Brewferm Abbey

brigend-jaickie · Post by **brigend-jaickie** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:58 pm

Hi I made up my Brewferm Abbey kit last night - so far I have one problem and one good thing.

Good thing - check out the yeast head after 12 hrs

Bad thing - made up 2 gallon kit with 500g light spray malt - OG reading came out at 1.055 (23c temp) whereas packet says it should be 1.070[/img]

Post by **Andy** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:06 pm

That's a great yeast head!

But what's happened on the OG front ? What did the kit instructions say for sugar additions - presumably you replaced 500g sugar with 500g spray malt instead ?

Totem · Post by **Totem** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:01 am

That looks like meringue, i bet it dont tase as nice to eat though.

brigend-jaickie · Post by **brigend-jaickie** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:38 am

Cheers
That yeast head is actually quite scary - I had a dream it came out the bin and ate me last night

The instructions said 500g sugar but then said if you use candy sugar add 5% - should I have added 5% also how much of a difference would the 3c make to the hydrometer reading.

I still suffer from chronic inpatience and couldn't be bothered to wait until the temperature dropped to 20.
Steven

mysterio · Post by **mysterio** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:26 pm

That yeast head is VERY impressive!

3C would make a negligible difference. Can you type out the instructions regarding sugar as they're written?

All I can think of at the moment is that you didn't stir it enough before taking a reading (this can make a large difference to the readion), or that you made larger than the intended volume of the kit.

chopperswookie · Post by **chopperswookie** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:23 pm

my word thats impressive!! lets hope John Hurt is not around or else you will have the scene from Alien

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:41 pm

9ltr kit with 500g's sugar is correct

My set of instructions doesn't have a SG on it just a FG

beardybrewer · Post by **beardybrewer** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:37 am

DaaB wrote:Looks like Brewferm yeast is the way to go, i'll have to see if they sell an ale yeast seperately

They do: http://www.brouwland.com/

I've been petitioning H&G to start carrying it. Be a cheap belgian beer yeast alternative

prodigal2 · Post by **prodigal2** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:35 pm

Wow great site there.

Shinny, shinny, shinny, things!
25kg of LME, I think my postie would object to deliver that

Lots of stuff for the beer dreams, and a lottery win.

Saludos
Prodigal2

brigend-jaickie · Post by **brigend-jaickie** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:49 pm

The instructions DaaB has posted are the exact ones I used - the amounts I've used are the same as those in the instructions - the OG is written on the label.
I'm sure it'll turn out ok - 6-8 weeks maturing is a bit steep though - I managed to hold out for 3 weeks with my nut brown but that was hard

mysterio · Post by **mysterio** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:55 pm

Nut browns are pretty quick to mature, strong Belgians won't reach their best for a couple of months at least.

brigend-jaickie · Post by **brigend-jaickie** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:11 pm

Hey Mysterio

I just noticed you're from Glasgow, doesn't seem to be many scottish folk on the forum

mysterio · Post by **mysterio** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:39 pm

There's a handful of us but we're definately under represented!

Could be partly due to the fact that our homebrew supply shops are pretty awful.

brigend-jaickie · Post by **brigend-jaickie** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:10 am

there's a couple of shops in Edinburgh I use which seem to be good , but then I'm a beginner so I suppose they may not have everything for more experienced brewers.

beardybrewer · Post by **beardybrewer** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:28 am

DaaB wrote:[url]It seemed fairly neutral when I made up Brewferm kits (iirc).

I suspect you're right. I've been using Safbrew T-58 for Belgians and have been happy enough.

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