Milestone - Lion's Pride

[AlexCricket]

I have just ordered one of these kits - any tips, recommendations or notes?

What does it taste like?

Cheers

[OldSpeckledBadger]

I did one. Not at all impressed. Tasted rather sweet almost like shandy.

EDIT: it's final gravity was 1.009 IRC so the sweetness wasn't due to incomplete fermentation.

[Manx Guy]

Hi,

I was given one of these kits....

Would the addition of a dry beer enzyme help do you think?

or maybe the addition of some 'hop tea' (to add some bitterness) ?

Or shall I simply not bother myself with it and brew kits/extract styles I like.... (?)



Many thanks

Guy
Slainte!

[Jerry Cornelius]

Or shall I simply not bother myself with it and brew kits/extract styles I like.... (?)

Now you've got it, I would just make it up - you never know, you might like it! If you don't, lesson learned, do as you otherwise say...

[phildodd]

I've got one in my keg at the moment that I'm drinking my way through. It's a very easy beer to drink I think, not overly hoppy on account of it being a 'session' ale. It is a little on the sweet side, and mine has a definite after taste of bananas, although I read somewhere that might be down to the fact that I fermented it at about 23C, which is a shade too hot.

[EoinMag]

I've got one in my keg at the moment that I'm drinking my way through. It's a very easy beer to drink I think, not overly hoppy on account of it being a 'session' ale. It is a little on the sweet side, and mine has a definite after taste of bananas, although I read somewhere that might be down to the fact that I fermented it at about 23C, which is a shade too hot.

if it's only a mild taste of bananas, you can cold condition it out in about 10 days in a fridge. I did it recently with a chocolate stout that had a mild whiff of banana off of it.

[phildodd]

I've got one in my keg at the moment that I'm drinking my way through. It's a very easy beer to drink I think, not overly hoppy on account of it being a 'session' ale. It is a little on the sweet side, and mine has a definite after taste of bananas, although I read somewhere that might be down to the fact that I fermented it at about 23C, which is a shade too hot.

if it's only a mild taste of bananas, you can cold condition it out in about 10 days in a fridge. I did it recently with a chocolate stout that had a mild whiff of banana off of it.

Good to know, cheers. Now I just gotta find a fridge big enough to fit my keg in...