Been there a few times, nice guy!
Yeah he was. Very nice guy.
I totally agree with manticle and kindly totally disagree with his view.
Oh well. whats done is done, and I will learn.
Its a can/could/possibly be a fine line for a LHBS in giving advice vs encouraging sales. He has to make money to survive, so he needs people to buy stuff, but he has to give sound advice or people wont return. He HAS given u sound advice, but i believe (know) that to produce even BETTER beer that waiting that extra time works a treat. However, you did REALLY well to wait this long, so well done. The beer will be just fine! I am looking forward to hearing what your brew tastes like in a week, a month and if it lasts to 2-3 months. It will change over time. Please do tell and we can help assist further if you would like
Thanks for the encouragement. Its funny.. I mentioned to my wife as we left that I think he may have been one of the smoothest salesmen I have come
across in quite some time (The sign of a good salesman is that you leave feeling satisfied with your purchase, thinking what a wonderfull helpfull and nice guy
that was. Totally unaware that you've been sold.)
It comes with grain? GREAT......BUT....can you tell me/us exactly what you have been given and what your instructions are? Siborg has an interesting (not so tasty) experience with grain and bad advice from a LHBS a while back.
Hoping to help you in making not just good beer, but great beer...
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(ps....i hope you havent been told to boil the grain for 20mins!
)
No boiling of grain in instructions on either the box, or the amendments.
He is the product on the country brewers website (doesn't tell you much).
Country Brewer DeCarb Kits
I haven't been given specifics on the ingredients (I am trusting he has given me good advice, otherwise, regardless of how nice he his, I will be going
elsewhere should I end up with crap beer!)
ok so.. in the box.
1 x tin of liquid malt (which I was told already has dry enzyme mixed in... not so sure about this.. and I didin't get the kit because its low carb, but because
my wife likes the taste of pure blonde and so, he suggested this for that reason alone).
1 x bag of a mixture of sugars/dry malt (The bottom half has is a very fine white powder and the top half is a slightly courser brown powder).
(I asked him what was in them, and he said they don't give the ingredients of the kits because its IP. (Maybe he doesn't know)).
1 x bag of malted grain.
1 x 10g packet of dry yeast, labelled Ale Yeast.
Ok now for the instructions... He also hand wrote a modification to the instuctions so I will include them at the top.
Hand written:
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GRAIN:
Into 1Litre water
Heat to 66deg
Hold @ 66deg for 10 mins
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Use 2 more Lt water @ 66 deg
to strain into boil pot or fermenter.
Oh and it seems I need to go out today and purchase a thermometer that will read 66 degress for me. Mine only reads up to 40.
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On Box: (Skipping obvious stuff like stand can in hot water to soften malt)
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Grain - Empty the grain into heat proof vessel of at least 1 litre capactity,. Fill with boiling water and stand for 10 - 20 minutes.
(I think his written instruction replace this step)
Mixing.
Dissolve the contents of the can and the 500g bewing sugar in 2 litres of hot water.
Strain liquid from the grain directly into the fermenter..and rinse grain through with an addition 1 litre of cold water.
Fill to 22 litres of hot or cold water to get to 25degrees.
Fermentaion (skipping)
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Ferment Temps:
Ale Yeast: 16-25 degrees (it then suggests to try and stay at the lower end of the temp range)
It also mentions the FG should be 1.000 - 1.0002