Recent content by mitch

Now heres a thing.... Ive got odds n s0ds of malts to use up. I found a recipe and I've adapted it. This will produce an 11L batch - as i have a 19L & 9.5L corney. Malts: Total 2.2kg Lager malt 500g Extra light 200g Wheat malt 600g Cara malt 200g MO Pale 500g Porridge oats 200g...

Todays brew day was the first since before xmas. Back to basics. A simple smash which is almost ready to go into the fermenter. Early start thanks to economy 7 tariff. I've called it "Revolution" in contempt of todays proceedings. What's the consensus on adding boiling water to the boil to...

Blimey i cant remember which now id have to dig it out. It was a prize winning one i recall...found it on net, printed it out. Trouble is i CBA to do all the water treatment etc. I like to just keep it simple. Maybe thats where i went wrong. US05 - check. I have that in the fridge. I plan on...

Hav'nt brewed since last year -a rather disastrous PJ clone which turned out nothing like it - but still ok. So im going back to basics and doing a smash on saturday. Wish me luck.

How did this work out? Id like to try similar as all the ingredients appeal but I dont want to get such a high ABV.

Ive been saving for years on water and tv licence by simply not subscribing.

Greetings. I bottled about 3 brews then went onto corny kegs x2 as Im lazy and CBA with the 40 odd bottle malarkey. Im a lot happier with kegging as long as I don't have gas dramas. I also prefer a clearer brew without sludge. But Im still new to it all.

I have a very sturdy giant mechano type work bench. It works well as its got storage and drawers - in my garage. Only down side is I have to rig up a heath robinson hosepipe affair for cooling the wort. After about 6 brews in I now have it mastered as long as I don't "drink and brew!"

The Belgian blonde is superb in colour and clarity. I do think ive got an aftertaste to it but on the whole Im happy. My pal loves it. So the quicker he finishes it the better. I had 3.5 pints of the Hughes IPA on friday while he enjoyed the Belgian I brewed, and I cant remember going to...

So. Upon returning from the middle east last week I happened to stop at the "spoons" at St Pancras and had an absolutely fantastic pint of this beer. Now I'm not too many AG brews in with my brewdevil but I'm wondering if anyone can put me right with a clone style recipe for this beer. I'm...

i subbed the ekg for fuggles. im happy with the colour thats for sure

Ive got an M21 the hb shop owner recommended. i was gonna return it. lol

Today Matthew I brewed a Belgian Blonde Ale from the Hughes book.. Half batch in my brew devil. All went well until the leccy tripped and wiped my programmed brew. No drama. Finished on manual. Recipe said SG 1070. My hyro read 1067. Refractometer read 1070. Pitched it with MJ M47 Belgian...

I cleaned out twice then shoved a couple of scoops of VWP in (;-)

Im trying out the belgian blonde ale recip from the Hughes book and using MJ M47. No idea how its going to turn out. Im hoping for a Leffe style. It was interesting making the amber candy sugar. Might try the recip on this thread from @Baz Chaz another time!