@MN5 said in Beer thread:
Beer kit shopping today.
Going for the old staples, Black Rock IPA and Black Rock hazy. Sure fire winners, some mates of mine said the IPA was proper brewery standard.
Have also gone for Mangrove Jacks Belgian Ale and Mangrove Jacks Raspberry and Lime Cider. The latter is gonna be a surprise for our other halves. Will do my best not to fuck it up. I’m reliably informed it’s possibly even easier than beer. Which is pretty easy…..the only danger is complacency setting in, getting the temperature wrong or forgetting to add hops. I think that’s how Tui was invented.
With the Wellington weather we’ve been having sure to last for months a lovely cider will go down a treat on a summers evening I’m sure.
Grabbed a bottle of what I thought was IPA ( which is excellent as always ) and to my surprise it turned out to be Cider.
With the brown 750 ml bottles it's impossible to tell, must have mixed them up.
Anyway, even though it was slightly early it was excellent. REALLY nice. Excellent feedback from the other half too. I had the option of making dry ( no sweetener ) medium ( half a packet of sweetener ) or sweet ( whole packed of sweetener ).
Decided to go in the middle, would personally prefer a dry one next time ?
But yeah, piece of piss to make, shorter fermentation time. A winner.
54.9 NZD
Raspberry and Lime Cider
Raspberry and Lime Cider
Bold aroma and flavour of fresh, juicy raspberries with a brilliant sharp lime finish. Wonderfully thirst quenching and moreish. ABV Approx: 5.2%Style: SweetColour: Deep Reddish PurpleMakes: 23 LBrewing Sugar Required: 1kg Dextrose (needs to be purchased in addition) Each of our cider varieties...