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I was planning on brewing on Friday, but you know, life. So today finally got round the Munich Helles from Greg Hughes’ book. Managed to get my water profile pretty close the the one suggested on Braukaiser. I used Lidl bottled water and added 1.2g CaSO4 and 2.6g CaCl2 to the mash and another 2g...

I'm planning on brewing on Friday. I've smacked the yeast packet and it's swelling up nicely. I was intending to make my starter tonight, but my home made stir plate has decided to stop working. I've managed to get another 12v fan on next day delivery so I'll get it back up and running tomorrow...

So I was doing a bit of spring cleaning in the brew room yesterday and I’ve got loads of bits and bobs of out of date grain which I’m just going to sling on the compost heap. But I also came across a full 5k bag of wheat malt. It’s crushed, expiry date June 2018 :eek: The bag is still sealed...

Morning all, I'm planing my first brew in just over 2 years, I thought I'd be (probably overly) adventurous and have a crack at the Munich Helles from Greg Hughes' book. I'm ordering a custom grain kit from Geterbrewed but I can't get any DME for a starter. I could order some from elsewhere but...

Hi everyone. I thought I'd stop by and introduce myself again. It's been 2 years since I've done a brew ashock1 and I must admit to becoming a completely inactive member of the forum. Life just seemed to get in the way. But it seems to have done a massive U-turn recently and I've got bugger...

7:30 start all was fine till I doughed in. The mash temp was way higher than normal. So I added some cold water, then some more, then some more... I eventually decided to check with a different thermometer and turns out my mash tun was reading about 15°C hot! So I ended up with a watery mash...

It's beginning to look a lot like, erm.. September. So time to get the Christmas brew on. I'm doing the Christmas ale from the Green Hughes book, (p151) Yeast starter is going nicely, all the grain was delivered today, and I forgot to order Belgian clandi crystals. :doh: I've just read...

I've just come across this for anyone interested in a all in one system. http://www.geterbrewed.com/brewferm-beer-brew-25-combo-pack/

Planning a brew tomorrow, I've been wanting to do an amber for a while now so I'm planning on this, based on DIY Dog #3, The Physic. I've subbed the dark crystal for a bit of roasted barley and the Amarillo for Cascade - just because that's what's available. 20 Litres OG: 1.054 (75% BHE) FG...

So, funny story. I'm a musician and was lucky enough on Saturday night to be playing a wedding in a brewery. Best job in the world and that... As is the way with weddings everything was running behind so we decided to hit the bar in the meantime. I've been to this brewery a few times before and...

I'm planning on getting a brew on tomorrow (only my 3rd this year!) I was planning a simple bitter with Fuggles and EKG, but having just looked in the freezer I've found some hops I'd forgotten about. (Win.) I don't want to go just throwing random hops in for the sake of it so I thought I'd...

As I've been away from the forum (and brewing full stop) for a few months I though I'd stop by and say hello again. :thumb: I've only managed 1 brew this year due to work and other boring reasons but I'm now setting aside more time for rewind and foruming. Hope you haven't missed me too much.

My Pilsner is currently in the fridge, it's been going almost 3 weeks. It had 8 days at 11.5°C then up to 18 for 48hours. I've been slowly bringing the temp down since then. I know that the usual thing to do would be to transfer to secondary for lagering. If I transfer to another FVS it's...

My Wilko crown capper has reached the end of its (not particularly hard) life. It only seems to cap one side properly and you have to turn the bottle round to seal the other side which is a pita. I've also smashed at least 2 bottles from the last 3 batches so I'm fed up with it. I've decided...

So I got started nice and early this morning on my Sierra Nevada clone. Mash went well and as I was heating up the sparge water I noticed a slight problem. Well, a bloody big problem actually. I emptied 5 2 litre bottles of water into the kettle, and measured the last litre out with a jug...

Afternoon all, My first brew this year is going to be a Sierra Nevada (ish) pale. 19 litres. OG: 1.055 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.6% IBU: 38 SRM: 9.3 4 kg Maris Otter 400g Crystal 60 1hr mash at 66°C 7g Magnum (10.9AA) 60 mins 20g Perle (7AA) 60 mins 28g Cascade (5.1AA) 15 mins...

Evening all, I'm having a crack at a Pilsner this week with WLP800. It'll be my first time making a starter. According to the WhiteLabs website I need a 2 litre starter with 1 cup of DME. Does that sound about right? How far in advance should I make it? I seen some suggest as little as 12...

Christmas holidays are finally here (all 3 days of it) so I've got time to brew for a change. 20 Litres. OG: 1.046 FG: 1.011 4kg Piksner 120g carapils 28g Perle (7%AA) @60 mins 28g Saaz (3.4% AA) @30 mins 28g Saaz @15 mins WLP800 Pilsner lager yeast. Any glaring errors you wise...

Evening all, I've had this idea floating about for a while now, so I thought it pitch it and see. What do you think of having a HBF recipe book? My thinking is that members could submit their favourite recipes, be it pimped kits, partial mash AG etc that could be compiled into a pdf book...

Afternoon all, I'm looking into my first Corny set up as the novelty of bottling is wearing increasingly thin! I picked a keg up a few months back when the HBC were knocking them out for about �£30. I've also been given a full bottle of 70/30 mixed gas by a local workies club (on...