Youngs American Oaked Rum Ale Beer Kit
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I've got one in the PB at the moment. Tastes really good so far, its a bit sweet at the moment as its not fully conditioned, a bit like rum and coke! It's going to be interesting, mine's worked out to be 6.8%. it hides the alcohol quite well though, its not unpleasant at all. Typical good quality Young's kit.
When i did this kit it turned out rancid, really horrible winey taste to it. I have had mt LHBS send a bottle away to see if it was anything to do with the kit or my methods. It put me off making another.q
I was hoping the outcome would be similar to innis&gunn but what i ended up with was horse ***t
I was hoping the outcome would be similar to innis&gunn but what i ended up with was horse ***t
I've got one waiting to go on, just waiting for the American ipa to finish off. Hopefully it'll be on at the weekend.
I have this kit, ready and waiting for the end of dry January, tried a bottle at 5 weeks (new years day), very, very strong rum taste to it, and not a lot of carbonation or head retention. Will be around 10 weeks in the bottle when i next have a go, i'm seriously hoping for improvement......
"I WOULD GIVE UP BEER, BUT I'M NO QUITTER" :
"I WOULD GIVE UP BEER, BUT I'M NO QUITTER" :
Right....it started of at 1060 and now its down to 1012 so its nearly ready to barrel 
. but there is quite a bit of the wood chips floating around in there.....is this normal....will it clear...or do i have to fillter it.....
Tastes like its going in the right direction tho.....:pray:
. but there is quite a bit of the wood chips floating around in there.....is this normal....will it clear...or do i have to fillter it.....Tastes like its going in the right direction tho.....:pray:
I kicked mine off last night, OG was 1058 (I think). I've put the wood "chips" in a muslin bag as I didn't want to risk them getting into the finished beer,
Nice layer of krausen this evening and it smells fantastic. I'm hoping this one doesn't ferment as vigorously as the youngs American ipa, that one made a right mess.
Moved a couple a bottles into the warm kitchen yesterday morning (shed still very cold), cracked them open last night, very, very much improved, much better head retention, and the rum taste faded to leave a real nice pint, Must be 12 weeks or so in the bottle, looks like being a long one, but well worth the wait.......would recommend consuming at room temp, makes all the difference.
I would say you're right, given the high alcohol content this needs a long time to condition. Mine has been a month and it's still got some strong flavours that I'd prefer mellowed out a bit. Going to leave this one for a couple of months I think
Mine's going in the bottle tonight, tasted a sample the other day and it was nice so looking forward to it conditioning.
