Stunned Monkey
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Hi All,
It's 5 days now since I bottled my first Coopers kit, and while I'm damned sure I'm going to drink every last drop, I'm also pretty sure it won't be what I really like - it's watery, a bit low on alcohol, and not a lot of flavour (though the bitterness is nice - is the "English Bitter" kit).
My favourite ale bar none, is Legless Rambler from the Beachy Head micro-brewery which just happens to be about 150 yards from my front door, and the Tiger Inn in East Dean is I belive the only pub to have it on the pumps. I'll be leaving the area soon so I decided is was time to start up my own little operation (was tickled by aleman's reference to a "nanobrewery" being an engineer!)
I really enjoy a strongly flavoured and bitter ale, <5% ABV and not too dark. The trouble is that i have no idea how to go about creating that in my little 5 gal tub.
At this point in time I'm solely interested in beefing up a kit brew. Does anyone have any suggestions? mix it up using a hop tea?
Martin
It's 5 days now since I bottled my first Coopers kit, and while I'm damned sure I'm going to drink every last drop, I'm also pretty sure it won't be what I really like - it's watery, a bit low on alcohol, and not a lot of flavour (though the bitterness is nice - is the "English Bitter" kit).
My favourite ale bar none, is Legless Rambler from the Beachy Head micro-brewery which just happens to be about 150 yards from my front door, and the Tiger Inn in East Dean is I belive the only pub to have it on the pumps. I'll be leaving the area soon so I decided is was time to start up my own little operation (was tickled by aleman's reference to a "nanobrewery" being an engineer!)
I really enjoy a strongly flavoured and bitter ale, <5% ABV and not too dark. The trouble is that i have no idea how to go about creating that in my little 5 gal tub.
At this point in time I'm solely interested in beefing up a kit brew. Does anyone have any suggestions? mix it up using a hop tea?
Martin