What did you brew today?

[Hazelwood Brewery]

The difference in price is the postage. Amazon is free delivery special ingredients is 6.95 plus 2.95 pounds delivery. Same price if your only ordering the one bottle.
I am going to give this a go then maybe try the coconut

I bought five flavours and paid only one delivery charge so going direct was worthwhile for me.

I bought Hazelnut flavouring to make a Hazelnut Stout (l love the Dark Arts version).

I bought Clementine flavouring to make a “Jaffa” Chocolate Stout.

I’ll be interested to hear how you get on with yours and how the coconut turns out.

 

[samale]

I bought five flavours and paid only one delivery charge so going direct was worthwhile for me.

I bought Hazelnut flavouring to make a Hazelnut Stout (l love the Dark Arts version).

I bought Clementine flavouring to make a “Jaffa” Chocolate Stout.

I’ll be interested to hear how you get on with yours and how the coconut turns out.

You don't hold back

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

You don't hold back

I know, it’s such a good hobby!

I’ve got a sweet stout conditioning so I can get an early sense of how these might turn out by putting two or three drops in a pint.

Ordered the flavouring this morning and by lunch it was sent out. I could be tasting by the weekend

 

[Kircky]

Well.... today I kicked off my first beer...

It's an IPA, and I used 1/2 a campden tablet in the water, and mixed the liquid malt kit with 1Kg of beer enhancer plus 500g sucrose, and the OG is about 1.050 a little above the 1.048 suggested on the instructions. Fermentation has started and I have to say the smell of the wort was divine - so different to brewing wine.

In the meantime I'll make do with a glass of the white I finished bottling last week

Really hoping this beer will work out and taste decent.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Well.... today I kicked off my first beer...

Really hoping this beer will work out and taste decent.

I’m sure it will. There’s lots of good advice on the forum if you need it but the one thing everyone will tell you to avoid disappointment is to ignore any suggestion in the instructions that your beer is ready before about six weeks - and it will improve further after another two weeks, and again after another two weeks.

Good luck!

 

[Alex.mc]

Today I brewed a Timothy Taylor Landlord clone. It's the beer that got me interested in cask, and I've been fortunate to have a few pints of really spot on Landlord, well conditioned and looked after. If mine turns out just halfway as good I'll be very pleased.

 

[Brewdogpunk]

This evening I have just done a quick St Peter's Brewery Cream Stout kit. Added 454g of Black Syrup and reduced to only 17 Litres. Using the Fermentation Fridge for the first time with an Inkbird ITC 308 Wifi.View attachment 21482

Really interested as to how this turned out.
Thinking of short brewing this kit myself, with some additional black treacle to get a more punchy stout!

 

[Brewdogpunk]

I currently have a Young’s American Oaked Rum Ale on the go, done it before and turned out ok.
Bottled up the Bulldog Evil Dog double IPA a couple of weeks ago.
Have a Young’s American IPA waiting to go up next.
Then going to try out the St Peter’s cream stout as described above

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I bottled my Hoegaarden clone 40x500ml + 2x330ml. Clear as a bell but after adding oats to the mash isn't it supposed to be hazy.

 

[Shaun Flint]

Todays a day for rye, I've brewed a Roggenbier and a 100% Rye Ale, anybody else been using much rye recently?

 

[samale]

Todays a day for rye, I've brewed a Roggenbier and a 100% Rye Ale, anybody else been using much rye recently?

That's sounds interesting. How do you brew.

 

[Shaun Flint]

That's sounds interesting. How do you brew.

AG with a BIAB set up at the moment (no need for the husks) , maximum 18L at a time.. would like to make more

 

[samale]

AG with a BIAB set up at the moment (no need for the husks) , maximum 18L at a time.. would like to make more

I do biab as well normally I get about 22 litres and end up on average 38x 500 ml bottles of beer. I have only used rye up to 1 kg in an IPA.

 

[samale]

AG with a BIAB set up at the moment (no need for the husks) , maximum 18L at a time.. would like to make more

I would be interested in see your recipe if you don't mind sharing

 

[Shaun Flint]

I would be interested in see your recipe if you don't mind sharing

100% Rye Ale
Batch Size 5L
OG 1.046

- 2KG Rye Malt mashed at 65C for 60 minutes
- Dunk Sparge and drained bag, 6L wort pre boil
- 20g Goldings at 60 minutes 10g Goldings at 15 minutes
- Quarter Sachet SafeAle S-04

I brewed 10L yesterday, no problems, so far :)

 

[gb0wers]

Festival Landlord's finest bitter put on last night. Nothing particularly remarkable about that, however the kit is 5 years old. I wasn't too sure if the yeast would take, so I made up a starter bottle a few hours before pitching. It's working nicely now at 20C.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

10 litres of Chocolate Milk Stout

Mash 60m
1200g Irish pale malt
1000g Red X
150g flaked barley
200g roasted barley
150g Choc malt
Boil
250g Lactose
20g Fuggles 60m
FV
100g Cocoa nibs
CML Beoir
OG 1062
This was my first brew in the garage.

 

[obscure]

Today I brewed a Timothy Taylor Landlord clone. It's the beer that got me interested in cask, and I've been fortunate to have a few pints of really spot on Landlord, well conditioned and looked after. If mine turns out just halfway as good I'll be very pleased.

Curious which if any recipe you are using I use the one from Graham Wheelers BYOBRA book which always comes out well, not quite the same as the real thing but a really good pint.

as for what I was brewing today another Graham Wheeler clone recipe Caledonian Deuchers IPA, scaled to 9L, waiting for it to cool before I take a gravity reading but should be around 1.038-1.040 so looks like the recipie is based on the cask strength rather than the bottle, first time brewing this recipie but I had this the last time I was up in Scotland and it’s a really decent quaffable session beer so I’m hoping this will turn out well

 

[gb0wers]

Curious which if any recipe you are using I use the one from Graham Wheelers BYOBRA book which always comes out well, not quite the same as the real thing but a really good pint.

as for what I was brewing today another Graham Wheeler clone recipe Caledonian Deuchers IPA, scaled to 9L, waiting for it to cool before I take a gravity reading but should be around 1.038-1.040 so looks like the recipie is based on the cask strength rather than the bottle, first time brewing this recipie but I had this the last time I was up in Scotland and it’s a really decent quaffable session beer so I’m hoping this will turn out well

Looked the book up. Golly!!

 

[obscure]

Looked the book up. Golly!!

I really hope that’s automated prices gone wrong but with people trying to charge silly prices, for home brew kits it wouldn’t surprise me if it was intentional.

Their is of course a part of me tempted to, try listing my rather well used copy for £100 and see if anyone is foolish enough t9 buy it,