Wilco IPA Mod?

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Re: Wilco IPA Mod?

Post by Uncle Joshua » Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:31 pm

Just had a taste of this out of the FB, it's not undrinkable but fairly boring.

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Re: Wilco IPA Mod?

Post by guypettigrew » Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:43 pm

Don't lose hope! One of mine was really uninspiring straight out of the FV and into the keg. A straightforward English style bitter at about 4.8%. Two weeks later and it's really perked up. Enjoying a pint of it now.

Give it time.

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Re: Wilco IPA Mod?

Post by Uncle Joshua » Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:22 pm

I was thinking about priming this with honey, would it work, taste ok?

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Re: Wilco IPA Mod?

Post by guypettigrew » Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:36 pm

Uncle Joshua wrote:
Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:22 pm
I was thinking about priming this with honey, would it work, taste ok?
Priming is about getting the yeast to produce gas to give the beer a sparkle. Honey may do this, but its flavour contribution at priming levels would be close to zero. Probably best to use ordinary sugar to prime, and honey in larger quantities during fermentation if you want to get some taste out of it.

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Re: Wilco IPA Mod?

Post by wanus » Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:40 pm

Give it time Josh.Time tells..........
FV 1:Empty
FV 2:Empty
Demi 1&2:Empty
Demi 3&4:Empty
Maturing: Bastard builders brew
Bottle conditioning: Bastard builders brew
Drinking:McEwan's
Planning:More 🍺

Keep yer pecker hard and yer powder dry.

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