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Brewing this one today. http://barclayperkins.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... er-xp.html (also in "The Home Brewer's Guide to Vintage Beer") Here is the Beersmith version Youngers XP (1885) Type: All Grain Batch Size: 23.50 l Boil Size: 33.56 l Boil Time: 90 min 5800.00 g Pale Malt, (Golden Promise)...

Brewing this one tomorrow. Recipe is based on a post on Jim's although I've subbed wheat malt for Torrified wheat and upped the Munich slightly for no other reason than it finishes off a bag. Kiplingish Type: All Grain Batch Size: 23.50 l Boil Size: 33.56 l Boil Time: 90 min End of Boil Vol...

One of my recent batches has turned out really hazy. It's a fairly standard best bitter recipe (1050 OG, 90% MO, 5% crystal, 5% wheat malt) and nothing obvious went wrong on brew day. Added half a Protofloc 10mins before end of boil Bottled after 8 days in primary at 20C and 10 days in...

Brewing a historic recipe today from Ron Pattinsons Blog : http://barclayperkins.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... age-x.html X Ales were mild ales and the best selling beers/ales of the time. Although the OG of X ales had drifted down during the 1800s, this one is from before the big gravity drop caused...

Thought this made interesting reading : http://www.homebrewtalk.com/entries/Eng ... rison.html Surprising how much colour variation there is.

Recently listened to one of the Brew Strong podcasts on water chemistry and first heard the concept of residual alkalinity. This has made me think I might be over-treating my water. My starting water usually has an alkalinity (CaCO3 equivalent) of between 80mg/l and 110mg/l - I test every brew...

Done this one today. Had quite a bit of Diastatic Amber malt left from doing the Simmonds Bitter recipe so decided to see what it would be like in an easy drinking session brew. Amber bitter Standard/Ordinary Bitter Type: All Grain Date: 26/10/2013 Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Boil Size...

Doing this one today. Slight variation on one I did last year with just a tweak to the grain bill (less Chocolate malt but now with some Extra Dark crystal) Old Contemptible Old Ale Type: All Grain Date: 29/09/2013 Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Boil Size: 33.04 l Boil Time: 90 min...

Day off work today and to commemorate my 10th AG, doing something a bit special which will hopefully be ready for Christmas. The original recipe is here : http://www.durdenparkbeer.org.uk/Recipe ... 9s_Bitter_ I don't have a malt mill so home roasting the Pale Amber was a non-starter. I've...

According to White Labs' instructions for yeast starters : "You probably won’t see any visible activity, but the yeast is busy taking up the oxygen and sugars in the solution and growing new cells." Here is a 2L starter of WLP023 (Burton) 10 hrs in! It's fizzing away like a pint of wheat...

Doing this today : viewtopic.php?f=14&p=408774#p408774 HLT on at 8:15

Planning this one for the weekend. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever tried an American Brown Ale but I like the sound of it! (And it's a bit of a use-up brew to boot) Thoughts anyone ? American Brown Ale Type: All Grain Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Boil Time: 75 min Brewhouse...

Going to be brewing this tomorrow. See Here for more details. TMM was out of Cascade so I am using the traditional Hallertauers. Type: All Grain Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Boil Time: 70 min Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 % Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 250.00 g Oat Hulls (0.0 EBC)...

My favourite wheat beer is probably Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbeir, so on the off-chance we have a summer this year, I am thinking of doing one for my next brew. I obviously don't have the ability to filter, but have read that it should be possible to produce a clear wheat beer by a...

Going to be brewing this tomorrow (bit of a use up-brew really). Overall profile is a bit like Oakham JHB but hoping for some grapefruity loveliness from the Chinook Pale Malt 5 EBC 3850 grams 86.6% Wheat Malt 3 EBC 0 220 grams 5% Vienna Malt 10 EBC 375 grams 8.4% Challenger 8.1 % 90 mins 30...

Going to brew this one tomorrow. Came up with the recipe to use up a couple of half packets of hops and the dregs from a bag of Crystal Malt. The overall profile is quite similar to some recipes I've seen online for old-style Ruddles County hence the rather unimaginitive name. Pale Malt 5 EBC...

Going to brew this tomorrow. Recipe based on Sara Carter's ( http://www.craftbrewing.org.uk/bc/bcpdf/BC2008-Dec.pdf ) but subbing Chinook for Northern Brewer and adjusting for my efficiency and scaling to 23L. Also upping the Vienna Malt slightly. Fermentable Colour Grams...

It's barely been above freezing all week, there's snow on the ground so what better beer to brew than Summer Lightning ! Hopefully spring will have sprung by the time this is ready to drink. HLT on at 8am

Doing AG#3 today. Sarah Hughes dark Ruby Mild from GW's book. Decision still to be made on which yeast to use. Have got both S-04 and Nottingham. HLT on at 7:30

Doing AG#2 today, a dark winter ale. Recipe is here : viewtopic.php?f=14&p=304338#p304338 HLT on at 8 o'clock. A couple of improvements to equipment this time around.