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16 years 5 months ago #7

hendrixcat Offline Posts: 1915	That's about all we can do when brewing in a bucket from a kit. Ideally, it could do with more, but you probably aerated the wort when you topped up with water, which I imagine you splashed in from a height.

16 years 5 months ago #8

mickskelly Topic Author Offline Posts: 69	Yeah I chucked it in from a foot or two above. I'll do it from a step ladder next time.

first attempt 16 years 5 months ago #9

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&quot;mickskelly&quot;:bi2ksuqs wrote: Hi There.

I'm Mick from Phibsboro. I'm attempting my first brew. It's a Muntons india pale ale kit that I'm trying out. It's 4 hours old and the room temperature is about 20C.

[b:bi2ksuqs]I really like US west coast (Oregon) beers[/b:bi2ksuqs], so was recommended to chuck in some cascade hops to add to the taste before I bottle.

I'm sure I'll have lots of questions over the coming weeks. Hopefully no disasters and a nice result for the christmas.

Mick.[/quote:bi2ksuqs]

Sounds like you'll enjoy home brewing!

If you move on to extract or all grain brewing you can have a lot of fun experimenting with different American hops. It's very easy to make great tasting American ales.

first attempt 16 years 5 months ago #10

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&quot;mickskelly&quot;:1kon55or wrote: Hi There.

I'm Mick from Phibsboro. I'm attempting my first brew. It's a Muntons india pale ale kit that I'm trying out. It's 4 hours old and the room temperature is about 20C.

I really like US west coast (Oregon) beers, so was recommended to chuck in some cascade hops to add to the taste before I bottle.

I'm sure I'll have lots of questions over the coming weeks. Hopefully no disasters and a nice result for the christmas.

Mick.[/quote:1kon55or]

I'm doing a kit of this, put it in primary on the 20th, its still bubbling away, get back to us with the taste in the new year and we can see what effect the hops have had.

16 years 5 months ago #11

mickskelly Topic Author Offline Posts: 69	Moved it to secondary last night and dry hopped with the cascase. The cascade smells great. I bottled about 5litres before moving to secondary and dry hopping. So later I can have a dry hopped and non dryhopped back to back dance-off. After syphoning there was a godawful looking (but non-foul smelling) sludge in the bottom of the fermenter. Should I or should I not have ate this?

16 years 5 months ago #12

poc Offline Posts: 455	&quot;mickskelly&quot;:1fz6g7io wrote: After syphoning there was a godawful looking (but non-foul smelling) sludge in the bottom of the fermenter. Should I or should I not have ate this?[/quote:1fz6g7io] Definitely eaten it, you'd then be able to clear concert halls with the smell you could produce with your bottom burps. Also the trite answer I believe is; brew more beer.

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