" Ditch's Stout " Master Class .....

[bungle666]

I'd happily brew ditch stout all week long but lack of space - only one Fv, I like a change I like to offer guests not just stout a little abit of variety etc. plus funds being a major issue do I brew something new or just the same old.

buy a second FV then! its not like there expensive!

B..

[sbond10]

Yes I could buy a second Fv but if I have 25 quid spare I can do one or the other and not both and knowing me ill probs end up mixing the ingredient s up some how

[hong]

Ditch, this 3 gallon brew you have mentioned. Is it simply your usual brew but only made to 3 gallon? Same amounts of DME etc?

[sbond10]

I believe so yes . I was considering doing but with a kilo of dark DME and 500g of light with 500g of brown sugar brewed to 12 litre to boost the abv even more

[Ditch]

Hong; Yes, mate. Exactly that. I 'invented it' by mistakenly drinking from an un topped up FV. My drill produces such an initial 'head' that I tend to leave the FV's alone for 24 hours. Then top off to the required 20 Litre mark.

One time I forgot to top up and got amongst this stuff that tasted curiously off the scale and turned me into a cabbage within two or three pints! I was a burbling idiot!

Of course, no change there then; But it tasted good

[sbond10]

Forget to say ditch, and yes I know you don't use um but my hydrometer readings suggested this brew came out at 4.8% before priming so Christ knowes what a 3 gallon brew comes out at

[hong]

Ditch, cheers for the swift reply. Wow that sounds unreal! Might just have to give it a blast, must of been quite strong eh? Did it taste ok? Not too bitter, out of balance etc.?

[Ditch]

Christ knows what a 3 gallon brew comes out at.

My f**king nose!

[Ditch]

Did it taste ok? Not too bitter, out of balance etc.?

No. Not at all. And I had a mate here to taste it too. Both of us sublimely ignorant to what I'd done. He said; " This is probably the best ye've ever made! ".

It's sort of like a grown ups version of the original. All the tones are more pronounced. But, yeah, they maintain that same balance. It's like drinking the stuff with a heightened sense of awareness. Yes; It actually is a bit trippy!

[sbond10]

Cannabis brew like my wife ditch ? As she's a smaller frame being a lady this could explain why a 5 galleon brew triped her out and you need the stronger 3 gallon one

[hong]

Great answer! Right enough said, i`m going for it. Just one last question Ditch, if i used light malt extract instead of dark do you think it would make much difference to the taste? Just i have a local Wilkinsons selling LME quite cheap.

[Ditch]

Excellent point actually, Sbonders. I'd rather dismissed ye ladies claim as a one off. I'd never thought of my stuff that way ~ or so I'd thought, look!

Christ! Keep her away from the 'Good' stuff then or god knows ......

[Ditch]

Hong; My advice mate, would be that; If ye gonna make something this special? Do ye Really want to f**k about with it, for the sake of saving a couple of quid?

[hong]

Point taken, cheers Ditch

[sbond10]

Go look in the bargain basement some one selling dark lme for 7.50 a can