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Well in interests of science I tried one last night. Poured perfectly and is as dark as a stock. So far its perfectly carbonated and held a head all the way down. Taste wise it is very good. Even the wife likes it. There is almost a nutty flavour?? To me it seems like a nice brown ale only...

Racked this of the secondary on Sat. Have to admit its a hell of a lot darker than a bitter now. Some peculiar aromas not unpleasant though. Will do a pic later to show the colour. Hoping this may be one I did right by just pure luck. Hoping to get it bottled by next :whistle: weekend

Well done a couple of these so far. The 1st one was mixed fruits I added some extra sugar and it blew the head of every one. The 2nd one was orange and followed the recipe and it taste fine. Just like the cordial. Started the 3rd one ( apple and blackcurrant) 2 1/2 weeks ago. Again followed...

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Well folks Got the first one on the go last Sunday. Picked up some odds n ends and the HB shop and messed around. I am only experimenting and did not use and hard or fast rules. Just curious how it turns out. Sorry if I upset anyone with my hap hazard methodolgy. So used 300 g of crushed choc...

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mmm Im sure the delicate rubber flavour will take some time to get used to. :hmm: Anyway am sure you cider flavour will bounce back :whistle: As to how to get it out? Is it a solid rubber one? Not sure about this. Sounds like a tricky one :pray:

http://www.coopers.com.au/the-brewers-guild/how-to-brew/stout/mister-sinister Wanna give this a go some stage. Name says it all :whistle:

Aha Pearl True the bitterness would increase. But would it not also add more body and with the addition of extra flavour hops not also go some way to counteract the bittereness? I believe some comparisons with this kit compared to John Smiths :sick: so I dont believe it should be too bitter...

Forgot to say I will be doing 2 brew this weekend with the BOB Yorkshire Bitter but its the 3rd brew were I doing the Coopers Sparkling ale that I am looking forward too! :drink:

Thanks for the reply folks. Im not really eager to add tp much extra fermentables into this as it is a two can kit, so adding extras dme maybe would not be the best option. Brewing short in this case would be the best option for adding the extra body. Gonna do two brews this weekend so for the...

Hi Calum. Thanks for the reply I'm aware of the options. Was going to brew short anyway as I had said in my post. I will also be doing a partial mash with some chocolate malt that I have used previously. What I was looking for was advice in regards the hops that would be advisable to use. I...

Nah if time was that short would get a nice single malt

8 in all God bless her. She said everything else had gone. Yeah was gonna do either 18 - 20 litres as a start anyway. :thumb: Not really tempted to go by the book on this one so want to experiment. Was thinking of steeping some choc malt I have in my box of tricks for one of them, but to be...

You could always brew and leave for Xmas 2014 hehe :whistle:

Hi folks, For all you brewers out there! I have a question. My wife was over in Scotland last week for work and she popped into Wilkinsons. (We don't have one in Ireland. ) Anyway they had an offer on beer kits and she cleared the shelves of the £5 kits. It's as well she was driving and came...

http://morebeer.com/content/homebrew-off-flavors Gives a breakdown on flavours. As grays says. Prob better to bin

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Your grand then. As long as the temp is steady is the main issue. Remeber the golden rule of brewing Patience Patience Patience Oh and enjoy drinking your brew :drink: