flamenco
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Hello all. I was happily brewing kits more than 20 years ago, with some success and some failures. I ended up packing it in as the failure rate was higher than I liked.
I now have more time and thought I'd look at the current state of homebrewing. Wow what a difference 20 odd years makes!
Back then, I don't think the internet had got going to the extent we see it today so it took a while to find the right advice etc. Looking back now, I think the failures I had (a sharp twangy tasting beer) was due to using water from the upstairs bathroom tap (it seemed easier to sterilise and rinse using the bath) and I'm not sure that supply was as good as the downstairs kitchen tap (I'm sure the bath cold tap was fed from a large tank in the roof rather than directly from the mains).
Anyhoo, I have rekitted myself (having got rid of everything, including a warming band, hydrometer, thermometer, barrels, FVs etc etc) and have just started up a Brewferm ABDIJ 9L strong trappist type beer. I think I'm going to go down the Belgian types route and I don't mind leaving them alone for months on end to mature properly. I have the notion that these types will produce better results for me anyway.
Time will tell.
I now have more time and thought I'd look at the current state of homebrewing. Wow what a difference 20 odd years makes!
Back then, I don't think the internet had got going to the extent we see it today so it took a while to find the right advice etc. Looking back now, I think the failures I had (a sharp twangy tasting beer) was due to using water from the upstairs bathroom tap (it seemed easier to sterilise and rinse using the bath) and I'm not sure that supply was as good as the downstairs kitchen tap (I'm sure the bath cold tap was fed from a large tank in the roof rather than directly from the mains).
Anyhoo, I have rekitted myself (having got rid of everything, including a warming band, hydrometer, thermometer, barrels, FVs etc etc) and have just started up a Brewferm ABDIJ 9L strong trappist type beer. I think I'm going to go down the Belgian types route and I don't mind leaving them alone for months on end to mature properly. I have the notion that these types will produce better results for me anyway.
Time will tell.