The update

[nik77]

Right time for the update well the first batch was a bad one somehow something went wrong so it was a throw away. But good news second brew a velvet stout was spot on I'm drinking it and all I can say is its great. I'm currently brewing a copper bitter and once that's barrelled I'm starting my christmas ale so its got plenty of time to mature.rhen its a pear cider and then a shopping trick for some more kits and bottles and crates to store the final product. So its a lesson learned with first brew and lessons still being learned from here on. And a thanks to all that helped with advice and incurragment.

 

[nik77]

Right time for the update well the first batch was a bad one somehow something went wrong so it was a throw away. But good news second brew a velvet stout was spot on I'm drinking it and all I can say is its great. I'm currently brewing a copper bitter and once that's barrelled I'm starting my christmas ale so its got plenty of time to mature.rhen its a pear cider and then a shopping trick for some more kits and bottles and crates to store the final product. So its a lesson learned with first brew and lessons still being learned from here on. And a thanks to all that helped with advice and incurragment.

Sorry for bad spelling four pints of stout and using iPhone to write message all not a good combination

 

[VOCBrewery]

Sorry about your first batch. What was wrong with it? Have you read all of the stickies at the top of this forum? This one helped me save my very first batch.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/ne...virtue-time-heals-all-things-even-beer-73254/

 

[nik77]

Some contaminated the batch not sure if something got in the barrel or something was already in the fermenter but I now double clean and am double careful when bottling/ barreling