Recent content by LadyBrewer

Thanks again, everyone, for being so welcoming and helpful. You've already given me quite a few handy hints and saved me making mistakes and wasting time. One quick question (should this be a new thread?): The stout and porter recipes I'm looking at all say that they should be conditioned for...

I love porters and stouts. I had been thinking that they were more difficult to brew, but the advice on here is that they are actually quite forgiving beers for the beginner to brew, so I'll be giving them a try.

Thank you. I think I will try bottles and kegs and see what works best for me.

Thank you. I can see that the forum is a great source of information.

The Greg Hughes book arrived on Friday and I've hardly put it down since. Lots of great information and very nicely presented. Thank you for the recommendation!

Thanks Gerry. Good idea re the order of production!

Thank you. I am sure I will push the boundary between what is and what isn't a stupid question!

Thank you. Sounds like good advice. I will add a bench capper to my order.

Thank you

Thanks for that. I'll check out the brown porter as soon as the book arrives.

I am easily confused!!

Thanks, and understood 🙂

That's the Greg Hughes book ordered.

Thanks. That's handy to know about the carbonation. I'm going to have to stay on the shop bought beer while I wait for my stout to be ready!

That's brilliant! Thanks. I don't know where I read that stouts and porters were harder to get right, but the news that they aren't has made my day! I will go with the bottling initially at least. It was more laziness/tidyness on my part that was pushing me towards kegging, but bottling looks...