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First up, I'd like to say that I HAVE lost a beer to this before - so I do consider it a legitimate problem :lol: My saison has been fermenting for over a week now and is showing no real signs of stopping. Krausen is being produced after stirring the top gently, there's a big sniff of co2 and...

Inspired by the wonderful beers at Brew By Numbers, and a little bit of Marston's Sunbeam. Using up a little first gold in the earlier stages so I have more cascade for the aroma. Summer Saison Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 19.0 Total Grain (kg): 3.150 Total...

Would love to make some gold/spiced rum, or maybe a range of types, but I'm interested to see if I'm doing it right... White rum is basically just fermented sugar, right? So I could ferment sugar to 18-20%, then age and spice as I want to... Will I need turbo yeast for this?

Any ideas for good beer?

http://www.boozebeatsbites.com/2014/03/ ... poons.html Rock on! Bengali Tiger is the one the craft community is raving about...

I want to brew up 2 gallons of Russian Imperial Stout and age it two different ways - one gallon on oak and cherries, the other with dry hops and coffee, for example. Any suggestions on your favourite russian imperial stouts? I'm pretty open to suggestions as it's gonna be one to put away and...

Many have said this, many shall continue to say it...thanks Pittsy for the advice on brewing a hefeweizen :thumb: I've just subbed and tweaked to suit my inventory/taste. Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 19.0 Total Grain (kg): 4.500 Total Hops (g): 18.00...

Any suggestions? Just brainstorming. I love Meine Hopfeinweisse and think with a lot of banana and hop flavour it could be an awesome beer. I have Cascade, Simcoe and Northern Brewer to use.

Currently selling off some of his own brand home brew kits, Dee Jay Bitter is £6 for a tin on the front counter. Not for me, but thought a local might want it for some cheap kit boosting.

Yep, believe it or not I'm looking for something of a hot alcohol taste in a not so high strength beer. We're talking 5%, but I want a warming glow when you drink it. My idea is to brew a spruce ale with Simcoe and Cascade hops, using something like Elysian's Bifrost as an idea of the base...

It turns out that Boon Kriek is just about the most amazing sour beer i've ever tasted. It's very sweet, but tastes like sour cherry. I'd love to have a go at replicating it, but my main amateur issue is not wanting to invest in a wyeast lacto culture for 2 gallons. is it harvestable from any...

Ive recently lost a few bottles of beer, mostly down to laziness, because the clear plastic I use doesn't protect the brew from skunking. Let's just say I know what skunked beer tastes like now! Anyway, I've become concious of light exposure lately, and I feel that it might be wrecking my beer...

How can you do it? I've done a few kits but would like to make my own red wine using the WOW method. Could I do something like 4L red grape juice (or other dark juices such as blueberry, cherry, cranberry?) and then mash in some skins too for the colour? Morrisons do a dark fruits mix for £2 at...

Hey. Anyone brewed this style? A friend and myself are talking about splitting a 10L extract batch in two and fermenting/ageing in our own ways, 5L each. 6/12 months on we'll compare the two beers. Is this a solid base recipe? I'm thinking we should keep it super simple so the later stuff can...

Thought this might be a nice idea. Simply post a snap of your finished brew in this topic with a brief description! First Christmas, Pale Ale with First Gold hops.

Here was my recipe; I sweetened to medium dry and put this away. 6 months on it's still pretty bitter. Is it the amount and the nature of elderflowers? I was hoping for aromatic and a light sparkling flavour, but it's pretty green grassy tasting and hard to get through a large glass!

Can I just lob them in and syphon off after a week or should I bag them? I really want maximum exposure :d

I'm brewing a white wine, but only so I can brew it on oak chips and use the resulting oak chips in a saison. I'd like to do this cheap, so I'm looking for the best results possible without using a legit wine kit. The end wine should be enjoyable, but I'm not really that arsed about it. So how...

First up thanks calumscott for some last minute advice in chat this morning! Mash temp: 68c, 2 hours Dry hopping: 80g mosaic pellets/7 days Yeast: Mangrove Jack's American Ale (basically US-05) Boil is on now, post readings to come. Hopefully my first experience of hop pellets is a...

A new year, a new topic. Simply add the quantity of wine, cider and misc you have brewed to the total as you brew it. We'll just have one big total this year as last year got confusing! This includes any non-beer brews like mead, high alcohol fermented beverages, alcopops etc. Please add beer...