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Hey all. Got designs on infusing a gin with Pink Peppercorns, Lemon Zest, Bay Leaves and Cardamom. Anyone got any ideas on what amounts I should be using? Never infused a gin before. Probably gonna be infusing about 500ml.

It's been a minute since I've done a brew so I was hoping someone could quickly appraise my planned brew for next week. Mash: 60 mins @ 60 degrees Celsius I'll probably mash in about 13 litres of water and then add another 10 litres before I boil. Grains: 2kg Bohemian Pilsner Malt, 2kg...

Hi all, I quite fancy making a Vimto flavoured Sour. Has anyone done this/have any advice. As I understand it simply adding Vimto won't help as the yeast does some weird stuff with flavours and sweeteners. Would probably use Philly Sour yeast rather than doing any fancy souring process...

Recommendations appreciated. Making 20l. Uk based.

Hi, Making the jump to All Grain brewing soon. I'm looking to make an IPA to begin with and I'm not familiar/comfortable with which grains to use yet. I've made some nice SMASHs with Marris Otter so I'll probably go with that as my base. I made some Extract brews with 2kg Pale DME and 1KG...

Christmas is coming. All year i've been asking the wife for a Boiler for christmas (i.e. beer urn) so I can make the jump to AG. She normally spends about £200 on me. I need it to be Electric and big enough to ferment 20ish litre batches. Any recommendations. Don't really know what i'm...

Hi Folks, Bit of advice needed. Got designs on making a Lavender and Blueberry Mead. I've got all my honey and a bag of blueberries, i just need to harvest the lavender from the garden. I've never used lavender before, so I have questions. I presume i use the leaf and not the flower. Am i...

I've got a Munich Helles on the go at the moment. I had a look at it this morning and noticed something floating on top of the beer. They're thin beige shapes. I'd say they look kind of like Coconut chips or potato peelings. There is a slight banana-y smell. I've had a similar smell before...

A friend of mine is considering starting homebrew. He's spotted this offer on Beerhawk: https://www.beerhawk.co.uk/brewery-in-a-box-essential-starter-kit Which looks to be great for a newbie. His only concern is that the included kit is out of date. Obviously he doesn't know how out of date it...

It seems strange to be planning a pumpkin beer already, but I order for my next few brews in advance and given i won't be ordering for a month or so it will probably fall at the backend of my next order. I made a pumpkin amber ale last year, which was plenty nice, but this year I wanted to do...

So I did a quick search and didn't come across any posts about this already. Dark Rock Tribute to Newcastle Brown Ale - Part Grain I did this kit a few months ago. I haven't really used Speciality Grains so the Part Grain kits seemed like a good gateway. The instructions were clear and...

Hi Forum, Quick question, probably been asked before. I'm planning on making Mead this weekend. I don't have any Mead Yeast in. I've seen people use Champagne Yeast for Mead. I don't have that. I do have some Wilko Universal Wine Yeast. Will this do the job?

Hi Everyone, A friend of mine is considering getting into Homebrew while we're in lockdown. He's asked what to get as a newbie. I don't want to recommend anything too pricey so I've set a £100.00 budget. My choice was The Home Brew Company's Beer Starter Kit as it includes bottles and I know...

Brewed a Coopers Cervesa kit. Gave it three weeks, got a nice healthy Krausen to begin with so didn't worry about the ferment. OG at 1032-1036. Bottled it up, took an FG after bottling (like an idiot) and it was at 1020. I used a lager yeast (I *think* it was mangrove jacks' california common...

Hi Everyone, Anyone got any experience of this site? https://www.flavourly.com/ They've been popping up on my social media a lot lately and thought I'd give them a go. Less than £20.00 for 20 craft beers + 2 half pint glasses seemed like a good deal (i've only seen this offer when you navigate...

I've possibly had a disaster. I was bottling a marmalade IPA and asked SWMBO to wash my bottles while I walked the dog. Got back and she said it was all done, scrubbed and sanitised. Once most of them had been bottled it was revealed that he hadn't rinsed the bottles after being sanitised...

When I brew in demijohns, if I'm adding a dry hop I suspend a muslin bag from the Airlock. It makes it easier to remove the hop debris at the end. I've done this a few times with no issue. With my most recent brews though i've noticed that there is what looks like mould growing on the bag. This...

I'm trying to ease my way into AG brewing and have been toying with getting a bunch of Lager Malt in and doing a quick Lager Smash. It'd be 5 Litres. My original idea was to buy in some Saaz hops for this, but I have a whole heap of hops sitting in my freezer, so I might as well use some of...

I have designs on making a Marmalade IPA next weekend. I'm currently fermenting a Pink Grapefruit IPA which is due to move to a secondary fermentor next weekend. I've seen videos on Youtube where they drop the fresh Wort straight onto the slurry from a previous beer. Is their any trick to this...

Bit of weird question. I've brewed a couple of beers now, both of which have ended up with a banana bread like smell. It's not unpleasant, just unexpected. One had Roasted Pumpkin (Spiced Pumpkin Amber Ale) in, the other Toasted Coconut (Coconut Brown Ale), so I'm presuming that's what's...