Adam's Apples
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I now have 2 brews under my belt. The first, I made good beer, but messed the carbonation up and had a 'thin' beer because of a high sugar content. So, for my second brew I did the same kit again, but upped the malt content and sorted the priming out. This brew has been in the bottle for about a week and already tastes great and is quite carbonated.
I decided to buy another kit in the hope it would make me a little more patient while the previous beer is conditioning. So I bought a diferent kit, and the instructions in it are completely different to the other brew! The first two brews (same kit) I had to boil up the wort with a hop and grain bag for 50 mins, but the instructions for this brew simply advise to place the two cans of hopped extract supplied in hot water for 5 mins, before putting in my fermenter and adding boiling water!!!
What do you guys reckon? Is this the best way to make the beer? When I do a kit, I want to do as much as the process as possible before moving on to making my own beers, that was always the plan. This kit is almost a 'just add water' kit it seems.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
I decided to buy another kit in the hope it would make me a little more patient while the previous beer is conditioning. So I bought a diferent kit, and the instructions in it are completely different to the other brew! The first two brews (same kit) I had to boil up the wort with a hop and grain bag for 50 mins, but the instructions for this brew simply advise to place the two cans of hopped extract supplied in hot water for 5 mins, before putting in my fermenter and adding boiling water!!!
What do you guys reckon? Is this the best way to make the beer? When I do a kit, I want to do as much as the process as possible before moving on to making my own beers, that was always the plan. This kit is almost a 'just add water' kit it seems.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.