Confession Time :) Kit Brew :)

[barneey]

Today I brewed my first lager kit for more than 20 years (Harvest), I got a couple from Tesco`s the other week when they were selling them off cheap as my stocks of witbeir were running low and having sold near enough everything except a 70ltr pot and a brew fridge I thought I would at least try a kit again

Normally my brew days are an all day event but glad to say from start to finish it took 30mins couldnt be bothered too much about quants so mixed the two kits with 2kg of brewing sugar a 1/2 bag of DME I had laying around, 2x safale s04 yeasts (didnt like the look of the kit ones) fill ed the 70lt upto 1/2 way full with water pitched the rehydrated yeast, lid on (no airlock) set the fridge temp and finished. Cant even be bothered with taking a gravity reading

No idea what this is going to taste like is the Harvest kit any good? or should I have done things differently? or not even bothered ? its a far cry from a normal brewday albeit very stress free and quick.

[barney]

HA HA HA,

Post of the week.

[The Dribbler]

I bet it will be the best beer you have made in 20 years !

[Belter]

Oh...... ..... ......

[orlando]

Maybe all the All Grain snobs should do this at least once as I suspect some of us (yes I count myself among them ) haven't tasted a kit beer in years and don't know how good/bad they really are. Keep us posted on the results, would have liked to have seen the brewday pics

[Belter]

Maybe all the All Grain snobs should do this at least once as I suspect some of us (yes I count myself among them ) haven't tasted a kit beer in years and don't know how good/bad they really are. Keep us posted on the results, would have liked to have seen the brewday pics

Don't be silly

[orlando]

Another one, thought I would flush you out

[barneey]

would have liked to have seen the brewday pics

There wasnt time to get the camera out although a nice shiny tin of extract could have made a nice piccy.

So the morning after pics instead, the slightly damged 70lt pot (no handles - long story), not even the probe in the ferment just stuck to the outside

The rather lonely looking pot


And Mr Whippy


i was quite lucky that UKTony wanted the white fridge as I wouldnt have got this far.

[orlando]

Why is it on the wonk?

[barneey]

No idea, prehaps the yeastys like it better at the back, that or something isnt quite level somewhere?

I`ll just have to tilt the glass when drinking

[orlando]

I was looking at the piece of wood under the FV, is there another piece I can't see or is it really on the wonk for some technical reason unknown to me?

[barneey]

Ah, In that case nope its not on the wonk there is another timber plate at 3 o clock, the timber plate was made for the old conical with 3 legs

[gnutz2]

How come I've never had a "mr whippy" kraesen?

[barneey]

All I`m glad is that I`m brewing in a 70ltr pot, should be no climbing out the pot I`ll check how Mr Whippy is getting on later

If you google "mr whippy krausen" there are afew other examples about, as to cause I`ve no idea? No airlock = no pressure?

[Belter]

So you know what yeast it is? I want Mr Whippy!