Small ag

[colliefish]

Did this today as per instructions.

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=51779

Used fuggles hops and some coopers yeast from a stout kit I didn't use.

5g fuggles at start of boil. 10 g at 55 minutes.

Yeast pitched at 21 deg.

Now in brew fridge at 20 deg.

 

[clibit]

Hope it works out well :thumb:

 

[colliefish]

Fingers crossed.
All seemed to go ok during making.
I'll check if fermentation has started tomorrow.

 

[colliefish]

Bubbling away nicely this morning.
Forgot to say og was 1044

 

[clibit]

Keep us posted. :thumb:

 

[colliefish]

Will do.
I usually keep stuff in the brew fridge for 3 or 4 weeks so may be a bit of a wait lol

 

[colliefish]

I was thinking of doing this again and adding the wort to a batch of muntons gold Midas touch.
Any thoughts anyone?

 

[Slid]

I was thinking of doing this again and adding the wort to a batch of muntons gold Midas touch.
Any thoughts anyone?

Adding mashed grain liquor, boiled with fresh hops will tart the kit up somewhat and is the sort of thing I have been doing of late, with very pleasing results.

I would recommend this once, if only for you to see for yourself the differences between kit, tarted kit and the small AG batch.

I feel the dark side is beckoning. :grin:

 

[colliefish]

Shhhhh. don't tell the wife!!!

 

[colliefish]

Only been a week and action looks to have come to a stop. But I'm still going to give it 3 weeks.
I do have one concern. When checking gravity I feel ill be losing too much into the trial jar as I've only got a demijohn full. So I may just do a single reading when it's been 3 weeks so as not to waste too much taking samples

 

[clibit]

Only been a week and action looks to have come to a stop. But I'm still going to give it 3 weeks.
I do have one concern. When checking gravity I feel ill be losing too much into the trial jar as I've only got a demijohn full. So I may just do a single reading when it's been 3 weeks so as not to waste too much taking samples

That's fine, I do that with demijohns.

 

[colliefish]

Cheers clibit. :-)

 

[colliefish]

Bottles last night. Got 8.
Fg 1014. Primed with 1 level teaspoon of dme.
Tasted the trial jar. Bloody lovely. Easily better than my kit brews.

 

[clibit]

Bottles last night. Got 8.
Fg 1014. Primed with 1 level teaspoon of dme.
Tasted the trial jar. Bloody lovely. Easily better than my kit brews.

That's great. You can make anything you want now. :thumb:

 

[colliefish]

Still conditioning. And still very cloudy.
May clear out when it's put out in the shed.

 

[colliefish]

Still conditioning.
Still murky as hell.

 

[clibit]

Maybe this one won't clear. But taste good. Next time use some Irish moss in the boil, which you can also buy as protofloc or whirfloc tablets. This helps to clear the beer.

But more time may still clear this brew, I've had some stay murky for weeks but eventually clear. I always use Irish moss now.

 

[GlentoranMark]

Put it in the fridge for a week and let it cold condition, that helped my first AG.

Took me ages to work out why my beers were cloudy but it was because I was squeezing the death out of my grain bag.

The cloudiness won't do you any harm, just spoil the looks of it.

 

[colliefish]

Cheers guys.
I think I was too thorough getting those sugars out of the grain. I'll give it a couple more weeks at room temp then out in the nice cold shed for a month.

 

[colliefish]

Just had my first taste.
Reminded me of the coopers cervezza I made with lime.
Not disappointed by any means. :-).