lammylee
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Hi, completely forgot that I'd registered for the forum a little while back and I'm not sure if I introduced myself at the time. I've just pitched my 9th brew in a little over 12 months, so I'm relatively new to all of this. I'm a midlander and enjoy quality ale, but not quality ale pub prices
I love the festival kits and particularly the Razorback IPA and also their summer limited eddition Pale Ale the one with the elderflower sachet, along with the usual hops.
I have a Beerworks Spire IPA in secondary at the moment, 3 x 500ml bottles and a pressure keg, this one started off at 1063 and steadied down to 1010 after two weeks in the FV. I sampled the contents of the hydrometer trial jar and I think it should be a great pint.
I also have a Muntons St Peters Ruby Red ale which I bottled and kegged on Sunday, my first Muntons kit which didn't get a stuck fermentation, maybe they're sorting their act out? Again, the contents of the trial jar showed real promise. My previous Wherry and Nelson's Revenge both stuck and need a repitch to get going again.
Earlier today, I managed to commit a Ritchies Simply IPA to my empty FV and added 1KG of their Light spraymalt and 500g of some spare caster sugar I had knocking about, temperature of the wort was a little low at 17 degrees c so I added some boiled water and brewed tall at around 24 litres. Despite this, the starting gravity was 1042 at 21 degrees c, so hopefully should be a decent brew.
Other than the Festival Kits, my highlight of last year brew wise was a Wilko Golden Ale single can affair, which I pimped with 1KG LME and 500g Golden Syrup. I pitched a rehydrated Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast for this one and left it in the FV for three weeks. I Kegged it last May and only completely finished it about three weeks ago. It got better with age and reminded me of Leffe Blonde
Anyway, that's me for now...I'll keep you posted, still got a Muntons / Woodfordes Bure Gold to go in, when I get a mo:wave:
I love the festival kits and particularly the Razorback IPA and also their summer limited eddition Pale Ale the one with the elderflower sachet, along with the usual hops.
I have a Beerworks Spire IPA in secondary at the moment, 3 x 500ml bottles and a pressure keg, this one started off at 1063 and steadied down to 1010 after two weeks in the FV. I sampled the contents of the hydrometer trial jar and I think it should be a great pint.
I also have a Muntons St Peters Ruby Red ale which I bottled and kegged on Sunday, my first Muntons kit which didn't get a stuck fermentation, maybe they're sorting their act out? Again, the contents of the trial jar showed real promise. My previous Wherry and Nelson's Revenge both stuck and need a repitch to get going again.
Earlier today, I managed to commit a Ritchies Simply IPA to my empty FV and added 1KG of their Light spraymalt and 500g of some spare caster sugar I had knocking about, temperature of the wort was a little low at 17 degrees c so I added some boiled water and brewed tall at around 24 litres. Despite this, the starting gravity was 1042 at 21 degrees c, so hopefully should be a decent brew.
Other than the Festival Kits, my highlight of last year brew wise was a Wilko Golden Ale single can affair, which I pimped with 1KG LME and 500g Golden Syrup. I pitched a rehydrated Wilko Gervin Ale Yeast for this one and left it in the FV for three weeks. I Kegged it last May and only completely finished it about three weeks ago. It got better with age and reminded me of Leffe Blonde
Anyway, that's me for now...I'll keep you posted, still got a Muntons / Woodfordes Bure Gold to go in, when I get a mo:wave:
