Hi All
I was wondering if anyone could recommend a kit that when brewed tastes like Hop Back Summer Lightening please, the reason being is it's my better halfs favourite summer beer.
Ideally I'd like an off the shelf kit for simplicity (it'll only be my third attempt at brewing) however if this is not possible does anyone have a recipe that would be suitable for the novice brewer. From memory I think they say they use goldings hops which seem to be pretty readily available but other than that I'm at a bit of a loss as to where to start.
In your opinions is this something I could take on or do you think I'm running before I can walk?
Cheers in advance
John
Could I Pick Your Brains Please?
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J_P
ParkerWitton recommended the Great Eastern kit as a top session beer, I might have to give it a whirl.
Dry hopping - I've just put that into google and now understand it to be adding hops to the primary fermentation vessel. The local home brew shop stocks the Goldings hop pellets so my next question would be what kind of quantities would I use ?[/code]
Dry hopping - I've just put that into google and now understand it to be adding hops to the primary fermentation vessel. The local home brew shop stocks the Goldings hop pellets so my next question would be what kind of quantities would I use ?[/code]
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Wez
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J_P
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J_P
Magic - Cheers
What do I do about the fact that the Woodefords yeast being "Notoriously Unreliable" (http://jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3228) Is it as simple as buying another pack of reliable yeast?
What do I do about the fact that the Woodefords yeast being "Notoriously Unreliable" (http://jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3228) Is it as simple as buying another pack of reliable yeast?
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parkerwitton
Great Eastern
JP the Great Eastern is supping well...in fact it is going twice as fast cos her indoors is keeping up to me pint for pint. I have another Great Eastern in the fermenter (8 days now) in which I added 500 gms of clear honey....hoping to get a Wychwood Beerwyched effect.
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bettyswallocks
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J_P
Excellent thanks for the advice.
ParkerWitton - Could you keep me posted on the results of the honey beer please. I really enjoyed a bottle of Fullers Honey Dew the other day and would be keen to see if I could replicate it in future. Ha ha ha I'm already planning my fourth brew when the second one has only been in the barrel 24 hours.
ParkerWitton - Could you keep me posted on the results of the honey beer please. I really enjoyed a bottle of Fullers Honey Dew the other day and would be keen to see if I could replicate it in future. Ha ha ha I'm already planning my fourth brew when the second one has only been in the barrel 24 hours.
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prodigal2
[quote="J_P"]Excellent thanks for the advice.
ParkerWitton - Could you keep me posted on the results of the honey beer please. I really enjoyed a bottle of Fullers Honey Dew the other day and would be keen to see if I could replicate it in future. Ha ha ha I'm already planning my fourth brew when the second one has only been in the barrel 24 hours.[/quote
Methinks JP that you have caught the bug
Since starting homebrewing all of 4/5 months my beer enjoyment has gone up expidententatly.
Its great isnt it
ParkerWitton - Could you keep me posted on the results of the honey beer please. I really enjoyed a bottle of Fullers Honey Dew the other day and would be keen to see if I could replicate it in future. Ha ha ha I'm already planning my fourth brew when the second one has only been in the barrel 24 hours.[/quote
Methinks JP that you have caught the bug
Since starting homebrewing all of 4/5 months my beer enjoyment has gone up expidententatly.
Its great isnt it
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J_P
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J_P
Well I've just had my second consecutive reading of 1012 from my Almondsbury Old today (from 1045ish) so I popped into the H&G on my way home and picked up a Woodefords Great Eastern, a packet of yeast (just in case the curse of the Woodefords yeast strikes) and a few grams of East Kent Goldings.
I'll give the Almondsbury Old three or four more days in the primary then it's going into the bottles and into a dark cupboard. My IPA has gassed up nicely and will be going in the coal shed tomorrow.
Once everything is clean and sanitised after that I'll be able to start my first "experiment" - woot!
I'll give the Almondsbury Old three or four more days in the primary then it's going into the bottles and into a dark cupboard. My IPA has gassed up nicely and will be going in the coal shed tomorrow.
Once everything is clean and sanitised after that I'll be able to start my first "experiment" - woot!
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prodigal2
[quote="J_P"]Well I've just had my second consecutive reading of 1012 from my Almondsbury Old today (from 1045ish) so I popped into the H&G on my way home and picked up a Woodefords Great Eastern, a packet of yeast (just in case the curse of the Woodefords yeast strikes) and a few grams of East Kent Goldings.
I'll give the Almondsbury Old three or four more days in the primary then it's going into the bottles and into a dark cupboard. My IPA has gassed up nicely and will be going in the coal shed tomorrow.
Once everything is clean and sanitised after that I'll be able to start my first "experiment" - woot![/quote
Good luck on that, and keep up informed on your "experiementing"
I'll give the Almondsbury Old three or four more days in the primary then it's going into the bottles and into a dark cupboard. My IPA has gassed up nicely and will be going in the coal shed tomorrow.
Once everything is clean and sanitised after that I'll be able to start my first "experiment" - woot![/quote
Good luck on that, and keep up informed on your "experiementing"