As I said below, I knocked up two brews (a Coopers Euro and Mexican Cerveza) as my 'get back into brewing' brews, and just kept them simple, kit plus 1Kg of Brew Enhancer.
However, I couldn't stand it and decided to hop them up a bit, so now the fermentation has subsided a little, I have brewed 30g of Saaz in a litre of water for 5 mins for each brew, and poured the lot, including hop bag, in the FV.
I am hoping to freshen up the taste a little, but may have just infected my brews. We'll have to see!
Wednesday 19 February 2014
Sunday 16 February 2014
Back to the brewing..
So, I'm back brewing.
I had a fairly 'life changing' 18 months or so, which involved stopping smoking, getting seriously into fitness & health, and moving house. That, and some events in my personal life which needn't concern us here, meant I didn't brew at all.
However, happily in my new house, which has more room for brewing, I am now back. I have two summer, simple beers on the go now, both unmodified Coopers ~ their Euro lager, and Mexican Cerveza, just done with 1kg Brew Enhancer. I might dry hop them later, but we'll see.
However, then my new brewing quest begins. A little back story here, one of the two pubs in my Village, that frankly had been on its arse for years, with a selection of, whilst often friendly, sadly unsuccessful tenants trying to scratch a living and failing. Owned by Punch Taverns (as is the other village pub), it really needed major investment, and freeing from Punch's seemingly appalling strategic management.
This happened when a local business man brought it lock, stock and barrel, and transformed it. The beer is now local (Batemans), the food good, and it's busy again. One of it's two real ales, next to the excellent XXB, is Batemans new 'Yella Belly Gold', which is a blonde, lowish alcohol, hoppy beer ~ Think Cascade and Chinook. I love it, it's a great session beer, while still having an interesting taste.
Now that I'm a bit of a fitness freak, I want to try and brew lower alcohol, light beers that still taste interesting. I'll be aiming for hitting the 3 - 3.5% mark.
Hopefully, I'll also remember to blog!
I had a fairly 'life changing' 18 months or so, which involved stopping smoking, getting seriously into fitness & health, and moving house. That, and some events in my personal life which needn't concern us here, meant I didn't brew at all.
However, happily in my new house, which has more room for brewing, I am now back. I have two summer, simple beers on the go now, both unmodified Coopers ~ their Euro lager, and Mexican Cerveza, just done with 1kg Brew Enhancer. I might dry hop them later, but we'll see.
However, then my new brewing quest begins. A little back story here, one of the two pubs in my Village, that frankly had been on its arse for years, with a selection of, whilst often friendly, sadly unsuccessful tenants trying to scratch a living and failing. Owned by Punch Taverns (as is the other village pub), it really needed major investment, and freeing from Punch's seemingly appalling strategic management.
This happened when a local business man brought it lock, stock and barrel, and transformed it. The beer is now local (Batemans), the food good, and it's busy again. One of it's two real ales, next to the excellent XXB, is Batemans new 'Yella Belly Gold', which is a blonde, lowish alcohol, hoppy beer ~ Think Cascade and Chinook. I love it, it's a great session beer, while still having an interesting taste.
Now that I'm a bit of a fitness freak, I want to try and brew lower alcohol, light beers that still taste interesting. I'll be aiming for hitting the 3 - 3.5% mark.
Hopefully, I'll also remember to blog!
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