Search results

Hi homebrewers For my 9th brew I’d like to do a Butcombe Original clone. Please can someone point me to a good recipe? Thanks

Hi All I’m researching whether to sieve my whole hops out between the boil and fermentation or keep them in. The context for this question is a sharp bitterness than unfortunately accompanies many of my brews, no matter what IBU I’m aiming for. I am taking steps to lower my mash pH. My two...

Hi All 8 brews into my new hobby of homebrew (brew in the bag). Having slight mare with latest batch. I think I was mashing at a lower temperature than my new temperature device was reading and ended up at an OG of 1029 instead of 1050. I was making an Amarillo pale ale. I used these forums to...

Hi All I’ve received a recipe from Kent’s Cellar Head brewery. I want to do an amateur clone. Only issue is they’re specifying Ernest hops which are hard to get hold of and very expensive. Does anyone have experience of a good hop substitute? It’s for their Session Pale Ale which comes in at a...

Hi All I wonder, is there a clone recipe for Cellarhead Session Pale Ale? I’m thinking it’s based around the Nelson Sauvin hops for the gooseberry flavours. Thanks

Hi All Am I over thinking this? I aim for a mash of 66oC plus or minus 2oC. This is for BIAB. Using my thermometer stick I get very different readings around my vessel which is a plastic Peco immersion heater. I stir it vigorously and for a few minutes the temperature seems more uniform. But...

Hi All I'm now on my 3rd BIAB batch, learning fast and loving the hobby. My first batch is a passable attempt at a single hopped Kent pale ale, despite the emergency deployment of bread yeast! I'm attempting a Leffe Blonde clone because one of my relatives really rates it. After following the...

Hi All First timer here. Done two tentative homebrews. Both BIAB. Loved every aspect so far. The smells are fantastic. But one aspect isn’t going to plan. Yeast. On my first brew I got rather carried away. I added my packet of WyeYeast at 70-80oC, forgetting to let the wort cool properly. The...

Hi All, Thanks for accepting me in this forum. I’m in my mid forties, got time to spare as the kids are growing up and caught myself thinking I could do with an indoor hobby to get me though the winter. I’m completely new to this. Most I’ve ever brewed until two weeks ago was a pot of coffee...