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Hello all, I have recently moved to Grantham. I was wondering if there are any homebrewers or homebrew clubs in the area. I know there is a group in Nottingham, but would rather find something closer if possible. Otherwise, if there is anyone in or around Grantham who might be interested in...

West Coast IPA, please

Have a look at Brülosophy's Hop Chronicles - they have done a fair few in their series: http://brulosophy.com/projects/hop-chronicles/ Or, if you want to try some British hops, there are a number listed here: https://www.britishhops.org.uk/varieties/

Hello Tortue, As Bigcol said, you will want to transfer to a keg or bottles before lagering. But you do not want to do this until you are certain that fermentation is finished. For the yeast, checking the Brewer's Friend calculator...

Hello Tortue, Welcome! Firstly, secondary is not really ever required unless you are doing something specific like adding fruits or other fermentables. It was often recommended in older brewing texts, but has pretty much been dismissed now. All it usually does is add a step where you could...

I use KeePass, too. I am wary of giving my passwords to a third party to look after them as I have no idea exactly how well they secure them. I do store my KeePass file on my Dropbox, but I have a long pass phrase for it.

Ideally you want to be controlling for the temperature of your beer, not the air around it. Either way, the G03 yeast from Imperial is, according to their site, ideally fermented at 16-20C. So being at 15C in the fermentation fridge is not going to harm it - but it may make it start a little...

Made a Foreign Export Stout today. 23 litre batch size, OG 1.073 6.275 kg Maris Otter 335g Black Malt 280g Crystal Malt 280g Pale Crystal Malt 224g Chocolate Malt 73.3g First Gold leaf 9.5% AA at 60 mins 15g Bramling Cross 6.3% AA at 30 mins Using WLP013 London Ale made up in a 1.5 litre...

Hello Alan, Welcome to the forums! You should be good with an 80/-.Are you looking at extract, or all grain? There is a bit of background and some recipes here: http://byo.com/hops/item/718-great-scot :cheers: Jerry

Not a plant expert, but have had enough questions from kids to know how to search plants, trees and various animals and insects!:)

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) ? http://www.wildestflowers.com/detail.php?detail=huflattich&blueht=2&farbe=gb&groesse=egal&familie=egal

You are a stronger man than me then. If I have gone through the effort of making the beer, then by hell I will drink it! I have had a couple of borderline batches, but let them age and they improved...

Brulosoply do a hell of a lot of good exbeeriments. I have read through quite a lot of them over time for issues I was confused about. Yes, in that particular beer he brewed, there was no discernible taste or mouth feel difference. There was, however, a pretty big difference in final gravity...

Yes, you will need something. Whether you get the GrainFather one, or just a cheap tea urn or pot for your stove. The GF recirculates throughout the mash. Once the mash has finished, you need to lift the grain basket to drain. At this time you need to pour a few litres of hot water through to...

(Tapatalk is buggy as ever and told you that the posting failed, and I ended up posting twice!)