don't give up okie. brewing is a journey. you'll make plenty of mistakes and bad brews, but plenty more amazing ones. in my experience i started with kits and then went to brew in a bag and it was just a fun ride the whole way. read lots and understand the 'why' if something goes wrong, then make incremental adjustments to get it better. it's great fun!okie1 said:I thank you for the encouragement, I feel better now, will start brewing soon, just waiting on a few additional arrivals.
Thats greatokie1 said:Well, I bought the Coopers DIY Kit, came with Coopers Lager tin that included BE 1 & Coopers drops, I bought Briess DME to add also hops top dry hop and Safale US05 yeast. I have checked my recipe and it looks good. I have a shop refrigerator & have ordered a temp controller, I think that should cover it, but will it make a good beer? Why would it have a homebrew Twang?
+ 1 Okie1 your on target. It sounds like you have done your home work ,that recipe will make a nice beer.rehabs_for_quitters said:compared to commercial mega swill yes I think you'll be pleasantly suprised, you ticked off the majors i.e. yeast and temp control which is a great start,
I used to make kits quite a while back and with a few added bits like you hops and dme yes you can make some bloody good beers that could fool some of the more brew hardy into thinking it was AG,
once you get your controller on the fridge let her rip and as each brew goes by you'll notice improvements, its well worth the journey
For reasons beyond your control.... maybe. That reason is the goop in the can (excuse the term used by a once infamous poster here). You place a lot of trust in that can but I also dare say also in how that can has been handled since it left the factory. Old or poorly stored cans will produce a darker brew with a far higher propensity toward that dreaded twang.Why would it have a homebrew Twang?
Good experiment mate. That's what it's all about. Try different things and see what you enjoy best! Personally I find carbing with dextrose gives a bit smoother taste . As stated , fermentation temp is very important and your temps were far too high, in general, for good beer.SnakeRider said:Just read this, going to revive as I have done 3 kit beers at 25-30C ferment temp, and done the following experiment on them all...
I bottled 12 330ml bottles, 4 primed with carbonation drops, 4 with caster sugar, and 4 with brown sugar....
my first beer was horrible... rocket fuel... didn't take notes but holy hell, never doing a mangrove jacks blonde again...
my second 2 were identical coopers sparkling ale with a 'cold pack'/brew enhancer fermented at 25-30+C primed the same way.
I just had the first taste of my second batch (at 10 days),
drank a 330 of each carbonation drop, caster sugar, and brown sugar primed bottles... and here is my conclusion for both batches (took notes on the first batch)..
The carbonation drops have a definite twang in comparison to both other priming methods... its terrible, I can even smell the twang.
The caster sugar is slightly better, not as much fruity punch on the tongue, and less smell
and the brown sugar is actually quite enjoyable, but still there is a twang (at 10 days no surprise)
now... before I jumped to this conclusion, on separate days on the last batch I drank them in different orders to eliminate the 'pissed now, its all good, keep em coming' variable off the table. I still came to the same conclusion.
*shrugs* I believe priming medium does make a difference, as a result of this controlled experiment, even though I am a complete novice, I have proven to myself that this is not a myth as stated above.
my 2C :chug:
SR
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