A weekend of home brew

Well i’ve finally got round to creating one of the new fangled bloggy things to document my home brewing antics and also share any usefull bits of information i stumble accross.

On Friday night I cracked open the Yorkshire Bitter i brewed 3 weeks ago to see if it was ready and was plesently supprised by the results. This was the first brew i have ever made so i wasnt holding out for anything spectacular. It turned out at a respectable 4.8% ABV (og: 1.044 fg: 1.008) with a taste similar to Hob Goblin which is one of my all time favourite beers. Needless to say i dont have many of these left now

I also tried out one of the Bavarian beers i have in the airing cupboard going through secondary fermentation. I wanted to see how they were going on so i popped one in the fridge on Saturday night to sample on Sunday, post DIY Shenanigans. The Lager Beer was still a bit cloudy so i’m going to leave the others untill mid week before moving them somewhere cool to condition. It was a superb tasting lager with a slight malty / bitter bite after taste due to the light spray malt i used to prime the bottles with. I also used bottled water for this brew so there is no unwanted tastes imparted on the beer from tap water. As far as carbonation is concerned, this will not be a problem as it is lively as hell and stayed fizzy all the way to the bottom of the pint. This beer will come out a about 4% ABV (og: 1.040 fg: 1.010)

To finish things off for the weekend i sterilised all my kit and kicked off another brew. This time i’m trying a Wheat Beer. I’m a massive fan of Hoegaarden so i thought i’d try it my self. I used a coopers Wheat beer kit. I checked the fermenting bin this morning and the fermentation process has begun, The air lock i fitted a few weeks ago was bubbling away merily. Hope this one turns out well