BlackRegent
Regular.
Hi everyone.
I started brewing about 4 years ago with cider due to a huge apple tree in the garden and lots of apples that would otherwise be chucked.
I also did a few kits (St Peter's Golden Ale was a good one and a couple of Wilko kits) but lost interest as the quality seemed to decline (with hindsight I think that was because I was using poorer kits and I also didn't understand the life support that pressure barrels needed).
Like many others, lockdown has got me back into it. Started off with a couple of Wilko kits again but I got sucked into HBB and have now skipped extract brews and gone straight to AG using BIAB in a Klarstein Fullhorn, a cheap tea urn to heat the sparge water separately and a 5L jug for the vorlauf and sparging. All electric and all done outside. I'm quite pleased with the efficiency of the process I've worked out so I might do a write up of the Fullhorn as I've been impressed with it for the money. I've done two AG brews so far - the Summer Ale and the Raspberry Wheat Beer from HBB and I've hit the OG in the book both times so I was pleased (and surprised!) about that. The Summer Ale is still conditioning, but I've not been able to stop myself from having a few glasses. A massive improvement on the kits and genuinely delicious.
Hope everyone is safe and well and brewing happily.
I started brewing about 4 years ago with cider due to a huge apple tree in the garden and lots of apples that would otherwise be chucked.
I also did a few kits (St Peter's Golden Ale was a good one and a couple of Wilko kits) but lost interest as the quality seemed to decline (with hindsight I think that was because I was using poorer kits and I also didn't understand the life support that pressure barrels needed).
Like many others, lockdown has got me back into it. Started off with a couple of Wilko kits again but I got sucked into HBB and have now skipped extract brews and gone straight to AG using BIAB in a Klarstein Fullhorn, a cheap tea urn to heat the sparge water separately and a 5L jug for the vorlauf and sparging. All electric and all done outside. I'm quite pleased with the efficiency of the process I've worked out so I might do a write up of the Fullhorn as I've been impressed with it for the money. I've done two AG brews so far - the Summer Ale and the Raspberry Wheat Beer from HBB and I've hit the OG in the book both times so I was pleased (and surprised!) about that. The Summer Ale is still conditioning, but I've not been able to stop myself from having a few glasses. A massive improvement on the kits and genuinely delicious.
Hope everyone is safe and well and brewing happily.
