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My Admirals Reserve had been in the bottle 2 weeks today after a disheartening taster when first bottled so I left one in the fridge to be nice and cool when I got home from work the result : carbonation is spot on, taste is rather fruity and only a hint of the initial twang that was getting...

I did indeed mate I used a campden tablet. The taste is hard pinpoint but if I was to put my money on it id say it was fusel.

Sorry to keep bumping this but things just keep coming up ! Couple of people seem to have had the same issue but turns out the beer was just green at first. My concern lies though in the fact it tastes exactly the same as my stout that had been in the bottle for 9 weeks and didn't change taste...

Or maybe another kit ? I need to get it right to make myself feel better as im genuinely gutted, curse you homebrew gods curse you !

I will not be defeated though , on with the turbo cider !

In conclusion its really halted my enjoyment of the hobby and other than a current brew that is in the FV I feel that there is little point in simply creating more stock of product that I am not going to enjoy drinking. Time to save up :twisted...

Just bottled it up tried individually priming this time , used half a teaspoon per bottle. I got quiete p*****d off actually as the smell as taste is exactly the same as my stout I chucked due to the same tang. I'm really hoping this may die down, Im really anal about cleaning and sterilising...

After a bacon and sausage sarnie and a cuppa I've just started : the least favourite part first.

I only use wychwood bottles and those labels just float off after about 30 mins in warm water .

That chocolate orange porter sounds bloody lovely ! Porter is usually a bit to rich or me but that really does sound lovely. A sample bottle would be great ;-) haha

Regarding conditioning a stout I would say around 2 - 3 months maybe more.

Keep us posted how it goes :-) got one of these from tesco for 7 quid so gonna it on in the near future and make it nice and chocolatey I think.

Cracker of a beer good luck with the search :-)

Started this for some ideas really as I'm wanting to stick 3 brews on soon and stash them away for Halloween Bonfire night and Christmas , a turbo cider and and a Milestone dasher the flasher ( unsure about bonfire night one maybe a bitter ) Have you got any stashed away already or anything in...

Great post Calum very informative saved it thank you mate :-)

I will go half teaspoon a bottle mate , I will give that a whirl instead of batch priming and see which way I prefer.

My experience with the ' twang ' it was like a sharp after taste . Not really unpleasant and if my beer wasnt over carbed I'd probably have still drank it. But is still noticeable nonetheless.

you are correct AG brews will be on par if not better than your pub quality stuff , not an AG brewer myself but i know a few who frequent my homebrew shop. I think the thing with us kit brewers is that they is only so much we can do and control , the rest is down to fate and purely out of our hands.

I think this one will be the one to go for as the brew is going into wychwood bottles that hold roughly a pint.