first AG taste

[AT]

I'm not very patient so after just 6 days i tasted my first ag brew, there's a bit of protein haze and it's green but over all i'm impressed. It will probably take 2 more weeks to mature

[Wez]

Leave it alone AT (It is difficult tho, i keep eyeing up the keg of Wezerection that i brewed on the same day)

[AT]

i know, i know but it's sooo hard. I had 2 bottles and i only want to save one so i thought what the hell see what it's like. I didn't expect it to be a world beater i was just curious as to how it was doing. The keg won't be touched for a while yet and the bottle is there for a year i hope

[AT]

brewing tomorrow, have no extra ingredients so it's just the same as before with less grain but it will help with the learning process. I read Whelers how to brew real ale at home and it helped me a lot. All the same information is here on the site but it's easier when you see it all organised on one page in front of you. Actually have a shot if i'm wrong but some of the information in the book is a little out dated

[Wez]

Good luck tomorrow! I'm having a go at Timothy Taylors Landlord from the same book next weekend !

[SteveD]

I'm not very patient so after just 6 days i tasted my first ag brew, there's a bit of protein haze and it's green but over all i'm impressed. It will probably take 2 more weeks to mature

It won't be protein, that'll be yeast. You haven't given it time to clear down! Leave it alone!!

[AT]

i thought it might be protein cause i didn't use Irish moss, safale 04 and it seemed to be stuck very well at the bottom of the bottle. Anyway not to worry like i said i was just curious

[AT]

Only ingredients i have is about 19kg of maris otter and a load of goldings so i'm afraid tomorrow evening it's the same brew except using 5kg of grain instead of 6kg. I must get another order from hop and grape so i can try a hobgoblin clone

[AT]

just had a few pints of Taipan 1. I can't explain like some of ye guys what it tasted like but i'll tell you what i know. I could taste the goldings, maybe a little much for my taste but it was good to be able to know what i was tasting. I could taste it was high in alcohol but at the same time the mouth feel was soft. Feel free to shoot me down, i'm sure you all know what such a simple brew tastes like, i'm just giving my inexpeirenced view.

[Wez]

AT i'd say the most important opinion is YOURS, do you like it?

[AT]

After brewing kits for about 10 or 11 months i feel i've taken a huge step forward and of course this brew is fairly strong so probably needs more time but i can't wait forever on my first brew. To answer, Wez i'm delighted with the taste but i'd like to train my pallet to understand what i'm tasting. Even more hooked now cause i can't wait to brew again

[Wez]

Pardon the expression but i gave my wife some of my wezErection the other night and she couldn't believe the difference between this and kits. She said that it tasted fresh, fantastic and better than wot you get down the 'oak' (my local) i'm guessing that you already know we're onto a winner.

I've dropped on, my local brewery is going to do me 25kg MO for £15 and hops for pence........hapy days.

[AT]

Good stuff unfortunately this cuntry is a little different and sourcing grains and hops is not so cheap maybe i'll buy from you Wez

[AT]

Pardon the pun but the wife liked the wezerection? my woman hates beer so my only test pilots are every body else who calls to the house and everybody else liked it. My next brew is a belgian ale and i's gonna take six months to mature, i hope it's nice

[Wez]

It just doesn't make sense, I was told that God created beer so that the Irish wouldn't take over the planet you would have thought.......well the worlds on it's arse isn't it. No small breweries near you at all??????