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Well I have just bottled the exmoor gold,I dry hopped it with some EKG for extra aroma.Fist impession's are excellent as its got a lovely balance to the flavour and the bitteness is there right through to a smooth finish with absolutely no harsh tang that you get from kits. I reckon its grain...

So I'm off work tomorrow so am gonna do my first ever extract brew. I have done 1 BIAB, an exmoor gold clone-ish so would like something pale to compare. I have 3 kg light DME, some crystal, caramel and chocolate grains and some EKG, saaz and hallertau hops. Is there anyone out there who could...

i thought that but the fv won't fit in fridge so thought putting it in 5ltr bottles un-primed for a few weeks in the fridge and then prming when bottling

Hi all I have done a lager kit with a lager yeast s-23 and I fermented in the shed at around 10-12 deg, than brought it in the house for a few days to finish and am now thinking of properly lagering it but to do so will need to put it in 5 ltr bottles to fit in the fridge. My question is can...

Thanks for the help everyone tho i only had 12 ltres and just diluted to 20 lts and checked gravity and was spot on 1.045 so well happy

That doesn't seem like much to me adding less than 1/2 ltr will not bring the gravity down from 1.078 to 1.045 but will try

Hi i am in the middle my first biab and have 14 litres of wort at a gravity of 1.078 the recipe states SG of 1.045 dies anyone know how much water to add to achieve this ? Many thanks

For me its curiosity as to whether its worth the extra effort plus it is a lot cheaper to all grain brew, this all grain kit is a tenner with yeast,hops even a protofloc tablet?, compared to a decent kit which for a festival is £22-£25 . Its a no brainer really all supposing that i manage to...

Just having a golden stag tho can only have 1 or 2 as i have got work in the morning and smelling of beer is not ideal whilst driving a bus :( . Will be having plenty more plus some wherry tomorrow to make up for it .

Got a week off work next week so gonna be doing the Exmoor gold early next week,got a lager fermenting in the shed gonna dry hop that with some saaz hops. Got some light extract and some goldings along with crystal,caramel and chocolate malts so probably gonna make summat out of those too. On...

So having done a few kits now with my favourites being the festival range golden stag and old suffolk strong,I am now deciding to take the next step so have obtained a 19 ltr electric boiler(tea urn). Since this is new to me I have ordered an all grain kit from Worcester hop shop only a tenner...

Thinking of doing a single can kit and dry hopping with some saaz hops does anyone know . which hops are best to use whole or pellets ?

I am thinking of doing a lager kit next and have even bought some S-23 lager yeast, however in my experience of brewing(limited) 2 can kits are far superior to single ones,having looked on here most recommendations are for coopers lager kits and i can't seem to find any 2 can lager kits.I wish...

I've just made this as it was only £15 from wilko but used gervin yeast instead of the kit yeast, been bottled for 9 days so I've just tried one for test purposes and am amazed at how good it is,put it this way I've just been on a golf trip and tried a wye valley ale at the hotel i was staying...

Hi I am also thinking of doing extract but am unsure of whether you use liquid malt extract or can you get away with using dried which seems cheaper and you use less per brew ? Any views welcome