Kegged Timothy Taylor Landlord clone 20150705-beerworksttl

I put clear brite finings in the fermenter yesterday as the beer is pretty cloudy. This helped somewhat but not completely.

I filled 3 minikegs and had 4 bottles left over.

Taste test 20150613-amarillopale

Another taste test now this has been bottled around 4 weeks.

The beer has cleared nicely and is carbed  up. The head could be a bit better,  but it is still ok.

It tastes absolutely great and it is very drinkable indeed. A bit like Black Sheep ale.

20150624-coopersbittermod bottled today

I bottled the Coopers modified bitter today.

I used 2 minikegs and 17 PET plastic bottles so I think around 18 litres. 4 Coopers drops in each keg.

I got the Brewferm minikeg starter kit with the CO2 pump.

Labelling my beer with milk

I made up some labels in Photoshop and stuck them onto the bottles with milk. The idea comes from the book Home Brew Beer. They are easy to get off and the milk doesn't actually smell.

It is easy to print 9 labels on a sheet of A4 paper using Lightroom or making up a template in PS.

Then just stick them on. It took about half an hour from start to finish to do 40 bottles.

The finished product.

Moving the bottles of 20150606-razorbackipa and 20150613-amarillopale to the basement.

It's now been over two weeks so I am moving the Razorback IPA and the Amarillo PA to the cool of the basement.

Might do another taste test later.

20150624-coopersbittermod ready to bottle

The Cooper's bitter modificaton is going to be bottled this weekend.

Final gravity was 1.012 (OG 1.052) giving an ABV of 5.2%

It is very clear and tastes passable at the moment.

Taste test Razorback IPA - 20150606-razorbackipa

Taste tested the Razorback kit IPA again after 1 week in the bottle. It tastes OK but there is a definite hint of banana which implies that the fermentation temperature was too high. I have now moved my fermentation vessels to a cooler part of the house.