Pilsner - brew 2

Thomas coopers brewmaster pilsner

My second bew, which I started pretty much the second that the lager was bottled.

I really should have waited to taste the lager first, as I made the same mistakes with this brew; namely squeezing the bottles during the capping.

Coopers plastic bottles

Thomas coopers brewmaster pilsner
Yeast 16712 P
can best before 21/6/
brew 27/5/2013
dextrose 300g
light dry malt 500g
temp of wort 23 degrees
OG 36 27/5/2013
23 29/5/2013
14 30/5/2013
11  31/5/2013
8 1/6/2013
7 2/6/2013
6 3/6/2013
7 4/6/2013
5 5/6/2013
5 6/6/2013
5 8/6/2013
Bottled 8/6/2013

Bitter and sour tastes, flat because of squeezing the bottles again, I think.
2 weeks later, still not very drinkable.

After another few weeks, some of the bottles are actually drinkable, being clean tasting without the sourness they had before.

Most bottles are still too flat, but they're developing a small amount of head.

I've put aside a few bottles to taste in a few months along with the lager.

Lager - brew 1

This is my first brew in about 10 years.

The last few didn't work out very well, so I'm going to start out from scratch.

I generally like both clean style beers and ciders, but I also like darker more complex beers.

I'm going to focus on clean clearer style drinks to start with.

I'm just going to follow the instructions as is, without any variation.

Coopers basic kit
Coopers plastic bottles

Brew 11/5/2013
22 degrees added yeast
Bottled 25/5/2013
Og 42
Fg 14

Percentage 3.7% ABV

bottled
labelled with a dymo label maker

Initially Sour taste, went after the first week.
Only grolsch bottles held any head at all.
Probably because we squeezed the plastic bottles before capping; I won't do that again. 

After 3 to 4 weeks weeks bottled, some bottles are pretty sour tasting, some have a nice subtle caramel finish to them. Most of them are drinkable, but none of them are very fizzy.

I've left a few bottles aside to taste in a couple of months time.