hey im new! haha go figure same with everyone else in this subforum 
Anywho; ill get right to my question.
I dropped by a local brew it yourself shop, and decided to delve into making my own beer. I live in Scotland and DAM beer is expensive here. (I'm from USA where it's cheap)
3 -4 pound for a beer in a bar 1-2 for on in the super market. I am a student so I can't afford that. If I calculated right I can make a beer for 60 pence ! huzzah ! cheap (good) beer for everyone!
I bought a kit which included everything or so I think. Picked out a beer that I wanted to brew. (export stout)
I followed the directions to the T. Re read and did sterilization actually 2 times. finished it and now it's sitting in my room just waiting...
After I finished cleanup I started looking at brew your own stuff on youtube and one thing I noticed that was majorly different than my kit.
When I bought the kit it came with everything except the malt and yeast.
From the youtube videos I saw they add hops and a few other things in the boiling process. I didn't do that because I didn't have any hops and the guys didn't say at the shop that I needed some. ..... all I added was the malt like the directions said to (and sugar). Then after it cooled added yeast and put it in my room .
Did I mess up my first batch by not adding hops? or do some malt not need hops?
The malt I used was a Muntons Export Stout by Connoisseurs Range
Anywho; ill get right to my question.
I dropped by a local brew it yourself shop, and decided to delve into making my own beer. I live in Scotland and DAM beer is expensive here. (I'm from USA where it's cheap)
3 -4 pound for a beer in a bar 1-2 for on in the super market. I am a student so I can't afford that. If I calculated right I can make a beer for 60 pence ! huzzah ! cheap (good) beer for everyone!
I bought a kit which included everything or so I think. Picked out a beer that I wanted to brew. (export stout)
I followed the directions to the T. Re read and did sterilization actually 2 times. finished it and now it's sitting in my room just waiting...
After I finished cleanup I started looking at brew your own stuff on youtube and one thing I noticed that was majorly different than my kit.
When I bought the kit it came with everything except the malt and yeast.
From the youtube videos I saw they add hops and a few other things in the boiling process. I didn't do that because I didn't have any hops and the guys didn't say at the shop that I needed some. ..... all I added was the malt like the directions said to (and sugar). Then after it cooled added yeast and put it in my room .
Did I mess up my first batch by not adding hops? or do some malt not need hops?
The malt I used was a Muntons Export Stout by Connoisseurs Range
