Lockdown Kit Tinkering - Geordie Yorkshire Bitter

[IHN]

Blimey, that escalated.

Anyway, when I said 'leave it alone for a few days' I meant I won't take another gravity reading, it can just do what it's doing. FWIW, the bucket has a tap on so I can draw a bit off to take a reading with little chance of contamination.

I'll probably ferment it for 2 weeks, cold crash it for 48 hours, bottle/prime it, stick the bottles in the brewfridge at the same fermentation temp for about a week, then turn the fridge off and leave them sat in there for about a month before drinking (it's in the garage so nice and cool)

What's that, 2+0.3+1+4?

[Nitro Jim]

With trepidation of Guy's disgust, I would say that is a good timescale.

I suggest Guy reads my signature!

[wanus]

I may adopt your signature.

[guypettigrew]

HI NJ, apologies if I caused upset. Not intended at all. So, sorry again.

Guy

[wanus]

I was gonna start a new topic on some hops my neighbour has accquired for me through ebay as i forgot to get some before the lockdown.
However now that this thread has some momentum and everyone is getting along fine i thought keep it here as i will be `kit tinkering`with them during the lockdown.
As i say my neighbour got them on ebay but i find the description of them a little vague.
The description on the packet reads like this.

WARRIOR QUEEN

Resinous Spicy

Harvest 2016

Purpose: Aroma

Alpha Acid: 5.2%

Beta Acid: 2.9%

I was hoping,can anyone shed a little light on what syle of beer they will suit going from this description.
Thanx Wanus.

[Northern Brewer]

It looks like they're a Barth-Haas blend of mostly (all?) British hops, the name suggests a good chunk of it is Boadicea. Of which I'm not the biggest fan, but it will work in anything you'd use traditional British hops in - brown bitters, porter, stout, Belgian, but I probably wouldn't expose it in a golden ale.

[guypettigrew]

Found this on Hopslist. May or may not be helpful!

Guy

[Northern Brewer]

Nope - Warrior and Warrior Queen are different things. It's these : A bespoke hop blend with a Sensory Profile of Woody Aromatic (Resinous), Spicy (Curry), Dry Sweets Fruits

[wanus]

Thanx again Guy n NB.To be fair to both of you i`ve gotta Wilkos IPA kit which is what i thought these hop pellets will complement but at the minute i only have some choc malt.No good i think in an IPA so its Gonna be a dark ale.I may post pics of this tinkering (I also have bitter kits)

[IHN]

Quick update. It's been sitting in the fermentation bucket and seems to have bottomed out at 1.014, so about 3.6% ABV. I was hoping it might go a bit lower but even after a bit of a wobble of the bucket and turning the heat up a notch to give the yeast a kick up the arse that seems to be where it's at. I'll cold-crash it tomorrow and bottle it this weekend.

Tasted decent, a nice session bitter (as someone above predicted it might be)

[wanus]

Did you consider a restarter?With a little more time you could get it lower

[IHN]

Yeah, I'm thinking about a restarter. Problem is sourcing yeast at the moment.

[IHN]

And another update. I bottled it at 1.014 in the end and after a couple of weeks in bottles, I couldn't resist a try last night. Really happy with it, needs more time conditioning but it's a nice, fresh, session bitter. Result!

[wanus]

Good.1.014 is not a worry from 1.010 where it shudda been and is probalby there now after priming.
Chill and enjoy as the saying goes.