[REVIEW] Craft Range Blonde Lager

[Chris]

I left it at 16 deg and it has dropped to 1.010. I am going to transfer to secondary and dry hop. I am also going to bring temp up to 20deg for a couple of days before dropping it down to 14 for a week before bottling.

[Chris]

So racked to secondary and dry hopped. Had a little taste and it is very promising. I also bottled 4 bottles before dry hopping so I can do a comparison afterwards.

[Chris]

So here it is on the left dry hopped craft range blonde lager on the right non dry hopped craft range blonde lager. It is a great kit very pleased with the results. Fantastic clarity, nice straw colour. Very easy drinking slightly fruity with a pleasing bitter after taste. My pallet would not be the most refined but for me the dry hop just brought a little additional hop on the nose but nothing else. All in all a very good and eminently drinkable result.

[Partridge9]

Great review - fair play !

[Boabiegringo]

Just ordered  good review.

[varadamo]

hi all- my first post !
the craft range blonde beer is my second attempt at homebrew ( their stout range is bottled so wont know for another week ) but i note chris said after 24 hours it was chugging away -  this is my third day and still nothing from the airlock !
now there certainly is some foam but its very very quiet -  temp is around 18c   -  the stout i brewed bubbled for several days - is this bad yeast ?
any help is greatful thanks

[LordEoin]

take a photo of the foam.
it might just be that the bucket is letting the gas out elsewhere.

[varadamo]

Hi LordEoin  - found the problem -  i fitted a fish tank heater as shown on youtube - the lead comes out the same grommit as the airlock - the gas was getting out there so ive strategically placed some chewing gum over the grommit and its happily chugging away now thanks

[johnrm]

Chewing gum? Before or after it was chewed? I hope you starsanned it.

[LordEoin]

chewing gum is a tool of kings.
I had a scooter with one of the mirrors held in with chewing gum for years 

[Wexbrew]

I have also started to make this beer.

It's being sitting in the fermentor since 12/10/14 and as the temperatures dropped this week i'm worried that fermentation may stop.

Temperature was a little over 16 degrees today and the gravity was 1.012; same as the day before.

I added hops today and all going well, I will bottle on Monday.

[Chris]

I have also started to make this beer.

It's being sitting in the fermentor since 12/10/14 and as the temperatures dropped this week i'm worried that fermentation may stop.

Temperature was a little over 16 degrees today and the gravity was 1.012; same as the day before.

Don't worry about it dropping to 16 deg I fermented this kit at 16deg and it fermented out quite nicely.

[Wexbrew]

I let it sit for another week and it stayed at 1.012.

I added 146 grams of sugar in boiling water into a secondary 5 gallon drum and siphoned the beer in and then bottled.

I got 45 500ml bottles, most of which were glass.

Anyone know the estimated starting gravity of this beer; I really hope it'll end up over 4% abv at this rate!

[Chris]

Anyone know the estimated starting gravity of this beer; I really hope it'll end up over 4% abv at this rate!

My OG for this beer was 1.056 which would give you an ABV of 5.68%

[Wexbrew]

Brilliant

The box says that the expected abv is 4.4% and the instructions say that it should be bottled at a final gravity of 1.009; I just assumed that my 1.012 would result in a brew with a lower abv.