Munich Dark Lager

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Minus The Bear

Post by Minus The Bear » Wed May 07, 2008 11:48 am

yep i used 30g, the carbonation using that much is moderate as i don't like it overly fizzy.
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PeteH

Post by PeteH » Wed May 07, 2008 11:52 am

Minus The Bear wrote:yep i used 30g, the carbonation using that much is moderate as i don't like it overly fizzy.
Ta, I'll go with that then, I don't like too much fizz either. In fact I find most bottled ales a bit too fizzy these days, and much prefer the slighlty softer carbonation of my homebrews, which mostly have a nd retain a better head too.
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PeteH

Post by PeteH » Thu May 08, 2008 9:03 am

ooh eck. An eggy wiff is eminating from my FV. Is this a sign of bad things to come, or will it pass?
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Minus The Bear

Post by Minus The Bear » Thu May 08, 2008 10:52 am

that will pass mate, with it being a lager they give off more of a smell than ale's do.
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Minus The Bear

Post by Minus The Bear » Thu May 08, 2008 12:14 pm

ah yes the possible internal issues :shock:
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PeteH

Post by PeteH » Thu May 08, 2008 2:19 pm

phew, cheers fellas. I'll warn my missus about whats to come! :o
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PeteH

Post by PeteH » Mon May 19, 2008 2:27 pm

Bottled this last night after 12 days in the FV. I think it was finished after about 6 but I didn't have chance till yesterday. It tasted ok, pretty bland at the moment, but no bad tastes. Hopefully the high fermentation temp won't have harmed it, it never seemed to get below 20 C in the garage, until yesterday when it was 15C but too late. fingers crossed.
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Minus The Bear

Post by Minus The Bear » Mon May 19, 2008 4:43 pm

good stuff matey, hope you had more success with the teabag's than i did!

Still haven't tried mine again yet want to leave it as long as possible.
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PeteH

Post by PeteH » Mon May 19, 2008 5:07 pm

yeah, I made sure I had a really slow boil going on after reading what happened to you, added a bit more water too.
Cheers.
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Minus The Bear

Post by Minus The Bear » Mon May 19, 2008 7:37 pm

Glad you learned from my mistakes fella!

I think i will order another of these kits, i'm determined to do it properly.
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PeteH

Post by PeteH » Tue May 27, 2008 11:10 am

I know I shouldn't have, but I tried this after it had been bottled a week, it had been clear for a good few days. Hopefully it will improve a lot cos it hardly had any taste or body. In fact it tasted almost exactly like my Hambleton Bards Old English which I bottled probably a year ago and still have about 30 left!
Fingers crossed time again.
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