Cracked open a bottle today to "test". Turned out pretty darn good! Hop flavor is very mellow and drinkable. The chocolate/coffee notes overtake the hop flavor for sure. Goes down nice and easy! Scorpionsix, I would recommend and hope you enjoy brewing this one as much as I have!
Bottled my Slobber today... looks to be shaping up to be a nice looking beer. Cleared up well at 4 weeks in the primary. Smells delicious and a sample tastes good. We will see how it bottle conditions and I'll let you know on that hop flavor Scorpionsix.
I have read the debate on secondary fermentation and not trying to start it up again with this thread but wanted to ask the opinion of someone who has brewed this kit before. The instructions say to transfer to secondary but I am thinking of just leaving it in the primary. Anyone tried this with...
I would also recommend the use of hop bags during the boil to cut down on the amount of trub. There will always be some, but it will settle out at the bottom of your carboy. Don't worry about it your beer will still taste great!
Thanks! Yeah the more I think about it, I don't think letting it sit in the fermenter longer would hurt anything. Everything looks clean with no signs of infection. I added to the primary over racking to a secondary for that reason. I wanted to avoid introducing any more oxygen than necessary.
Hello, I am relatively new to home brewing and working on my third batch currently. I am working on a cream ale kit from NB which is looking good in the fermenter now. I decided after the fact that I wanted to add an Apricot puree to give it a little something extra. I added the 3lbs of sterile...
Just wanted to pop in and introduce myself. I am poking around the forum and learning a lot. Just finished my first extract brew (an Irish Red) and went straight to kegging instead of bottling.I did a force carbonation and it turned out great! Built a keggerator and putting it to use. Looking to...