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By: chromosphere » Sutton Craft Brewing Festival 2009

chromosphere » Sutton Craft Brewing Festival 2009 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:13:36 +0000

[...] weekend was the CBA National Homebrewing Festival in Sutton – I went last year and entered four beers this year. I took along a best bitter, an ordinary bitter, my BBX Porter and [...]

By: Graeme Coates

Graeme Coates — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:35:54 +0000

Are they wanting to brew better beer too? Thought Gordon Brown was more of a whisky man..?

By: SSG

SSG — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:27:26 +0000

HAHAH you and your methyl orange! The government are watching you you know!

By: Graeme Coates

Graeme Coates — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:53:06 +0000

Cheers John – I struggle sometimes to differentiate between sweetness and mouthfeel (I find it hard to separate flavour from the texture sometimes) – and does finish = mouthfeel? But maybe dextrins will help – I have carapils I could try or maybe mashing slightly higher than 64C next time – either way, I’m not sure I want it to have more sweetness as it should be quite a dry flavour really. I’ll have a go again next year before the summer season to improve on this one pre-BBQ season!

By: John

John — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:34:36 +0000

Well done, it’s often good to get impartial feedback on your beers. Regarding the “short finish” I’d perhaps either stop the yeast a little earlier to retain some sweetness or mash higher for more dextrins (or use a spalsh of melanoidin malt). Those extra sugars should keep the brew stuck to your tongue longer and hopefully make the finish a little longer. On the other hand I could be talking a load of old tosh!