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Hi all, I'm trying to do my next few brews making use of British hops. This weekend will be a golden ale for (hopefully!) some warmer weather round the corner. I've got 70g each of Harlequin, Jester and Olicana, which I think should work nicely together. Anyone any experience with these three...

Question borne out of curiosity. I’ve just taken a gravity sample of a pale ale I brewed at the weekend. Aiming for a FG of 1.012 and it’s already down at 1.008. It’s a pale ale with Maris Otter, caramalt, wheat and a bit of crystal. Sample was a lot drier than intended and I’d expected more...

Well I've got about a third of a packet of CML Midland yeast left from the weekend's brew, so thought I'd do a small batch bitter. First for me as I've yet to brew one. I've not made a Bitter recipe before, everything I've done has been more hop forward, so any feedback on attached recipe would...

Slow work day today so I've been reading through some old threads on here. :laugh8: :laugh8: I'm noticing a little loss in hop flavours in my beer after 1-2 months in the bottle. I put it down to low level oxidation as I rack to a bottling bucket and bottle through a wand, so know I've got...

Has anyone found any correlation between lower AA% hops and hop flavour/aroma. I ask as I was looking at a recipe the other night using willamette and styrian goldings at 4% AA ish each. Checked CML and their stocks for both are around the 2% mark. I know AA contributes bitterness when boiled...

Hi all. Next brew will be a Mosaic Pale. Maris Otter / Munich / Wheat grain bill. mainly mosaic hops in a big hopstand / dry hop with some centennial. Mosaic intended to be the star. Initially I planned to do this with CML 5, but I'm now thinking it's a good chance to split down and do some...

Morning posters, I’ve been trying to pin down some off flavours in a batch of pale ale. Simple recipe.. pale Malt / Goldings SMaSH. 5L batch. Fermented with half a packet of MJ’s Liberty Bell which I rehydrated. Didn’t taste right from the get go so I repeated the brew a couple of weeks ago...

Hi all, Latest brew (4% blonde / pale) is currently in the FV. This will be the first brew I'll transfer to a shiny new corny keg that's eager for action. I took a SG sample last night I was concerned fermentation may have stalled. It has in fact already fermented down to the target FG of...

Morning folks, It's now a full two days since my third AG brew, so I'm naturally knee deep planning my next, which will likely be a double brew, possibly with some liquoring back in the FV. The aim being to fill my corny in time for Christmas with only an 11.5L stock pot at my disposal...

Only my second AG brew today. Wanted to do something akin to a Vienna Lager. Given I can't yet control fermentation temps, I decided to ferment with an ale yeast happy at room temp in my house, and deem it a 'Vienna Pale' though it will likely turn out a little darker.. Aim was about 8 litres...

Hi all, Mid brew day here in Telford.. When I take pre boil and post boil gravity samples, I’m getting a bit of ‘stuff’ in my samples, and I suspect it’s playing havoc with my readings as they tend to be higher than expected. Do others note this? Should I try to avoid collecting any matter? Or...

Hi all, Finally a free weekend coming up, so planning a couple of small batch brews, one being my attempt at a Three Tuns XXX style pale ale. I'd like the second to be a Vienna Lager (of sorts).. Vienna / Munich with a small amount of carapils Magnum and/or Hellertau boil hops, maybe a small...

First off, apologies, sure there are a whole load of questions/threads on kegging advice. Have recently got my first keg and now have a hundred questions whirling round. I'm sure it's a case of use it and learn as you go, but would welcome any pointers before I begin.. 1). Is there a definitive...

Hi all, Planning a couple of brews in time for Christmas, and thoughts wandered to trying to re-create something close to my favourite cask beer. Maybe a niche question as I'm not sure a great deal of this travels outside of Shropshire, but XXX from Three Tuns is a gorgeous drop. Anyone...

Hi all, Recently picked up my first corny keg after battling away with a plastic pressure barrel. Let's just say we didn't see eye to eye and leave it at that! At the moment, due to space restraints, I have the one keg that I plan to use for ales I'd serve at around cellar temperature. Sadly...

Impatient question here from a first time bottler. I bottled a 10 litre batch a week ago. Nothing special, pale ale hopped with Cascade and Amarillo. Question is this.. would you expect to see any visible signs of carbonation in the bottle? I can see nothing yet. Not entirely sure what I’m...

Have a feeling I've read a thread on this here somewhere but I can't find it now.. I've brewed a 10L batch (extract APA recipe), happily fermented over a couple of weeks. Will transfer to my 5 gallon pressure barrel tomorrow eve. As the barrel will be just under a half full, any extra steps...

First extract brew for me today. Chilling now before I pitch the yeast. 570g pale ale DME to 5.7L water 100g dark crystal malt Centennial 1st hop Cascade 2nd hop Amarillo 3rd hop (loved the smell of this going in!) Another 570g DME at flame out. Then combined with another 5.7l cold water in...

Hi all, Novice here with experience of a few kits, now looking to try my hand at extract. Will be roughly following the Palmer Cincinatti Pale Ale Recipe. Pale Ale DME Dark Crystal Malt Some combination of Cascade / Amarillo / Centennial Hops (got over-excited when buying hops) M44 yeast...

Hi all, Thanks for accepting me to the forum. I’ve brewed a few kits and now looking to do a first extract brew. Armed with extract, grains, hops, yeast and more than a few stupid questions I’m sure… Having read the thread on here about simple AG brew, kind of wishing I’d plumped straight for...