So, I am throwing it all out and starting afresh! Northern Brewer has Wyeast's 1469 (West Yorkshire Ale) yeast in stock right now, which is reportedly the yeast that Timothy Taylor uses to make its Landlord bitter - one of my absolute favourite beers from old Blighty. So, I've ordered their Innkeeper extract kit which is their Landlord clone. It's odd because their version is very different from Graham Wheeler's recipe in 'Brew Your Own British Real Ale'; however, I'd rather buy this kit right now than have to search for obscure hop and malt varieties, then have to convert from Metric to US units, then learn Wheeler's brewing process, etc etc. I'll get to that one eventually, I promise. But for now, this kit will do very nicely.
Exciting stuff! I'm expecting to take delivery of the kit on Monday. Will post on my exploits after it's brewed.
Sorry to hear your recent batch was a bust. Is it worth just putting the bad beer somewhere and seeing if time heals its faults? Then again, if it's the extract, it's hard to imagine that it will be heal-able.
ReplyDeleteI just bottled half of my recent wheat ale. The taste from the hydrometer was delicious. I keep accidentally brewing session beers, but I guess if they taste like this, I don't care.
-Bill