Recent content by TastyMcbrewski

Thanks all for your suggestions (and hope for improvement…under an hour - nice!). Will review in more detail but on first glance Starsan seems like a quick easy win

Hi all Nothing good ever comes without a bit of pain, but just wondering if there is a way to minimise bottling day blues? Having just finished at >2 hours for 40 bottles, Would any of you be able to cast your eye over my process below to see if I can be a bit more efficient? - Wash all...

Exactly as above - I use a plastic FV and for my early brews the airlock would go crazy, the more recent ones nothing at all but all brews have come out fine. Don’t know why but assume small lack of integrity in the vessel, no negative effect though. Again as above can see the Krausen forming fine

West Coast IPA please :beer1:

Lucky Freedom, many thanks!

G’day all Given the choice between disciplining my uncontrollable 3 year old or leaving that to my wife and escaping into my beer cellar for a couple of hours a few weeks back, please see my review for the above beer for anyone interested: Kit contents 2 x 1.5kg of Super Premium Light...

Always enjoy your reviews cheers Ghostship. seems this is a hit? I still hold MJ juicy IPA as benchmark of excellence how does this compare (recognising it’s a different type of beer). Been out of home brewing most of this year but just put on a GEB experimental galaxy pale ale kit (birthday...

Black Grouse Honey Ale would go down a treat, count me in please

I have to confess to even less patience, and tried one yesterday, a week after bottling. Faint degree of carbonation and quite a raw initial taste, but when I try my next in 3 weeks time (1 more week in warm and 2 in the cellar) i know it will be another fantastic batch.

With you there. How long does bottling day take you? For c.40 x 500ml bottles I reckon it took me 2.5 hours all in (and that’s including a new rinser I just brought which was a big help)

I will be joining you in the (delicious) trenches next week as well- I’ll be bottling my MJ juicy ipa in 500ml bottles with 3g of table sugar (I did 4g last time and it was a bit too fizzy). It’s a great kit - hope you enjoy

I’ve yet to hear anyone say a bad word about it and certainly for me it has been my favourite kit. do we think this is due to the mango extract/flavouring masking any off flavours us home brewers can sometimes create. Is it a very forgiving kit or am I underplaying the fact it is just a great kit?

Hi Ghostship Good review! Glad you enjoyed, I have absolutely loved mine (have already ordered another, this time with MJ lme rather than beer enhancer). Out of interest (as it seems our recent brewing paths have been similar), how did you find this compared to beerworks Sierra presidents ipa...

I have spied them as well and almost took the plunge but went for MJ juicy ipa (which was/is excellent). Will be interested to hear if anyone has tried them (especially the NEIPA).

Looks great - lovely colour and head