Ben — this particular beer was probably preferable to a pint of GK IPA, but only just. Some of our simpler beers have worked really well, and it’s tremendous fun experimenting even when they don’t. Our biggest regret, though, was using kits and extracts for a year instead of jumping straight into all grain brewing, which we found gave us better results from the first batch. And malt smells and looks so tasty.

Keith — This particular dodgy beer carbonated beautifully in second hand flip-tops, and looked fantastic. Quite low carbonation, but lots of protein in the beer, I guess? We’ve nailed pale ale, but our stouts have all been so-so. Having said that, a stout we made last year which didn’t taste much good at first is maturing quite nicely and is now pretty pleasant.

As soon as you’re making bad beer, you’re pushing your boundaries. But at the same time, it’s nice to make good beer every now and then. Why don’t you try a nice simple Pale Ale or Stout or something?

The most shocking thing to me is that you got that much carbonation from a flip top bottle!

“It still wasn’t enough to make it a beer we particularly wanted to drink (especially not over the bottles of Westmalle Tripel we have in).”

Would it beat Greene King IPA or any number of similar type bottled beers?

I’m hoping even with my expected incompetence, that my beer will suffice.

Ben
Liverpool