Youngs Lager

Youngs Lager

I am not a big lager drinker, once a year i drink lots of lager in a field in Devon with a lot of friends but thats because little bottles of lager are easy to drink and i don't mind it warm

Otherwise i drink lager every now and again but wouldn't go out of my way for one.

With a beerkit and a ciderkit (hybrid) under my belt i thought that i would give a lager a go, that way i have something to drink in a field at the end of July and my lager loving friends can drink this while i keep my supplies of ciders and beers up.

Simple kit to do, nothing fancy about it, used beer enhancer to give it a bit of body, 16 days in the fermener and bottled. Should be about 3.4% when it has rested.

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adam

Turbo Hybrid Cider - Tasting

Turbo Hybrid Cider - Tasting


This is the first cider that i have kegged, the main disadvantage of this is that i cannot chill it as easily as a bottle.

Pouring this creates a dance of particles, rushing around the glass in a spiral before quickly clearing.

It is a very drinkable cider, it tastes a little more commercial than Turbo Cider but using apple juice as the fermentables leaves it with a glorious apple-y aftertaste.

I am trying to be good and letting this one mature a bit but it is moreish. After 5 weeks i'd say i can't believe that this cider isn't available on a commercial basis (but those are dreams for another day).

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adam

Turbo Cider Alpha (Batch 2) - Tasting

Turbo Cider Alpha (Batch 2) - Tasting

They say that you can never go back, even though this has the same basic recipe as the first batch it is a shallow imitation.

Thats not to say that it isn't gorgeous it just doesn't have the fun and flavour of the first.

It could be that i used a different juice brand, that i let it ferment a few days longer but i think its the fact that i overprimed the first batch and this gave the drink flavours and overfizziness that i really liked.

I don't mind this learning curve, at least i get to drink along the way.

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adam

Turbo Cider Ale Yeast - Taste

Turbo Cider Ale Yeast - Taste

Not sure if this one would have been better made straight from Ale Yeast rather than ale yeast slurry (whats left after fermentation).

The drink has a pleasant fizz, is a little bit tangy with an underbite of beer. If you've had a snakebite then you know the odd taste that hovers under the main flavour of this brew.

Still very drinkable.

smiles
adam

Big Bottling

Big Bottling

After the big brew inevitable follows the big bottling.
Bottled, Atomic Lemon White Sugar, Atomic Lemon Demerara Sugar, Geordie Bitter, Turbo Cider Demerara.

Mead, Mead Cyser and Tomato Tang have to ferment a good while longer than these bottled brews.

End Of Keg

End Of Keg

Sunday April 6th. After two weeks of steady drinking my many brews i came to the end of my keg. My first beer has completed its journey.

Can't believe Hallmark don't make a card for this significant occasion.

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adam

Turbo Cider Yeast Battle - Tasting

Turbo Cider Yeast Battle - Tasting

These ciders were underprimed to my taste but it may just be that Champagne (my preffered) yeast makes a cider carbonate more to my taste. There were bubbles but very little fizz.

Bread Yeast -sharp, zesty, drinkable and clear.

Wine Yeast - mellow, rounded, appley, delicious, small bubbles.

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adam