Youngs Harvest Bitter

[iceo]

i picked up a youngs harvest kit today cheap. not sure if i should use a Beerkit enhancer or 1kg of dme? if i use dme what one should i use?

i will brew it short any way


with thanks

tom

 

[Sone]

This is next on my list as I got a cheap one too so I'll also be interested to know :thumb:

 

[iceo]

yer £2.74 so i dont mind spending more on dme

 

[Sone]

Think I'm just going to brew this with 1kg brewing sugar as I have that to hand, 1st time using just brewing sugar in a kit. I don't have high hopes for the kit anyway, hopefully turns out half decent

Have you brewed this yet?

 

[Kinleycat]

In hindsight I'd go for the full kg of DME.
I brewed the harvest mild and it was fine but could have benefited from more body and flavour, I brewed it with a kg of dextrose and 250g of extra dark DME.
I've currently got a harvest bitter and Yorkshire bitter kit brewing like a two can kit in a FV although I'm not sure how that one will turn out.

 

[iceo]

got 1/2kg of dme today so im not to use if to go 50/50 but its going to wait as iv got a fv of stout and out of bottles

 

[Sone]

Cheers, be interested to hear how you get on with the 2 can kit experiment as I have both too :thumb:

 

[Kinleycat]

Cheers, be interested to hear how you get on with the 2 can kit experiment as I have both too :thumb:

Down to 1014 with about 10 in the FV.
Plan on leaving it in until at least Sunday.
The malty smell seems to have dissipated but it is quite bitter.
I think this one is going to be bottled and put away for the autumn to see if the bitterness mellows.

 

[Sone]

Interesting, was thinking it may end up being quite bitter, hopefully mellows out over time :thumb:

Decided I'm going to go 500g brewing sugar with 500g medium spray malt for the bitter.

 

[iceo]

ordered some williamette and goldings hop pellets not sure what to use when i get round to brewing it

 

[Sone]

Just done this to 20l with 1kg brewing sugar and 500g medium spray malt, hopefully turns out half decent!