AG#1 Newbie's numero uno!

[Naich]

Congratulations on the first successful AG The best kit I did was only as good as the worst AG I've done. If you see what I mean. My first one had a slight haziness to it, which I think was because I didn't boil it hard enough. I also used irish moss as copper finings, which are a bit pants. Last time I used Whirlfloc and it came out of the boiler as clear as a bell.

My CaCO3 was quite a lot lower than the water company's figures too. I measured it at 254 but they give it as 308. Makes you wonder what else is miles out on the report too.

Looking forward to the picture of the pint

[RichardG]

Apologies for the delay, but here it is!



TBH it's not the best picture, and certainly doesn't do it justice. If I get round to taking a better one, I may post that as well/instead.

[Spud395]

Well done rich, only a few weeks behind you.
Bottled AG1 today and hope to put no.2 on next week.

It's a great hobby, innit

[Naich]

Yay!

[RichardG]

Absolutely spud, lovin' it so far!

[simple one]

In closing, I would plead with anyone who is able and has to inclination to brew AG to do it! The results, even with my some-what ham-fisted first attempt, are markedly better than any kit or extract brew I'd done previously, and with the lessons learned so far can only get better.

It's good isn't it! You really begrudge paying pub prices for crap pints.