Posted in Linthwaite Light, Tasting on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Oh dear Phil and I cracked open the first 2 bottles of the 3 week old Linthwaite Light. It is not good. I find it hard to describe it, other than to say it had a very cheap beer taste and smell. There was a, perhaps yeasty, taste that hits you almost before its [...]
Posted in Bottling, Linthwaite Light on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday I finally got round to bottling my second home brewed beer. It had been about 6 weeks since I first started it going, so hopefully it will come out ok.
I started off by knocking together a new set of labels:
I wanted to make the label a little different on each brew, so while the [...]
Posted in Fermenting, Linthwaite Light on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
On Friday, I decided it was time for a quick check on the status of my second home brewed beer, before going away for the weekend. I dropped the hydrometer in and went to look for my camera to take a picture. Unfortunately, I had already packed it, and my phone doesn’t have a flash, [...]
Posted in Fermenting, Linthwaite Light on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
While I was on a roll, I decided to check on the beer too. It has been about 15 days since I started it going, so it should be coming along nicely.
There is clearly still activity which is pleasing given the gravity is currently at 1.016, with a target of 1.010 or less. I’m [...]
Posted in Fermenting, Linthwaite Light on February 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Having been concerned about pitching the yeast into the Linthwaite Light mixture at only 14 degrees C, I had meant to check on it after a day or so to check it had started fermenting ok. I kept forgetting, but finally got round to taking the lid off today and having a look.
As the picture [...]
Posted in Brewing, Linthwaite Light on February 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As soon as I got my previous brew bottled (the Munton’s IPA) I gave the fermentation bucket a quick clean to remove all the obvious dirt and then left it full of a sanitising solution all day, with the stirrer and the lid in it. (I rotated the lid a few times as only half [...]
