First brew with my new equipment

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Post by Andy » Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:10 am

Yup, he's back online now and has another 30 kegs available.
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:29 am

Mmmm, might have to bag me a few of those...

BTW andy, I don't know why, but your avatar disturbs me....a very inappropriate use of the "force" ;) :P
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Post by Road Runner » Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:52 am

That must be the Jedi Moon Walk.
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Post by Andy » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:12 am

He's demonstrating a new technique for entering the death star ! :lol: Image
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:19 pm

My first English Bitter in 2006 is fermenting...

Image :pink

I really do think that a fermenting ale is a thing of beauty, especially after seeing andy's latest...am I sad??
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Post by Andy » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:57 pm

Excellent BB!

Fermenting ale is indeed a thing of wonder, smells lovely too.
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:54 pm

I just took a skim of the top. Tried to get most of the brown crap out, whilst leaving a thin clean layer of krausen. I understand this is good for the beer?

BTW Sanitised my spoon with Betadine mix - cool stuff, makes the whole quick sanitising operation so much easier! B)
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Post by Andy » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:03 pm

Time for a skim of mine also I think. The third today! :o :P
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:48 pm

Just transferred my latest ale to a secondary fermenter, and tasted the contents of the trial jar...she's a corker! Nice and bitter, with a floral nose (from the cascade). Can't wait to taste the final result! :D :beer
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Post by Andy » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:52 pm

Excellent BB! Casked mine last night and had a sneaky taster (tm jim), malty smell but tasted a bit thin. Hope my mash temperature screwup hasn't mucked things up. Time will tell! :D
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:12 pm

Kegged my ale today (not in one of my corny's :( ). Had a taste, and it had a kind of medicinal twang (can't think how else to describe it). This is something that I have had in all my beers so far (except for the first Woodefords kit I made). Is this just young beer taste, water, sanitation...? I have improved my sanitation, so I don't think it is this. It's really pi$$ing me off :angry:
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Post by Andy » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:54 pm

Do you boil off chlorine or let the brewing liquor stand so chlorine can evaporate ?
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:11 pm

I let it stand for a few days, and I boiled the full volume of liquor this time, so no additions of water post boil.

I have thought that I am just not rinsing enough after sanitising my fermenter, but I swill water around the fermenter at least four times, and then spray with Betadine solution a let stand for 10-15 minutes to let the excess solution run off (still a few drips left, but I figured this would not be enough to taint the beer? Plus this batch is the first that I have used Betadine with).

I thought it might be my cooling rate, but this time I used my counterflow chiller.

I thought it might be the water, but I have had the taste in previous brews using bottled water.

I have used different yeasts - Gervin and Safale S-04.

The only common demoninator is that I have used John Bull Malt extract in every brew.

So, I'm puzzled as to what it is. :unsure:

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Post by Andy » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:14 am

QUOTE (BlightyBrewer @ Mar 2 2006, 09:11 PM) The only common demoninator is that I have used John Bull Malt extract in every brew.

I suggest not using this in the next brew, if nothing else you can eleminate it from your enquiries :D
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:47 am

QUOTE (andy @ Mar 2 2006, 10:14 PM) QUOTE (BlightyBrewer @ Mar 2 2006, 09:11 PM) The only common demoninator is that I have used John Bull Malt extract in every brew.

I suggest not using this in the next brew, if nothing else you can eleminate it from your enquiries :D
Well, next brew is an AG. :pink no more John Bull for me!

I shall definitely invest in a water filter. Got any good suggestions on the best type?
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