1 can coopers real ale
brew enhancer 2
300 grams golden syrup
started brewing on the 7 may,2005 at 3pm
1)made up the mixture in tap hotwater
but made the mistake of filling up 22 litres
of hot tap water instead cold(DOH!)
2)pitched the yeast and stirred and closed
the lid.
3) temperture was off the scale DOH!, OG 1042
4)large scum ring had formed by the next morning
5)by monday and even bigger scum ring wohoo
and fg was 1020
6)on the tuesday the fg reading was 1012
7)on the wednsday the fg reading was 1012
decided to bottle, nice taste test,the bottleingHas been good, however i only bottled 13 litres since
because it was all i had to spare.
9) glad i bottled on the wedsday because on thursday i noticed
some white blobs floating around on what was left of the brew,
could had been infection i don't know,
but i chucked it out, and cleaned
10) on the this weekend i tried one of my 700mls PET bottles
the taste was well fine, it had been in the fridge of for
few hours, the taste was nice,crisp,
poured out a big head though
but there was no golden syrup taste, there didn't seem to be
any taste at all, doh!,
The rest of brew are in 2 litre plastic
bottles washed and steralized before using and primed with some
brown sugar,(i will try glass bottles one day when i can afford
A stand capper)
11) conclusions,
A)I am hoping for the ale to mature a bit more over the next
few weeks, but it looks a bit thinish.(maybe too much water at start)
B)I notice when i was bottling and putting on new screw tops that
beer is nice and frothy on the top but after a few minutes it dies
down and looks like flat beer,( i keep shaking the bottles each day
don't know if i'm supposed to do that or not)
c)this is fun experimenting making homebrews
D)i don't want to buy commercial beer no more,
cheers
gmax
