Recent content by Ned Lud

Not within walking distance Keith, it was far quicker and less knackering to use a coathanger

I decided I'd try a faux lager for AG23, brewed with US-05 at 16 deg C. I had the perfect Saturday to brew it. SWMBO came down in the morning and asked if I minded if she and our 10 year old daughter went to stay overnight at her Sister's in North Wales... "I suppose so" I mumbled - whilst at...

Hi Brewbie, I also have one white and one brown - the brown is two years old, the white fairly new. I've not noticed any difference in their ability to hold pressure. Does it take the same amount of pressure from a thumb nail pressed down on the edge of the band to release pressure? I assume...

As I’m still on a steep learning curve, I try and brew alternate brews with single hops to try and find a hop character that I really like. I only started using GP as I heard it was the base malt in TTL. I had no idea it was a whiskey malt. Bearing in mind what Aleman said, my last brew was...

I’m still a novice compared to many on this site, but I’ve brewed 18 25l batches of all-grain beer so far – 12 using Maris Otter as base malt and 6 with Golden Promise. As noted in the previous posts, compared to MO, GP gives a paler wort, a slightly sweeter finish and, IMO, it also has...

I'm 50 and used to help my dad when he started brewing in the early 70s. My elder sister started making wine around the same time and it wasn't long before they were brewing in industrial quantities. We used to bottle the beer (Boots or Tom Caxton lager, both tasted like 5*ite, even with half a...

Nearly had a total disaster with this brew. I went to check on the brew a few hours after the last photo was taken and all bubbling from the blow-off tube had stopped. All I could hear was a faint hiss from the top of the FV. I took the cover off and released the screw-top and the FV deflated...

I‘ve brewed mostly pale ales and bitters for AG#1-9, so I thought I would try a dark ale for AG#10 The Dark Knight recipe is based very loosely on different Old Peculiar clones I have seen on various web sites and is not strictly “all grain”. This is the first time I’ve added sugar to...

I did an Edme IPA kit a few months ago. I threw in a Geordie bitter kit in the FV in anticipation of a low bitterness level from the "IPA" kit (difficult to predict IBUs from the mixed kits) and 1kg of BKE for good measure - brewed with 2 x fermentis USO5 up to 25l at 20 deg C. It turned out...

thanks for clearing that up Moley, You are bang on with the OG of the ESB - 1063. The Nottingham was 1050 and still fell to 1006 - I've clearly got a lot to learn about AG brewing. I wonder how many brews it will take me to get it right!

Thanks for the replies. :thumb: I used a spreadsheet called beercalc to formulate the recipes, I’ve now switched to BrewMate but that came up with similar figures for the quoted attenuation. Evan – I’m not sure what “back liquor” is, I’ve googled it and can’t seem to find a...

I've recently gone over to the dark side and I am having real problems with yeast attenuation. In my kit brewing days, I would be lucky to reach a final gravity of 1015 irrespective of starting gravity - but each of my 3 AG brews have fallen to 1006 at least (using Notts, SO4 and Wyeast 1968). I...

Hmm... the last thing I had that "enhanced" my colour perception was passed to me by a pot head at the Reading rock festival 30 years ago (I didn't inhale of course). There must be more to this "all grain" lark than I thought ;) Ned

Thanks for the replies, I'm suitably reassured - I didn't fancy the prospect of boiling hot wort all over my feet. Ned

I always enjoy visits from my nephew as it gives me the chance of a learned opinion of my latest experimental extract brews (He’s also a keen home brewer). He was very complimentary about my brews on his last visit, and I was feeling pretty smug... until he produced two of his all-grain...