As above, and...
I brewed a John Bull IPA in the new year and gave it 3.5 weeks in the fermenter even though I had it at a constant 19-20C in a water bath. I had added a lot of fermentables though (details in my signature) and it turned out that I'd brewed it slightly short at around 21.1L (I'd...
Marston's Pedigree New World Pale Ale for 95p in Morrisons? Go on then, twist my arm...
Made with Australian hops including Galaxy & Topaz according to the website. Crisp and tasty - very nice it is too.
I give it a "damn right I will" out of 10. :hat:
Wing nuts FTW!
I wonder why modern cappers aren't adjustable. Mind you, as long as they can handle the deep collar bottles (type 3) then you can always compensate for shallow collars (type 2) by stacking three 1p coins on the cap so it's not really a problem.
Check the documentation but if the Brew Safe no rinse sanitiser provided with your bottling kit is anything like the Starsan no rinse sanitiser that I use, by the time you put the last bottle on the tree to drain, the first bottle will be ready to use.
To further my understanding of American hops I've just knocked the top off a bottle of Marston's Revisionist Rye Pale Ale (Tesco), all in the name of research of course. :whistle:
"Dry hopped with Citra and Amarillo" apparently and very nice it is too.
I give it a firm "yes please barman" out...
Cheers Slid. Where do you get your DME from? I'd like to use some but it seems quite expensive (especially the Coopers branded stuff). Buying some grain and mini-mashing looks to be considerably cheaper or am I missing something?
Did you give it a really good stir after topping up the FV with water? I had an artificially low reading recently because I didn't do this properly. The beer turned out fine though.
If it tastes half as good as it looks then I'd be very happy with that.
I'm sure he's played for Wales too. Speaking of fathers, I remember mine was always reluctant to right-off the Scottish side regardless how far behind they were. "You've got to watch 'em - like wounded animals they are". :D
I notice you used roughly 3x more hops than I'm planning to. I don't want an overly-hoppy beer but I wonder if 30g is a bit on the low side. How hoppy did yours turn out?