July 2009
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A schoolboy error
Thanks for inviting me to join your master brewers gang. Your posts have given me renewed courage after a minor disaster with my last batch. A careless mistake which I feared could cost me 40pts of delicious beer…
I was brewing up some Wherry for the 1st time and was very excited at the prospect, but was devasted to discover that after waiting 2 weeks for the beer to clear I’d left...
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WatchFermenting Fireworks. Smells alcholic already which cannot be right! fizzy on the nose. There is alot of sediment, and needs stiring regularly.
Marcu
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Elderflower Champagne
Finally bottled my brew. Interesting. It’s still very cloudy, not yeasty though. Something in the process (maybe the handful of citrus rind I discovered at the bottom of the bucket, maybe the pressure aspect of the barrel) has left it a little syrupy in consistency which I think is the reason the cloudiness has not settled out.
The light syrupy consistency is not because it’s...
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