Hi wolfeyes, I used the Pacific Ale clone from Snow a while back and had the same problem. Mine was a all grain and I was sure I did everything right. I was extremely disappointed with the tannins flavor. I went ahead and bottled it and waited 2 weeks to conditioning and carbonation. Apart from...
This beer is growing on me! It taste so good that I'm thinking in repeating the mistake :cool:.
It's hoppy and it's malty at the same time. And the head is the best I've made. If only I could get another 1% on the ABV it would be a perfect session brown ALE.
Do you think I could get that by...
thanks mate. Are you trying to confuse me asking me to brew another batch using only a specialty malt!?
Isn't Munich a specialty malt used to get a specific malt character, a bit of colour and mouthful?
The recipe looks tempting though. I like a tropical fruity aroma and taste beer. It looks...
Ok folks... after my embarrassing rooky mistake - actually a couple of them - first mashing at 78° and secondly using amber malt as base malt I finally tasted it after one week conditioning. I could wait no longer! Surprisingly it doesn't taste that bad. It actually tastes alright to be honest...
Awesome thread everyone! Kudos to GrumpyPaul. I'm in the same boat. 2 small kids not a lot of time... I'll definitely try the 30/30 in my next brew. Probably a Pale Ale.
Anyone tried this modern revolutionising approach using a Grainfather? Should I reduce the amount of sparging water since...
Nice one technobabble66! Thanks for the tip on the malt. For the next iteration should I have some pale malt instead of 80% amber malt? What do you sugest for a Amber Ale with a nice thick head?
Spot on Pallyjim! The FG was 1.028 which left me with a ABV of 2.3%. a very light beer. I also tasted it and it tasted good! surprise surprise! I'm looking forward to open one next week to taste the final product. A 2.3% beer might be the perfect excuse to my wife. Now I can drink 2 beers Mon to...
Agree evoo4u. I'll persist. it's been fermenting for the last 3.5 days and the first 2 days were very active. It's slowed down now but it looks like there were enough food for the little guys to break the sugar in there. even the smell from the air locker is good. if it turns out better than a...
Thanks Quokka42. The OG was encouraging. It was 1046 instead of 1050. It's an amber Ale with most of the malt being amber malt. A bit of wheat malt and crystal. 5.5kg of malts altogether.