Well, not German, but Yorkshire Bitter. Young's Harvest Yorkshire Bitter to be precise. I haven't tried this kit before and, in addition to this, I am also substituting my usual Spray Malt for some Geordie Beer Enhancer. A 1kg bag of enhancer costs £4.49, instead of £4.75 for 500g of Spray Malt (of which I would need 2), thus a saving £5.01. The beer kit cost £9.99.
Boil up about a gallon of water.Put beer kit and beer enhancer into a sterilised fermenting bin.
Add boiling water, using part of it to rinse out the beer kit tin.
Give the mixture a good stir.
Fill up with cold water to the 5 gallon (40 pint) mark.
Rehydrate the yeast in lukewarm water for a few minutes.
Pitch the yeast and give the liquid a good stir, adding some air to aid fermentation.
It should now look something like this =====>
Put the lid on, leaving one part cracked open to allow
Co2 to escape (or cover with a large towel).
Leave for roughly 5 days in a warm place to ferment.
Some people recommend you scrape off the layer of 'scum'
that appears on the top after a couple of days. I have never bothered,
and don't really think it will make any difference to the beer's taste.
I could be wrong though.
TBC..........
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