Cwrw666
Landlord.
So - I bought a book `Home Made Country Wines, beer, mead and metheglin' - tried and tested recipes collected by the Farmers Weekly' and first published in 1955. Well I tried one beer recipe - basically malt extract and hops, in inexact quantities which turned out ok though lacking in hoppines - I guess my 2 small handfuls was smaller than a 1955 two small handfuls!
So then I tried this one - `Hop ale' a recipe supplied by a Mr K Hulme, Manchester.
4 oz dried hops
2 oz dandelion root
2 oz gentian root
3lb dark brown sugar
yeast
6 gallons water
well i halved all the ingredients and followed the instructions - basically boil everything for 2 1/2 hours then let cool and ferment.
Did all that, which left me with 2 gallons of `wort' from the 3 I started with. Great, what did it taste like? So bitter it was unbelievable! Well I fermented it anyway and today got half way through bottling before I thought I'd try a sip - maybe it would have mellowed during fermentation!:lol:
Ha ha ha. So that's gone down the sink then.
Maybe I should have had more sense, but perhaps everyone should try this - at least it would stop people complaining about `homebrew twang'.:lol:
So then I tried this one - `Hop ale' a recipe supplied by a Mr K Hulme, Manchester.
4 oz dried hops
2 oz dandelion root
2 oz gentian root
3lb dark brown sugar
yeast
6 gallons water
well i halved all the ingredients and followed the instructions - basically boil everything for 2 1/2 hours then let cool and ferment.
Did all that, which left me with 2 gallons of `wort' from the 3 I started with. Great, what did it taste like? So bitter it was unbelievable! Well I fermented it anyway and today got half way through bottling before I thought I'd try a sip - maybe it would have mellowed during fermentation!:lol:
Ha ha ha. So that's gone down the sink then.
Maybe I should have had more sense, but perhaps everyone should try this - at least it would stop people complaining about `homebrew twang'.:lol:
