New St Peter's kit announced
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I regularly drink this from Sainsburys if it turns out anything like that it'll be a treat.
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Very keen to see some reviews on this one. The bottled version is very nice and I've never been able to recreate anything as good either with real fruit or flavourings.
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Well, the St Peters Plum Porter kit went into the fermenter this afternoon. This is the first kit I've done in a long time, but I've never been able to find any good all grain recipes that can replicate any of my favourite plummy commercial beers: Titanic Plum Porter, St Peters Plum Porter, Badger Ales Poachers Pocket (or even Aldi's very respectable Plum Porter brewed by Harpers).
Enjoyed the kit making process. Start to finish in half hour and only my beer paddle to wash at the end of it. I've not been able to perfect my all grain method down to anything less than 5 hours with the clearing up.
Very keen to see how this turns out. I probably shouldn't ask, as it's a bit late now, but anyone else brewed this yet? What did you think of the beer?
Enjoyed the kit making process. Start to finish in half hour and only my beer paddle to wash at the end of it. I've not been able to perfect my all grain method down to anything less than 5 hours with the clearing up.
Very keen to see how this turns out. I probably shouldn't ask, as it's a bit late now, but anyone else brewed this yet? What did you think of the beer?
For a most delightful all grain plum porter ask Hazelwood Brewery nicely and he'll point you in the right direction...
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I love that Plum Porter the Bargain Booze sells, the name escapes me.
EDIT: Titanic as above.
EDIT: Titanic as above.
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just started this one off this week will post as it progresses
Five hours including the clean up? Glad it’s not just me!
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bottled this one today og1044 fg1008 makes it around the stated 5% smelt and tasted rather nice out of the fermenter, now the wait !!!!
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Took a sample of mine yesterday but it's only dropped to 1018. Hoping it's just slow rather than stuck as I've fermented at a slightly cool 19 degrees. I've increased the temp to 20.5 to help it along.
I wasn't too sure of the smell when it went in the fermenter (very plummy), but the sample yesterday tasted lovely.
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did mine at 20c for 2 weeks then 2c for 3 days now in the bottle primed with 1/2 tsp of sugar per bottle
stan
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did mine at 20c for 2 weeks then 2c for 3 days now in the bottle primed with 1/2 tsp of sugar per bottle
That's what I miss about doing kits. So easy to do and to clean up.
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Another benefit is that you can brew in any weather (well technically I can brew indoors with all grain but having 20+ litres of water boiling for an hour or more in the kitchen does tend to turn it into a sauna with dripping walls, cupboards and ceilings. So as I wait for a dry weekend when I am not otherwise engaged I am getting rather tempted to do a quick kit to get my stocks up (and as a fan of plum Porter this would be at the top of my list).
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I had the same problem with condensation but rigging a simple chimney has been really effective - the windows don't even steam up anymore.
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Really neat setup and definitely something I would consider, I actually quite like brewing outside even in the cold but due to my strange aversion to being electrocuted have chosen to avoid doing so if their is any chance of rain.
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That's a sensible aversion. I'm not keen mowing the lawn when the grass is wet! 
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Plum Porter is finally in the bottle! Left it an extra week in the FV hoping to get the gravity down a little further. It dropped an extra couple of points over the final week but still ended quite high at 1012.
Should be alright but I've only primed with 1/4 tsp of sugar in each bottle just in case (and i think the light carbonation will suit the style). I'll store them cold once and drink them quick once they've carbonated!
It tastes rather nice already, so looking forward to trying again once they've conditioned.
Should be alright but I've only primed with 1/4 tsp of sugar in each bottle just in case (and i think the light carbonation will suit the style). I'll store them cold once and drink them quick once they've carbonated!
It tastes rather nice already, so looking forward to trying again once they've conditioned.
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