Jim's Beer Kit

I'm glad to hear that it's improving for you, I can't think of anything worse than a brew going bad, especially your first one.

I thought my lager was good at 4 weeks old, but now it's 10 weeks old its as good as any commercial bottled lager IMO

The Gallia is now all bottled

It finished at 1012 after 10 days in the FV (4 days stable at 1012).

I calculate that's about 6% ABV!



Another long wait begins, thank god for my now, very healthy rolling stock

Tried another bottle this evening -



Still tasting bloody good

Hi mickhew

No, it's not flat, I'm just comparing it to my bottled NOG that has a lovely head.

It does taste good, so I shouldn't really worry

I never made it to my LHBS in the end today, so I'm going to double check the SG again in the morning, and then bottle 10L (20 x 500ml) and keg the other 13L.

It will still come in around 4.5% ABV before secondary starts

My order arrived today, all present and correct with good bbe dates.

Very good first impression

I've googled it and see that it's a yeast nutrient, how much would I need, as Im off to my LHBS at lunchtime today and might give it a whirl?

Took a first reading this morning on day 6, and it's down to 1012

Still at 1016 on day 12, going to bottle/keg tomorrow night.

Back again. It must have been a dodgey crown cap seal, because the second bottle that I opened gave that lovely pfffttt sound! As this is only a 2 week old sample, I can only give a basic idea of the standard kit. The taste is very similar to the 2 week old sample of my Triple, but not as potent. It...

Well, I opened a tester bottle of Tarwebier and it was dead flat, no fizz! I had a little taste and it wasn't off at all...........hmmnn

I've popped another bottle in the fridge and will try again later, maybe the crown cap didn't seal properly?

It's certainly a nice drink, not sure when I will brew it again though, because there's too many other kits to try

I would like to try the kriek kit but its very expensive.

I am now sampling the odd bottle of Muntons Smugglers Ale, and the beer has almost no head to it. I bottled this with half a teaspoon of brewing sugar per 500ml bottle as per instructions, but I am sure I used more when I bottled my NOG and that has a perfect head. I will probably be bottling about ...

I'm using some for the first time in a Brewferm Gallia kit. I think that I am correct in saying that it's about 80% fermentable, so I've used a 680g jar of Tesco value syrup (77p) for a kit suggested 500g of sugar. It's currently fermenting like a good 'un. Will let you know how it turns out. :unsure:

I stumbled across this site while googling some yeast - http://www.brewsmarter.co.uk/index.asp I placed an order yesterday (Bank Holiday Monday) and it has been despatched today, cant ask for more than that. I will update this post when my order arrives. Much better than a certain site that has robb...