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Evening Fancy brewing an IPA of some description and disguising it as a dark beer without the dark beer flavours. Before you ask why, its to settle a disagreement with some mates who dont brew but like supping my home brew when its of the blonde/pale type and reckon dark beers are for old...

Evening all Just put a brew on to boil and the recipe was for a wheatish brew,50% wheat ,40% pale,10%vienna but realised i had no vienna so used some amber malt :wha: .What flavour would this add? If i use a dry yeast like munich is it ok to ferment at 20C ? And also i looked at recipe...

Evening I kegged 10 ltrs of porter around february and having supped 1 mini keg and been impressed after 1 month i still have 5 ltrs left and hopefully it should be even better. A few people have shown interest in this dark ale and would like to sample,so my question is could i fill a few...

Hi Did a brew 3 weeks ago and went for a IPA style hop recipe,software reckoned on IBU of 84 but on tasting it from fermenter when kegging it it did not taste any more bitter than other brews. :? I was hoping for a brewdog punk IPA style beer but ended up with an average beer. Will this...

Howdy Had a bottle of brewdog punk ipa other day and it is awesome :drink: How can i acheive that level of sharpness and the powerfull grapefruit whack of flavour in my own brews? What hops would be used to give the grapefruit taste? Is this level of beer beyond an amateur homebrewer...

Evening Everybody seems to boil the wort with the lid off but why? Commercial brewery's or the ones i've poked my nose around seem to boil in sealed vessels I get a better rolling boil with the lid on Am i not helping my brew by leaving lid on? Its not a perfect seal so steam escapes Any...

Morning Got 10 litres of porter in the fermenter with nottingham yeast and nothing happened for over 24 hours so chucked in another packet of nottingham and still nothing happened :wha: Decided to blitz it with the blender attachment (sterilised) and fingers crossed. Will the large amount...

How much dark crystal in a porter ,got lots to use up so fancy a porter/stout I have light crystal,chocolate,pale,cara,vienna,roasted and dark Any good ideas for a recipe on the dark side Cheers

Evening Brewed 10ltrs other day and split between 2 fermentors ,one munich yeast other windsor. Munich was very rapid and is still going for it but windsor was slow and finished early(bubbling) The colours are very different ,one blonde other ruby Any thought as to why ?? I know very...

Evening Looking to for a recipe for next brew and seen a couple that use just pale malt. Would just 1 type of malt give a flavoursome brew? Dont want to waste time brewing something bland Cheers Scott