Recent content by Nine_Notches

I made this recipe with 50% smoked malt Green Bullet and Goldings as my hops. OG 1.051 FG 1.017 mashing at 158. There was no noticeable smoke taste or smell during the mash. After reading some of the other experiences within this thread, I was interested in how the flavour would develop...

I've had similar issues with my first three batches, my OGs were 1.060 with FG ranging from 1.000 to 1.012. I've tried champagne yeast and S-04 and they are stored in a warm location. All have taken two months to reach an acceptable level of carb. I posted earlier about it but never received any...

Update ... in case anyone is interested ... or runs into a similar issue. First batch - been in the bottle for 4.5 weeks (alot longer in secondary) and has finally carbed up a bit. Still not as carbed as much as I would have liked. Flavour is weak (FG 1.000) but has definately become alot...

Thanks for the advice all. I will stick with my orginal plan and crack one open every few weeks and see what happens. This batch was all about learning so if it is indeed just a matter of waiting longer I will find out eventually and then know for next time. For my batch bottled at 1.012 I've...

Hi all, I've just cracked open my first home brew cider and disappointingly it was flat. As my first cider I was aiming for an easy dry sparkling finish, unfortunately it seems I have gone wrong somewhere and am hoping someone can help me out... I started with five litres of store bought...