ULTIMATE BREWERY CLASSICS The American Pale Ale

Howard

Hello All

This brew was my second attempt at Home brewing and I opened it up on the 31st of March , Now I meant to follow the instructions to the letter but I had a slight Brain Malfunction and tried to blow myself to bits with the malt extract its a long story but to say there was a lot of malt on my kitchen walls is an understatement so I add libbed a little and added a whole lump of brown sugar to the mix...... to make up for some of the lost elixir.....

Any way the rest of the brew time was quite uneventful and I was able to bottle it on the 7th of April with a ABV rating of 6% .........

I did use a packet of finings on the brew two days before bottling and I used two coopers carbonation drops in each 500ml bottle... 

I stored one brew in a clear glass 500ml bottle for tasting and opened it today.......

Well I can only say a big thumbs up to this beer It is still young but it really tasted .....Well it tasted like beer It had a nice head and carbonation with it and it was super clear, hardly any sediment in the bottom of the bottle......So in a few more weeks I can only see this getting better....

It may not be the Cheapest Beer Kit on the market but I have nothing but high praise for this beer. . . .

I managed to fill 41 bottles of 500ml size.....  and as a Complete Novice to beer making this year Its a Big thumbs Up from me....

I have now brewed three beers in the Ultimate Brewery Classics Range and The first was the Octoberfest which I have put away for the long haul and also the German Pilsner which I hope to give a taste test next weekend.....

But as stated If you want to try a pale ale then this could well be the one to go for.....

:-bd

HBO_Staff

Hi Howard, that's great, the Ultimate is a range with very high quality ingredients and is always well received, we have tried some and have just bottled the German Pilsner about two weeks ago, it would be good to hear what you think to the lager as we're looking forward to that one. There is also a brand new ginger beer out in the Ultimate range so we are about to make that too, shoudl be great by summer!

Howard

Looks like we bottled the Pilsners at around the same time give or take a day or two so should be drinking these around the same time....... :-bd

HBO_Staff

We couldn't resist and tried one last night, it had a great head on it, but it was still a little cloudy and lacked a full flavour so ours definitely needs leaving longer. We'll give it another few weeks and try it again

Howard

AMERICAN PALE ALE ....

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This was mine and It tastes really nice it might be a little darker than some but I had to add some brown sugar after losing some of the Malts in the brewing process to my kitchen wall.....

ozzybrew

looks great.

Howard

Sadly Its all gone.........will deffo brew this one again....