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Afternoon all, ready for an essay? It's been ages since I've posted anything on here but thought I'd share my most recent brew as I'm particularly pleased with it. I've been trying to nail my IPA grain bill for ages and I think I may have finally got somewhere. I'm not a fan of big sweet...

Hello all, Looking at getting stuck into water chemistry so the first step is obviously to get hold of a water report from my supplier. Got one, but it's all Greek to me and seems to have no mention of the typically requested values such as Calcium, Magnesium and Sulphate/Chloride...

Hey guys, I finished putting together my stir plate today, pretty happy with the results! I put some rice and some food colouring in it to see how efficient it was when testing. Here's a clip of it in action: Click me! Bought the box from eBay here. The stir bar and flask were a...

Here's the recipe: Thoughts please! :) At the moment I'll probably use US-05 on this as I don't really want any yeastiness and even though it's a high attenuator it should still finish fairly high and retain sweetness. However, I'll probably be brewing this one in the new year, which means...

I regularly lurk around r/homebrewing on Reddit and read about this today. Descended from an old Norwegian strain, it supposedly offers: "consistent fermentation across an astoundingly wide temperature range 62F-98F (16C-36C) with little difference in flavour profile across the whole range."...

Hi all, planning this one for my next brew in an attempt to clear out my leftovers. I love IPAs, APAs, AIPAs, DIPAs. Hops. My Dad doesn't. He much prefers traditional red ales along the lines of Speckled Hen, Abbot, Spitfire, Bishops Finger etc. So I figured I'd brew something he'd...

Hello all, brewed this one up on Friday. Here's the recipe: Brewday started off badly... I'd modified my mash tun slightly, I moved the tap lower down to reduce the amount of dead-space. I thought I'd sealed it properly but after dumping the strike-water in I soon sprang a leak! Cue...

Me again, brewed this one about a month ago, want to give it plenty of time to condition. Looking forward to cracking the first one open on Christmas morning! Recipe: The grain ready to dough in! Brewday pics: Missed my targets slightly, ended up a bit low at 1.060, but by no...

Meant to post this ages ago, but this is one I brewed back at the start of September. Wanted to steer myself away from hop bombs and brew something more traditional. Went for a basic golden ale, but threw in a little twist at the end. Decided to split the batch in 2 and dry hop with British and...

Hi all, Hoping to get this going next week. After all the ridiculous IIPAs/DIPAs I've been drinking over the last couple of years I've decided to give my liver a rest! Of late I've recently fallen in love with hoppy session beers, with Buxton Moor Top possibly being my favourite example...

After much research, I've put this together. Advice on all aspects of it will be much appreciated, I'm still learning about the multitude of malts and hops out there and what they do. EBC numbers are taken from The Malt Miller. As far as the vanilla goes, on the brew-day itself I plan to...

Ok here goes! I've not posted on here much since my first brewday/introductory post and since then I've been progressing quite nicely. My first beer - see thread here: Click me! It came out pretty well, especially considering it was my first ever brew. But I'm my own worst critic and knew I...

Hi all, My name's Robbie, I'm 23 and I'm about to start my brewing adventure! Brewing my own beer is something I've always wanted to do but never found the time to get round to it. However Reading various posts on a number of different forums it seems fairly universal that I should...