Recent content by testudobrew

Where are the home brew champs held? I agree with a lil bit of crystal for that malty background, hops are good sounds like a nice brew, I love galaxy hops for dry hopping though, such a distinctive aroma!

Hi Greg, I Would have a serious interest in a couple of your corny kegs, what are the sizes? Could I see some pics? One thing is im up north, Liverpool, would posting the kegs be a possibility?

How much are you selling the corny kegs for? Cheers.

I've been told that when using pilsner it best to boil for over 75 min to get rid of the Dimetyl sulfides (dms) which causes off flavours, have you experienced that before?

Looks good Arm chair. I'm a fairly new brewer an I was looking to do a pale ale using half MO and half lager malt to get a clean malt background for my beer to be very hop forward. I'm interested to know what was your mash process with using the lager malt? Also do you get much from the saaz...

Thanks for the information Tim, I will certainly refer back to your information when I have everything together to start my own fermentation fridge/chamber. Sorry for the late thankyou I don't have all the time in the world at the moment. Peace.

I've been looking to get a stc, are they pretty simple to set up and attach to your fridge? Peace.

Thanks for that Beer Buddah. Also thanks for that site, it seems really good.

You could probably order one online, unless your being sarcastic then I didn't get it haha

Oh good, I don't want to be one of them annoying beginners. Ahhh I see, so for an American IPA would you recommend rice hulls or oat husks, or doesn't it matter?

Sorry I know I might be a bit annoying with all my questions, im just very eager to learn. Why wash them?

That's were me an Fil differ, being a northern lad I cannot drink cask ale here in London it just doesn't taste right to me, give me an inch of air on my pint any day. At one point I ended up carrying a sparkler with me (the red tip that goes on a beer engine to give head) to give to the bar...

Lost me a little bit along the way there lads haha. So Beer Buddah your saying buy a bag of rice hulls or oat husks an just throw 100 grams into my mash just as a precaution so I don't get a stuck mash? Do those two ingredients add anything to flavour, body, head retention? Thanks for letting...

I wouldnt know if the beers you mentioned were forms of "british pale ales" only, but generally we call all cask ales bitters. I once ran a cask ale pub when I was 19 and it was mostly the older generation who drank there and they just called it bitter haha. Ruby ale is a beer brewed with...

Thanks for all your input gents, I have a question for each of you that gave some advice. First of Beer Buddha I think your right an I will drop secondary fermentation and dry hopping, what did you mean by 'Id also add some husks to mash so you elimenate stuck sparge' ? (I'm still new to this...