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Anyone got a recipe or something similar... all grain of course Tried some s few days ago and really liked it as a treat:thumb:

Just been told by the wife i need help.... i was sat on a garden wall sniffing a bag of centennial hops i had dry hopped a Half hearted ale with for about 5 minutes totally preoccupied by all accounts :lol: so please answer the above poll so i can assess my psychological well being :mrgreen:

I have just racked an AG IPA.... usual suspects with US-05 fermentation as per, down to 1010.. spot on taste & smell great only oddity is it looked like the trub (i guess) had risen and was sitting on top on the brew... looked like a holey cheese, soft but stiffer than krausen any...

Well today was supposed to be a brewday but ended up having open wallet surgery at Ikea...... plan for the weekend: tomorrow Clibits Half Hearted ale.... just loving it too much to run out :mrgreen: sunday hopefully a Black sabbath, if the mauribrew arrives, i might just do it with US05...

well i went for a little shop today and while i was out about 40kg of grain and a nearly kilo of hops appeared in the boot of my car......:whistle: anyway the advice i need is... how do i get it into the shed without the wife noticing???:mrgreen:

ANy suggestions for a good english ipa? ie something not as overbittered and hopped as americans quite like something along the lines of old empire or similar

I assume the foam generated at the start of a boil is protein? is there any downside to skimming it off rather than have it end up in the trub? or is there stuff in there we need to have once it has been broken down?

Batch size 23l target OG 1.058 FG Bitterness 48 Grain bill as recipe, x 2.5 ( as i have been a bit low on efficiency so Maris Otter Malt (81.47%) 5kg Black Malt (8.15%) 500g Crystal Rye (4.89%) 320g Crystal 120 Dark (3.05%) 200g Roasted Barley (2.44%) 150g...

As per title, I need to decide soon... For a boiler, not a mash tun My thoughts burco- well know , spares readily available, slightly cheaper Ace - double wall so cool surface, FE manufacturer so spares may be more difficult in the future Anyone got anything to add or advice or...

todays play Munich Dunkel - Greg Hughes divided by 5 near enough 5l batch, Target OG 1055 lager malt 500g munich malt 700g biscuit malt 45g chocolate wheat 22g carafa special 18g Magnum 5g @60 Hallertauer 1g@5min Hallertauer 2g@ flameout W34/70 @10-12c Mashed at 63-65c...

I have a couple of half packets of yeasts from doing 5l brews and am thinking that rather than use the remainder should grow up a culture to use over the next few months as i experiment further. The main benefit I see is that I will not be harvesting yeasts and therefore no risk of...

As i had all day i thought why not do 2 brews... bad move, 10 later just finished :mrgreen: 1kg pilsner malt 50g carapils 14g saaz @ 90min 7g saaz @ 45 min 3g saaz @ 15min Saflager w34/70 @12c target OG 1048, actual OG 1.046 :thumb: went better than the first brew, better control...

Having got the toys and the kitchen to myself I thought it was time to play... 5l AG brew 1kg pale malt 110g Crystal malt 1.2g Magnum and 4.5g Perle at 60min 6.5g cascade @15min 5g cascade at 0min and 5g cascade dry hop to come US-05 at 20c Target OG 1.052, actual 1.052..... well...

Here's the plan.... Coopers stout 2kg mo malt 150 crystal malt 100 chocolate malt Mash at 67c for 1h in 8l 3l sparge 1h boil whirl floc at 15 min (nicked off the kit review) up og to about 1.044 to 1.050 with treacle? (check at 15 min and add to boil) how do I raise my water hardness...

Well it was only when i started brewing again that I regretted having an induction hob, because finding a big pan that does not cost more than a house is quite difficult it seems.... found this last week and arrived today... only 15l but enough for partial mash and Clibits gallon brews...

I started a kit yesterday afternoon, pitched at 22c, and so far no action...... what yeast would you suggest as a suitable alternative assuming this is dead? planning on shopping tomorrow....

so is it me or are these "modern" style air traps rubbish? started a couple of DJ's off a couple of days ago, and have to refill the things twice a day as they just bubble over and run dry...:doh: going back to old school bubble traps

well following the reviews and advice here I finally got myself a Kit :mrgreen: Cant believe how much concentrate there is in these kits.... or how fast you can get to fermenting:-D cant wait to see if it lives up to the hype

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right, having dry hopped a youngs lager kit with great results i am keen to try more... So i am considering adding a hop tea to a coopers australian lager kit as I like pils/lager tastes I was considering using half the hops from a Czech lager recipe.. can i just boil hops to get...