Recent content by Hopper

More follow up on the Wilko IPA. Since the American IPA is finished I am now polishing of the Wilko. What a difference a couple of weeks in the bottle makes! I had 10 litres left in 2L PET bottles. 4 outside in my beer locker and one in my brilliant Aldi electric coolbox. I poor the...

Thanks again Terrym. My"keg" is a standard 5gall pressure barrel with at tap low down and a CO2 injection fitting in the cap. All sterilised with lubricated seals. Interim racking sounds a good plan. I will experiment with this for my next brew since time is plentiful. Cheers

American IPA update. This beer tastes good. As previously mentioned, it is flat - but I have decided that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". So it is still in the shed. The beer is strong andto my taste, not a session ale. So I have been decanting about 500 ml into my wide mouthed flip to...

Good advice across the board here. And also good advice from the retailer (4U2Brew) who did not hesitate to point me down the AIPA road. 40 pints at 60p per pt makes sense to me. My son is finding his way brewing ag kits which sounds a fun way to explore some very interesting ales but I'm a...

Thanks for that Steve. I'm guessing that this brew will be inside me and friends before the festive season is out so I had better get started on my next. In between the St Peter's IPA and the AIPA I brewed up a Wilko IPA kit just to see how it turned out without modification. I have bottled...

My first post to this forum: My Son, observing that I shared his taste in beer presented me with a complete DIY homebrew start up kit for my last birthday. To get me going he added a St Peter's IPA kit. This turned out to be the perfect choice for a first crack at brewing and four weeks later...