Recent content by Calistan

Hi all! After some travelling around Europe I'm back home and ready to get back into brewing (hope to progress to all-grain by the end of the year). I'll be going to the homebrew store tomorrow so I thought I'd ask for some recipe advice before. What I have in the cupboard already: Brew...

Thanks Mick and mike. I'll alter the hop content considerably. Any comment on how to proceed with the malt? Skip the amber altogether?

I've got a Craft Range LME I need to use up as it expires next month so I'm just wondering about recipe ideas. Last time in what was my first extract brew I made a lovely single hop IPA thanks to some fine help from you guys so I thought I'd ask again. I have the following lying around...

Thanks. Yes, will give the pot a clean before the brew. I have a 33 litre kit so would I add maybe five gallons of cold water mixed with one gallon of hot water before adding my concoction? Would the hop content change since I'll be using a smaller pot? Was planning on following Wezzel's...

Thanks everyone for the replies. Been very busy the last while but I've acquired scales and a big sieve. One potential complication: the biggest pot I have is a 15 litre aluminium one. How should I go about the brew with this in mind? Sent from my HUAWEI SCL-L01 using Tapatalk

I have this kit, 33 litres. Thanks for this. As someone who's never attempted boiling hops before I'm still a little apprehensive about it all. I don't have scales for one thing. Would this be a problem? Do I need the muslin bags? I've read that some people just throw their pellets straight in.

Hi all! My housemates and I have so far managed two brews - the first a lackluster Mangrove Jack Pale Ale and the second a ruddy bloody lovely ruby red ale courtesy of St Peter's - so we're still very much novices and finding our feet but the success of the St Peter's is really a great...