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Today was bottling day for my Bonne Nuit Ale. I was going for a sweet ( ish) stout style but may have not hit the depth of colour I wanted - we shall see, 5kg Marris otter 0.5kg Black Crystal 400ebc 0.5kg Special B 300ebc 0.5kg torrified wheat. 50gms Fuggles for 90 min boil used 50/50 light...

been out of the loop for a while, now reaching the 'give me my pension you b*st*rds' age' so looking to invest in a corny keg setup shortly, just put a SMaSH in using local hops - they grow wild around me here in S. France, no idea as to type or AA level so after a bit of research and the...

One I will be brewing next week - first brew in France - BIAB Ingredients: ------------ 5.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (4.5 EBC) 1.00 kg Wheat Malt, Bel (3.9 EBC) 0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (118.2 EBC) 0.25 kg Wheat, Torrified (3.3 EBC) Hops 30.00 g Cascade - Boil 30.0 min 30.00...

Hi, been a member for a good while but out of touch, moved to france early this year and been hectic getting a gite up and running so no brew days, but, one is planned for next week. I do BIAB in a 40lt pot. I use Beersmith2 to create my recipes - will post next weeks up shortly for feedback

Just been to the range for some things - came back with a box of 12 500ml swing top brown bottles for £9.99 - hmm, may be worth a look if you want to try swing top instead of crown cap

Folks, looking at the complex world of water and PH for the mash - so can anyone recommend a good ph meter that they use ? Thanks for any suggestions :thumb:

Had an offer I just could not refuse 5kg of irish wheat malt for a £1 - so I added a couple of Kg of Marris Otter and a 1/2 kg of Cara Blond malt - with 100gms of Cascade to the order. Brew up with 2 sachets of Saison yeast to see what we get BIAB brew 3kg Irish Wheat malt 2kg Marris Otter...

Had a day off and decide on a brew that I had been looking at for a while - started out as a Hobgoblin clone then kind of went west from there, was also to use up a few odds and bits I had left over ;) 6.00 kg Marris Otter Organic (2.3 SRM) 1.00 kg Pearl (2.5 SRM) 0.50 kg...

Decided to do another experiment brew based on the Dave Law's Saison in ‘Ultimate Homebrew Book' Pretty much kept to it except changed the hops to Citra - well okay didnt really keep to it at all very much but hey it was the inspiration for it :lol: Grain Amount Name...

well took a day off as I have to take my lady to see MIL as she is in hospital in Lincoln having a hip replacement op - so bottled my wilkos half price wherry kit I started two weeks ago in the half price FV I got, and got the half price Coopers larger kit on the go - used the half price brewing...

Well I made a mash tun from an old cool box from the loft clear out, took instruction from here as to the method and hardware - many thanks to all that have shared info - appreciated So this is AG2 - well 3 actually, but this time no BIAB to try out a mash tun rather than a BIAB, after the mess...

I have ordered a 50lt shiney on french ebay so going the full hog 23lt BIAB so I was looking to set up a big recipe as a first play with the new toy- put this together in Beersmith 5.00 kg Marris Otter Organic (4.5 EBC) 1.00 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC) 0.20 kg...

Done a couple of brews now, both got a good chill after boil with protofloc tablet at 15 mins from end of boil and so had a lot of break in them - First question how do you syphon into the FV without picking all this up - no matter how i tried it would not settle to the bottom of the pot so...

Hi Guys, I am looking to do a 2nd brew shortly, first was to be a dark brown ale - time will tell on the taste but its almost a stout due to a slight over indulgence in Chocolate malt :grin: This time, thinking of a IPA - simple recipe for a simple person, less chance of making a numpty...

Hi Guys, Been doing kit beer and moved from 1 can kits to 2 can kits, decided I would like to try BIAB so spoke to Santa and on the day under the tree was this, a brew pot and a gas ring, my lady also made me a grain bag to fit! It’s a 19lt pot as I only want to do 10lt brews as I...

Hi, quick question, I have done two 1 can beer kits okay, about to do a cider kit for my daughter and then a 2 can wheat raspberry beer kit - then I am going to try mini BIAB, now I have a 19lt stockpot - so looking to understand quantities of grain. hops etc in relation to final volume to...

Hi all, Well, decided to make a simple kit for the first time, Youngs Scottish Heavy, followed the instructions, apart from changed some of the sugar to dark muscovado as I like a dark brew, hobgoblin and the like :D and away it went, my copy of John Palmers How to Brew turned up - ah, well...

Hi, Just started brewing beer, used to do home made wine a 'few' years ago but other things happened - like children ! now they are all grown up and its brew time along with the other hobbies, currently living in Wales. So Hi, lets see what we can make :)