Diablo Surprise!

[Monkeybrew]

After to planning on leaving it 4 weeks to try a taster bottle of my Brewferm Diablo, I folded last night and cracked open a 3 week old bottle.

I was expecting a sharp tasting brew judging by the experience of the early tastings of Triple, Framboos & Abdij, but I was greeted with an almost dark plum coloured beer with a great beglian head. The taste was fruity and warming with a slight hint of cloves

This is by far the best Brewferm kit I've done so far, closely followed by the Abdij.

Yum Yum

[Goat]

hmmm i do love breferm kits
might be timie to treat myself i think
have you tried their christmas ale?

[Monkeybrew]

No I haven't yet, but every time I go into my LHBS there is a lonely Xmas kit on the shelf, that I intend to buy soon so it can have 6 months bottle conditioning before the festive season begins

Have you brewed it?

[brianboru]

just an fyi :
i made the abidj a few years back and found a forgotten bottle...aged 2+ years....it was good but not much better than the rest which got 3 month in the bottle

[Monkeybrew]

just an fyi :
i made the abidj a few years back and found a forgotten bottle...aged 2+ years....it was good but not much better than the rest which got 3 month in the bottle

That's good to know, cheers.

[Goat]

No I haven't yet, but every time I go into my LHBS there is a lonely Xmas kit on the shelf, that I intend to buy soon so it can have 6 months bottle conditioning before the festive season begins

Have you brewed it?

No i havnt yet, i always have the same thought as you
quick question do you brew 1 kit in a 5 gal fermenter?
im always worried about the amount of headspace

[Monkeybrew]

No, I've got a little 10 litre FV for the 9 litre kits and a 15 litre FV for the 12 litre kits.

I brewed my first ever Brewferm kit in a 25 litre FV, but it looked lost in there and the hydrometer bottomed out too!

I think the 10 litre FV was about £5.50

[Goat]

ah right
think from now on il just buy 2 kits at once and use a 5 gal fermenter

[Monkeybrew]

Tried another bottle this evening -



Still tasting bloody good