The latest beer seems to have got past the frantic fermentation phase and has settled down to a slower fermentation rate.
The ingredient kits I have been using have cost about £15 which is a little expensive but convenient as it has the grain, yeast, sanitizer, Candi sugar that you need and no more. Just been ordering ingredients to make a couple of batches from recipes but with some variations to see what happens. What I have ordered cost just over £30. Initially that looks similar to the kit price for two batches. However, much of the grains, yeast, hops and sugar will do about four or five (or more) batches with only the main grain being purchased. A 3kg bag of malt is about £9 and should do 2 or 3 batches. So the cost to produce 4 litres / 8 500ml bottles is about £7 or less than a £1 per bottle (ingredient cost only as the equpimento cost has already been written off). As discussed here and in the bread thread it isn't about cost but it does start to make sense. A reasonable local (as in UK produced) craft beer seems to be around £2 a bottle at the moment and a Chimay Blue can be well over £3 (about £1.20ish when we get it in France)!
The plan for the next batch is to go for a light European type ale (say Leffe Blonde) but with more bitterness and hoppy flavour. I've ordered three types of hop; Cascade and Columbus (both from the US) and Golding (from the UK). Thought about using Fuggle hops but that can have a "wet dirt" and "old man" flavour/aroma which isn't what I want from the next batch. That would be more suitable for a more traditional UK bitter style beer.
Beer tasting terms are not like the polite wine tasting descriptions. They tend to be more realistic if sometimes a little strange. One term that became a "standard" was gorilla's armpit - a generally unpleasant, sweaty aroma!
So once this batch has been bottled In just over a week I can get started on the next one.
Cheers!
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