Beer - no.& and no.8 looking positive
this evening we syphoned the 8th barnes brew into its bareall and a few bottles (inclusding a clear one to keep an eye on things)
tasting it at this stage no.8 was really good - tbe best balance of flavours weve had yet
no.7 (to be drunk on thursday) was ever so slightly hazy (this is the first non opaque sucess weve had with the new clearing method) but tasted good if a little bitter. Aparently we have to expect homebrew to be sligty cloudy, although given how clear our first attempts were im a little disapointed, although i do much prefer the taste of the later ones which is whats important.
No. 8 is now ready to be taken to Mr. Audens establishment for the pie off, although as the yield is up i doubt he wants to carry 5 gallons home on the train on thursday evening.
Now the planning for number 9 - to enhance the clearing we may try and do the second phase in two stages - bung a splash of irish moss into it a day or so before we decant iut into the cask. THe heat excanger needs to be leak proofed, and we need to try and repeatt our very sucessful mahsing.
mmmmm beer
tasting it at this stage no.8 was really good - tbe best balance of flavours weve had yet
no.7 (to be drunk on thursday) was ever so slightly hazy (this is the first non opaque sucess weve had with the new clearing method) but tasted good if a little bitter. Aparently we have to expect homebrew to be sligty cloudy, although given how clear our first attempts were im a little disapointed, although i do much prefer the taste of the later ones which is whats important.
No. 8 is now ready to be taken to Mr. Audens establishment for the pie off, although as the yield is up i doubt he wants to carry 5 gallons home on the train on thursday evening.
Now the planning for number 9 - to enhance the clearing we may try and do the second phase in two stages - bung a splash of irish moss into it a day or so before we decant iut into the cask. THe heat excanger needs to be leak proofed, and we need to try and repeatt our very sucessful mahsing.
mmmmm beer