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4.5L hoppy pale ale kit, 4.5L milk stout, 4.5L London Bitter, 4.5L Elderflower ale and 4L of hard cider sitting in a bucket,

Sounds sensible to me, given the mess under the 4.5l in my 5l bucket :)

Question for people. I'm currently very happy brewing small batches. Currently using a 5L bucket from a starter set, but have had issues with a bit of overflow due to warm energetic yeast. Considering getting a 10L bucket instead. So could easily do 5L and slightly larger batch sizes. Is that...

Nearly at the end of the boil for the milk stout. Went 10% in the lactose as Mrs loves sweet stouts. So far things more smoothly than first brew 2 weeks ago.

Placed first order this week and impressed with service, packing etc. Will be using again for sure.

Thanks again for all the advice. Just placed the order with Malt Miller. Gone for the Verdant yeast. Got a recipe for a bitter I'll brew after the stout, so can use the rest of the yeast for that.

Thanks all. Found a yeast substitution table in Greg's book that gives an alternative as well. Just going to get the a dried pack abs pitch half.

Thanks moto. Recipe says to use London III Ale 1318, which I can only find in liquid packs, that seems to suggest there is enough for 23L brews. Obviously mine is a lot smaller. Found a Verdant dried yeast I think, was assuming I could do what is just use half for the next 2 brews as they will...

Next question yeast, do i scale the amount of yeast to, or do we just rely on the fact its going to multiply anyway! Just looking at Malt Miller and it will half or more of the total cost for a batch as yeast is that right? Excuse the new boy questions! First time trying to build a brew not...

I wasn't bottling before, it was 40 pints in a plastic keg ;) Tend to only have 5-10 beers a week but nice ones, hence going with quality over quantity.

Yep, makes about 9 bottles. It's a 5L bucket. Got starter kit from here - Home Brew Starter Kits - All Grain 1 Pot Craft Beer Kits Its all stove top small scale, planning on sticking to that for several months until thinking about going bigger. Brewed a few 40 pint kits in the past and not...

All As I said in the intro forum, my first BIAB beer should be ready for bottling next weekend and I'm about to order some supplies for a next beer (or more!). Decided on the Milk Stout recipe from Greg Hughes book (I got an older edition). It quotes 4200g pale malt, 300g chocolate and...

I'd be interested in opinions on this, as I'm not a fan of fizzy beer.

Webster's Yorkshire bitter, on a scout trip :)

Been hanging around here for a few weeks and about time I said hi. Been a beer drinker since Uni in 1991! Brewed a few kits (usually Woodfordes) but whilst I enjoy my beer I'm a fan of quality over quantity, so had given up on brewing my own. Watched the beer masters program and amazon and it...