Pumpkin Escobar
Active Member
Got myself one of the Youngs Brew Buddy kits back in september last year when Tesco had them on at £7.97, so finally got round to brewing the second can of lager that came with the kit (first one turned out pretty horrible). So as this brew is effectivley costing nothing (given the price of the starter kit) I thought I would splash out.
Ive brewed it short to 20l, added 500g of extra light DME, a 453g tin of golden syrup and got myself 100g of Amarillo hops and replaced the yeast with some S-23 Saflager. I made a hop tea with 50g and dry hopped in the secondary after 10 days for a further 5 days with the remaining 50g.
Bottled this brew up last night and despite being flat as a fart at the moment it tastes excellent, very citrusy and floral. What a difference the DME has made, the beer has good mouth feel and doesnt have the "home brew twang" ive had just using brewing sugar. Going to sit this one in the warm for two weeks/cold for two weeks then enjoy drinking this.
By far the best brew to date.
Ive brewed it short to 20l, added 500g of extra light DME, a 453g tin of golden syrup and got myself 100g of Amarillo hops and replaced the yeast with some S-23 Saflager. I made a hop tea with 50g and dry hopped in the secondary after 10 days for a further 5 days with the remaining 50g.
Bottled this brew up last night and despite being flat as a fart at the moment it tastes excellent, very citrusy and floral. What a difference the DME has made, the beer has good mouth feel and doesnt have the "home brew twang" ive had just using brewing sugar. Going to sit this one in the warm for two weeks/cold for two weeks then enjoy drinking this.
By far the best brew to date.
