Having finally used up my previous brew reserves (except that flat ginger beer) and acquired some more bottles through having received a dozen flip top bottles for Christmas (thanks Ben and Gina) and freed a variety of beers from their bottles over the Christmas period it was now time to try my latest brew. You may recall I was hoping for something a bit hoppier than my last attempt. After pouring out a bottle, the colour on it was nice. A good amber brown. The taste was good, but not the hoppiness I had been hoping for. There was certainly a note of the hops there and they seemed to have toned down the maltiness of some of my previous brews. Nonetheless, I don't seem to be getting what I am looking for from the beer brewing kits. Might be time to invest in some more brewing equipment and go full grain.
