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How did it turn out?

my bro bought me the Evil Dog Double IPA kit for an early Christmas gift and reading around I've seen many a review that says it lacks hop aroma strength and depth. Any tips on how to remedy this? The kit already includes a teabag of summit and simcoe hops. I'm definitely up for modifying...

Got impatient so tried one tonight. Super impressed! :-D Tastes amazing, so smooth and has plenty of banana and bubblegum with just a hint of clove I'm guessing because I brewed this warmer. No sulphur that I can detect. Lovely thick white head that lasts to the end of the glass. Pours dark...

All bottled last night. Got 40 bottles. 39 glass and one plastic so I can see how it's carbing up and it's already quite hard. How long until I can drink?:)

Ah great thanks so much for the help! Bottling today how exciting!

Oh nice thanks! :-D crisis averted haha

Ok so I have a festival German Weiss brewing and the SG is stable so I'm going to bottle tomorrow (if that's the right thing to do). The thing is the beer has become very clear and not as tasty over the course of the fermentation. There are no signs of any infection and it doesn't smell or...

That makes sense! Hmm so how to make sure I get the yeast in when I go to bottle? I was planning on syphoning into a bottling bucket then going from there. Do I want to suck up a load of the trub from the bottom then?

Took gravity reading again. Same as before:) Difference this time is that it's cleared up a lot and it also doesn't taste as good at all. Still good but no way near like before.. tastes like a different beer. :-? Any advice?

Ok thanks:) how long would you recommend waiting then? It'll be 2 weeks next Tuesday.

Been bubbling away for about a week now. Fermentation has slowed a lot but still bubbles on occasion. All seems to be going rather well. Have struggled to get the temperature below 23C but this shouldn't be an issue, more banana/bubblegum I think. I was instructed that anything 20C-25C is good...

Brewed it last night as I got excited! Very easy kit to do. It came with: -2 pouches of pre hopped wheat liquid malt extract -350g dextrose -Wheat yeast (dry) -Priming sugar Sanitised everything thoroughly. Brewed as per instructions to 23 litres. Was a simple case of pour in the extract to...

Ok so I'll brew warm to get nice banana and bubblegum flavours. What sort of temp would you say? The packets instructions don't say much about temp!

Have purchased a festival German Weiss beer kit and plan to get going soon. Quick question before brew day (this wednesday) is: should I alter this kit in any way? I mean it was £23 so I'd be reluctant to spend more but if it really ought to have extras I'd be delighted with any advice.

In that case I'll crack on with the festival kit and make a thread when I get going and do reviews etc. :) thanks for the advice