fine but I think when we were bottling it we shook up the sediment and put it in the bottles, the lager tasted slightly flat and there was something not quite right about it which we couldn't figure out. I then found a kit for making gin and put a little more research into it this time, although I think something got into it because it tasted and smelt vinegary, so bad that I had to throw it out!
I am brewing up a dark ale (again from a kit) the first fermentation is done although after thinking I could take a cheap option and use some demi-johns I already had as a pressure barrel but I don't think I've made the 'sample' demi-john air tight enough as it looks flat and lifeless. Anyway, that's about the stage I am at, at the moment. Does anyone have any links, or could help me out with a list of equipment I would need to brew ales and maybe the occasional wine? Also any suggestions for what I should try next would be greatly appreciated
(as simple as possible, it'll need to be MORE than idiot proof I am quite a talented idiot :wha: ) Looking forward to get more into it :drink:
