Tasting Kit Beers & Wine
Thank you to everyone who submitted beer and wine samples from their brewing with Lizz’s Fizz Homebrew Kits :-) Here are some comments.
Johan’s Pilsner Beer
This beer was submitted in a neatly labelled glass pint bottle - AHA Dive Scuba Gear Beer (!). 10/10 for Packaging! When we poured it, it had an excellent foam. The beer tasted clean with no major off-flavours. There was a slight ‘paper’ and ‘honey’ flavour which is associated with slightly stale beer but this was most likely because we let it mature for a little too long (my bad). The amber glass bottle is great for keeping the carbonation in and protecting the beer against light damage. Very drinkable!
Maryke’s Rose Wine
A lovely fruity, champagne-like wine with a definite kick! The flavour had the dryness typically found in sparkling wine. Very drinkable as I had to keep my husband away to have some left for measurements! The SG measured from the bottled wine was 0.092 and pH was 3.6. Estimated alcohol 13% v/v.
This wine was started on 12 December with red grape juice and the Wine/Cider kit. She made 17 litres, adding 15 litres of juice at the start and an extra 2 litres of juice after 2 weeks. It was bottled after 3 weeks. The sample was 4 weeks when I tasted it.
Watch this space for more kit brew feedback.