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Well turns out I could only get hold of M29. Popped round to see Ben from KegThat on my way home from work.. what a nice chap! but according to northern brewer it’s repacked belle anyway. Will get this on tomorrow and ferment at 25C.. thanks BassoonBrew! Any tried and trusted killer recipes...

thanks.. think I will go with belle saison.

Never done a saison but quite fancy giving it a try, especially in this heat. the options at the moment are mangrove jacks M29 or Lallemand belle saison. Haven’t got time for liquid yeast. any advice on which might be the best option would be much appreciated!

I’ve not looked into gruit ales much realily. What do yarrow, bog myrtle and sweet gale bring to the brew? Are they for bittering at the start of the boil too or are some of them for late additions?

Fingers crossed. I’ll report back in a couple of weeks.

I was tempted to throw some hops in too, but decided against it. ill let you know how it turns out.

The recipe 2kg lager malt 2kg vienna 1kg munich 300g special b 320g carafa1 250g caramunich 1 22g mugwort

Decided to aim for the bottom of the range

And are the Litres finished or pre boil. I’m assuming finished. So for a 23L batch I should be using 5-17g of dried or 20-70g of fresh.

That’s great! Thanks Dave! Did you also use hops at the start of the boil or just bitter with mugwort?

I am planning on making a brew with mugwort today. I have grown this plant from seed and it is about 3 foot tall. It looks like it is about to flower so I guess I better get a brew on. Really struggled to find any recipes online, so no idea how much to use. If anyone has any experience with this...

No worries! Glad to hear it’s not just me that flattens the co2 🤣

Everyone does things slightly differently depending on setup. You can either wind the pressure up higher and turn the gas off to let it carbonate or leave the gas on at a lower pressure. The former is faster but risky cos you can over carbonate. Once it’s carbed up and at serving pressure you...