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It will defiantly be an interesting brew.I went for CML Midland. I've used that one in a Trappist style brew in the past and it's done a good job. It's a nice pint....got a bit carried away .
It will defiantly be an interesting brew.I went for CML Midland. I've used that one in a Trappist style brew in the past and it's done a good job. It's a nice pint....got a bit carried away .
If it turns out drinkable I'll send you one over for your feedbackIt will defiantly be an interesting brew.
Hi Mate, I'm quite impressed with this brew. It was initially a bit harsh (maybe from the Candi sugar) but it's mellowed nicely over a few weeks. PM me your address and I'll send a bottle over to you.If it turns out drinkable I'll send you one over for your feedback
Update on the brew. Bottled it today. I had 11from the half kit. FG was higher than expected (1.022) - the instructions didn't give a FG, apart from noting it should be 1.010 or less. This finished and was kept in the FV for a week, def not getting near that gravity. I added the dry hop addition on day 8 and left until day 14. Smells and tastes great. Finished @ 6.5% abv which is good for me. Not impressed with the yeast. Although it worked well, there was quite a bit of floating small clumps of yeast in the beer when bottling. Other yeasts I have used have always settled out very well (see pics of trial jar and beer towards the end of bottling). I was tempted to substitute another yeast when making this as there was no indication of which yeast was supplied, but decided to give it a go. Def would recommend using another if I ever did this again. As I said, tasting good from the barrel. Hopefully a few weeks in the bottle will see this improve and be a great pintBrew #21 Beerworks Double Prancing Buck IPA.
I won this kit recently on a comp on here. It came with 2 x 3kg bags of extract. As 40 pints may be too much I gave one pouch of extract to a friend to brew with the aim of comparing our final product.
This was a very easy brew eve....quick mix of water and extract! As this was noted to be an 8% beer I diluted it slightly. OG was 1.072. I used the supplied yeast 10g (20g was supplied in the kit). Instructions note to add hops (Olicana) on day 5, and then bottle on day 10. I will see how fermentation goes as I usually bottle on day 14. May wait until day 7 before adding them. If I remember I'll report back on how this kit tastes
Forgotten pics!!Update on the brew. Bottled it today. I had 11from the half kit. FG was higher than expected (1.022) - the instructions didn't give a FG, apart from noting it should be 1.010 or less. This finished and was kept in the FV for a week, def not getting near that gravity. I added the dry hop addition on day 8 and left until day 14. Smells and tastes great. Finished @ 6.5% abv which is good for me. Not impressed with the yeast. Although it worked well, there was quite a bit of floating small clumps of yeast in the beer when bottling. Other yeasts I have used have always settled out very well (see pics of trial jar and beer towards the end of bottling). I was tempted to substitute another yeast when making this as there was no indication of which yeast was supplied, but decided to give it a go. Def would recommend using another if I ever did this again. As I said, tasting good from the barrel. Hopefully a few weeks in the bottle will see this improve and be a great pint
Oh, how time flies. Just realised I have made a few brews but not updated my brewday thread.
Today - Brew #27 - Trappist V3. This is labelled as a Belgium Dubble as I'm aiming to enter this into the "Brew Like a Monk" comp.
12.5L BIAB no sparge:
3.2kg M.O.
0.625kg Pilsner Malt
0.250 kg Special B
0.15kg Biscuit malt
0.1kg Crystal 150
93g Candi rocks (added to the last 10 mins of the boil)
11g Challenger (6.5% AA) @ 60
9g Chalenger @ 20
16g EKG (6.5AA) @ 5
75g raisins @ end of boil (actually this was @5min by mistake)
Yeast - Flushed Nun (CML).
Mash - 30mins @ 64oC; 10 min @ 70oC; 10 min @ 77oC.
As noted above, this is my V3 of a trappist style beer. I made a few tweaks compared to V2, the most otable being the addition of Raisins. I was flicking theough the Brew Like a Monk book when putting this one together and noticed that a Dubble recipie in there has a raisin addition. This tickled my fancy, to thought I'd give oit a go. Maybe a bit foolish when making a beer to enter into a competition, but it could end up good!!
Brew day was great. Hit my targets (only 1pt off my OG target), and the wort tasted great. This should come out around 7.2%. I think I have underpitched my yeast previously for these beers, thus resulting in a slightly phenolic taste. I therefore went on the safe side and added nearly a whole pack to this one.
I'll let you know if this is worth makingThis sounds great, I keep meaning to brew a Dubble or something similar.
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