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Looking for some advice. I fancy brewing up a summer IPA with some really fresh flavours. I plan to use Azzaca and Citra hops and would like to use orange peel. I’ve read a few posts on various places and some are saying to use 1-1.5 ounce in the boil and others are saying to use it in...

Happy New Year everyone! I am a self confessed hop head and love my hoppy brews. Following a bit of research into Hop backs, I tried my hand at putting one together with the end result in the pictures below. Does anyone have experience using a hop back? Do you feel it improves the hop...

Evening folks, I am thinking of ways to use up some leftover grains and hops I have and following on from new year and Xmas, I don’t want to part with a lot of money. I thought about using a wilko kit as a base and building around that. What’s your thoughts? Think it will...

I am brewing a beer that will use spices. Shold I add them around about the 15 min mark in the boil or at flame out? Any advice please? Cheers!

Anyone able to recommend a stockist for American oak chips? Hoping to use them in a beer next month and the malt miller who I usually buy from doesn't seem to stock them.

I am brewing a maple pumkin ale tomorrow and was advised by a member on the forum to use bramling cross hops as they give of a fruits of the forest esque flavour and aroma. I have a handful of other hops in the freezer and would like your opinion please on which of the following options to...

I am doing an extract maple pumpkin ale and at the moment am planning on using 3.5kg of amber LME. Would I be better going for half light LME and half amber LME instead? Recipe below. 3.5 kg Amber LME 500g** Dextrose 150g** Maple syrup 1 pumpkin roasted for 1 hr 500g crystal malt 500g...

I have had a request from my brother to brew him a batch of beer similar to a beaver town gamma ray. Anyone with an idea for a recipe that will come close to this?

So I recently brewed a smoked oatmeal stout and want to batch prime it with treacle. I figure after some calculations etc that I will go for 90-100g treacle for 23l batch. A bit much some might say but I want a little more carbonation than a traditional stout. My question is how to batch...

So I started a winebuddy sauvignon blanc on Friday and received a video from the wife while at work yesterday showing a very active fermentation. Pleased with the progress, I came home last night to find the airlock lid (I exaggerate not) six feet from the demijon. Bit of a blowout I thought. No...

So two brews into my homebrew revival and I couldn't help plunging into wine making too. I tell you this homebrew bug bites hard! So I now have a stout on the go along with a sauvignon blanc and one exasperated wife watching on!

Well today was the day for my st out brewday. After ordering my last ingredient from the malt miller at 2pm yesterday and receiving it at 11 o'clock this morning (wow!! ) I brewed this batch up. Slightly worried I have overdone it a bit on the smoked malt but time will tell. Ended up with a...

Hi folks, anyone planning on taking a trip to the festival this year?

I find it quite relaxing on a cold dark night to switch the lamp on and sit with a beer listening to some classical music. I also find that I always reach for a dark beer when I do this. Usually an oatmeal or chocolate stout, smoked porter or whisky cask dark ale. What's your beer/music pairing?

I have put a thread on today detailing my thoughts for a holloween beer. I am thinking of using spices to give it a seasonal flavour. My thoughts are to use cinnamon, coriander and maybe some anise or allspice. Has anyone brewed with spices before?If so can you advise me on whether to use...

It's that time of year again where I want to be thinking about my halloween beer. I will aim to start it at the beginning of September to be ready for October. I already know I want it to be a rich ruby ale with some pumpkin and maple syrup included somewhere in there. I am thinking on amber...

Hi all, I am predominantly a beer brewer but after having a clear out yesterday I came across an old glass demijon and figured I could use it to make 6 bottle wine kits. So my question is this... are there any 6 bottle kits that you could recommend I try as a first time and also can you...

I stuck a milestone APA kit on to brew on Friday and I have checked it today and there is no sin of life coming from the airlock. The kit was a couple of months out of date so I rehydrated the yeast before pitching and added 500g light DME to the brew and it was fermenting nicely. Anyone got an...

Hi folks, After some to and fro I have settled on the following recipe for my next brew. Can I just add that there was no recipe software or brew calculator used for this recipe. This is purely off the cuff brewing by the seat of your pants kinda stuff. Smoked oatmeal stout 1× can muntons...

Hey guys, I took a bit of a break from brewing and still have some leaf and pellet hops in the freezer. I had a look and a smell at them and they seem to be fine. Do you think they will be ok to use for dry hopping? Cheers