Recent content by ACBEV

The Homebrew Forum

Help Support The Homebrew Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. ACBEV

    Cold crash and Gelatin

    I don't do either, like lots of brewers. Most of my brews are crystal clear within a week or two in the FV. I tend to use kettle finings and a yeast with mid/high flocculation.
  2. ACBEV

    Oh dear........

    A very nice hop. Why would you want anything else! Having a choice is over rated.
  3. ACBEV

    Anyone else cutting it fine for Xmas brews?

    I think there is a lesson to be learnt... Brew Christmas brews in January.
  4. ACBEV

    Nottingham students brew beer using out-of-date bread

    This has been a fad for some time... I've even brewed a Brown Bread ale a year ago, was lovely jubbly. I used 6 toasted slices of wholemeal bread with my brown ale recipe, ground in a food processor and added to the mash.
  5. ACBEV

    Newbie question regarding fermentation

    I don't think pitching @ 22c is excessively high. The higher temp. you pitch, the more chance of diacetyl off flavours. A little diacetyl is ok, depends on the drinker. I pitch @ 28-30c in one brew in August, couldn't be arsed to wait any longer, was not nice to drink.
  6. ACBEV

    Quick conditioning stout

    Yes it is, well with minor changes! http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2019/09/lets-brew-1869-william-younger-bs-porter.html
  7. ACBEV

    Quick conditioning stout

    How about some lovely Scottish Porter.... Circa 1880s 23L Batch 2000g Golden Promise Malt 1800g Amber Malt 600g Black Malt Boil 90 mins 25g Fuggles @ 90 mins 25g Fuggles @ 10 Mins Yeast: Edinburgh Ale ABV 4% IBU 20
  8. ACBEV

    My first all grain brew day

    Just for interest.... Here is the original Barclay Perkins dark lager recipe from ron Pattinsons blog http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2015/03/lets-brew-wednesday-1925-barclay.html Similar indeed.
  9. ACBEV

    Grainfather Cutout

    @foxbat How rude of me! I didn't read your post before I posted, and yes your idea is a good'un and actually worked for me. I have a Buffalo boiler and I read on the interweb that peeps were by-passing the thermal cutout or fitting upgraded bits... But two bits of wood does the jobby.
  10. ACBEV

    Grainfather Cutout

    My boiler has a thermal cutout and would cutout during boiling and on hot days would cut out before reaching a boil... My simple solution was to prop the boiler on two wooden blocks, giving plenty of air space to the underneath and also point a small fan at the gap... Has not cutout since.
  11. ACBEV

    My first brew and a few questions - extract IPA

    A good brewer never pops the cork too early! I always wait at least 14 days before bottling...
  12. ACBEV

    someone is telling porkies about the carbonating amounts

    For most of my brews I use 125g of sugar for 23L batches, this is 2.2vols. this equates to 5.4g per liter. I would guess most home brewers would use less priming sugar than me for English styles. So, in my opinion the ballpark is between 3.5g to 5.5g of sugar per liter.
  13. ACBEV

    The Forum

    Did I miss something!
  14. ACBEV

    Boddingtons Bitter clone

    I've brewed that recipe twice in the past, the first with 35g black treacle and the second with 20g blackstrap. In both cases I think I added a tad to much, although the beers were really good, with no noticeable molasses taste, but the blackstrap in particular adds something apart from colour...
  15. ACBEV

    Boddingtons Bitter clone

    I've brewed this Boddingtons bitter from Ron Pattinsons blog (1987). Well my interpretation... http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2012/05/lets-brew-wednesday-1987-boddingtons.html 23L Batch 3000g Golden Promise Malt 150g Wheat Malt 150g Golden Syrup 20g Blackstrap or 35g Black Treacle Boil 90...
Back
Top