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DRB

brewferm abbey

Post by DRB » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:37 pm

Just thought I'd put a picture of abbey in,good head or what.One thing I want to ask to kits have a slight plasticy taste to all of them,it's just the few kits I Imagehave done got that slight taste in the backround.
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matti

Post by matti » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:53 pm

Im going to be doing that kit in the next week or so. Did you use the candi sugar cubes with this kit?

I was going to bottle but after my bottling of the brewferm kriek kit for the girlfriend I might just stick it in a keg. I never realised that bottling would be such a mission :)
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DRB

Post by DRB » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:34 pm

Just tasted it again like you do,and I think the plasticky taste came from the froth not the beer itself.I boiled all the water DAAB I presume that rids chlorine.Matti I used light spray malt and the taste, outcome is very good :) .
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DaveR

Post by DaveR » Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:02 pm

[quote="matti"]I was going to bottle but after my bottling of the brewferm kriek kit for the girlfriend I might just stick it in a keg. I never realised that bottling would be such a mission :)[/quote]

Hi Matti
How is/was the Kriek?. I bottled a batch of Kriek about 7 weeks ago - tried a bottle last week. I think it still needs to be left longer to mature as it seemed a bit light on flavour and had a very poor head unlike the Triple which was so lively it was almost a year between bottling and drinking. They were in primary for different lengths (Triple 6 days, Kriek 10), priming sugar in bottles for the Triple; boiled sugar solution plus finings added to the bin for Kriek then left another 24 hours before bottling.

Think I just need to leave the Kriek for longer but I was trying to avoid the liveliness of the Triple.

Dave
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matti

Post by matti » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:44 pm

I only bottled it the other day, but il let you know when its ready. It was in primary for 11 days and I also used light begian candy sugar and primed with body brew which is supposed to give good head retention
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Post by charlie » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:55 pm

I've generally been very happy with Brewferm kits but the Kriek was a big disappointment, with smokey taste that is pleasant but only tasting slightly of cherries. If you're making a kriek you want lots and lots of strong cherry taste, like my favourite, Lieffmans.

Chas
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BlightyBrewer

Post by BlightyBrewer » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:32 pm

Blimey DRB, do you want a flake with that! :lol:

Plasticy taste sounds like chlorine / chlormaine to me, although I would describe the off taste produced by chlorine as medicinal.
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DaveR

Post by DaveR » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:15 pm

charlie wrote:I've generally been very happy with Brewferm kits but the Kriek was a big disappointment, with smokey taste that is pleasant but only tasting slightly of cherries. If you're making a kriek you want lots and lots of strong cherry taste, like my favourite, Lieffmans.
Chas
Yeah, that's thing that struck me - the lack of taste. I think I've bought Lieffmans in the supermarket - is it available as a kit?.

Dave
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