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@ MyQul With respect, I quote someone who knows more than I "Yeast is one of the most important components of a beer recipe. If you think about it, you do not make beer, you simply provide a friendly environment for yeast to make the beer for you. Different strains of yeast have evolved...

@ Proost Belgian yeasts give flavors of "esters and phenolics" like banana and spicy notes which you wouldn't find in an English Porter. Safale US-05 is an ale yeast and a very clean tasting one at that, leaving the malt and hops to lead the way. I have US-05 in stock but I could have...

Started this yesterday though with some major changes! Instead of sugar I added a second tin/kit (I'm in France and the Brewferm stuff is a little cheaper here, so 2 kits were like a 2 tin kit if purchased in the UK). So, to start, I boiled 21g of E K Golding hop pellets (in a bag) for 1 hour in...

After fermenting for 2 weeks I was still getting bubbles a couple of times a minute! Gravity was 1,013. The temp had cooled a little & was falling below 18°C so moved it to a warmer place (20°C) and it went crazy again for 24 hours (ok, glugging 4 times a minute) and gravity dropped to 1,010...

Wow :p, this is getting tasty! Treated myself to another QC sample and it's great! Only the slightest hint on the nose that it's a homebrew. Head lacing and carbonation is great but just a little thin in the mouth but as Sloth says, this should improve :drink:. I'm so looking forward to getting...

Sounds like you hit the ground running especially with the complex second brew! I'm only on my 3rd kit and I've had a couple of plays with dry hopping and adding hops, coffee and Kahlua to a stout (tasted great after 2 weeks in the bottle and overnight in the fridge). Good luck with it and keep...

Bottles have been kept warmish for 2 weeks and I chilled one overnight Friday and tried it Saturday. Awesome!!! Perfect carbonation, great head which lasted to bottom of glass and left nice lacing. Great coffee aroma and flavour. Slight home-brew smell but I'm sure this will disappear with time...

I agree with Clibit. I was in a craft beer bar in Paris last night (La Fine Mousse) and had coincidentally, BrewDog U-Boat at 5.50€ per 25 cl which equals 12.50€ a pint or around £9.90 a pint. It costs more than double to make a 9° beer than it does a 4.5° beer so pay up!!! Your taste...

This will be my next brew (No 4) and as I'm kind of accustomed to stronger beers now living in France (the choice is fizzy lagers at 5° or more or Belgian beer or more usually, exotic craft beer in the emerging scene here in Paris) I'll be adding some yeast food (DME/golden syrup and/or honey)...

Bottled this on the 08/11/14 and 1st quality check on the 21/11/14 was good but with a very slightly odd flavour to it. 2nd QC check on 28/11/14 was improved and better balanced. Still nice and hoppy. Carbonation is good and the head was great leaving lacing down to the bottom of the glass...

Fermented for 2 weeks then dry hopped with 50g of East Kent Goldings for a week (though the bag for the hops was a little too small so not very efficient), I do like my stouts a little bitter though :twisted: Came out just over 5% ABV. Bottled on the 28/11/14 with,,,,, 90g sugar, 25cl of Kahlua...

Started this kit off last night 29/11/14 with the usual catalogue of minor disasters :doh: when will this get easier?? Brewed short to 20L and added 450g of golden syrup, 500g of honey and 30g of East Kent Golding pellets in a bag (can't resist experimenting), this gave me an OG of 1.060 whch...

So, after 2 weeks in a warm place (21*C) my Razorback is fairly clear and I've moved it into the cold (cool 14*C ish). I chilled 2 bottles over night and just opened one! Well, it's far too early to tell but seems hopeful! good hop aroma floral, citrusy, though certainly a little grassy...

My 1st brew, a Festival-Razorback IPA was bottled yesterday and I started a St P Cream Stout also. Added full amount of water when I'd intended to brew it short so added 500g of dark DME and got a OG of 1050 so not too bad. faffed around rehydrating my yeast (after a small disaster with brew...

Well, yesterday I finally bottled this after a catalogue of errors (Started 18th Oct - it was my first attempt though). Managed 28 bottles ranging from 35cl to 75cl. looks quite cloudy (another error maybe-forgot hop filter at first when syphoning to bottle bucket) but tastes like a good IPA but...

Bubbling has stopped, FG 1.010 (OG 1053) so 5+% I think. Added hops to FV today and in 5 days will bottle. Tasted the sample and while it tastes a bit homebrew-ish, it shows promise. I have a second FV on it's way to me so will be starting on my St Peters Cream Stout soon :tongue: which I may...

Hi people, My first post and my first brew. I chose this beer due to the good reviews and my fondness for IPA. I thought I'd screwed up at first. After mixing the ingredients I was at 30°C so left wort to cool covered, in an ice bath for a few hours. At 24°C I pitched the yeast. Nothing for...