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  1. Hops_and_Dreams

    OK, admit it...

    It's been nearly 4 weeks since the last brew day, I've got one pencilled in for Saturday and I can't wait! I thought that the novelty might have worn off a bit by now after 18 months or so, but I still love it and been looking forward to brew day all week. Anyone else still get this, or...
  2. Hops_and_Dreams

    FAO All Grainfather Users

    I'm toying with the idea of one of these, but I don't want to spend my money for the sake of it, because I think it may make better beer. What are the real benefits? I guess the control of mash temp, although my thermopot does a pretty good job of holding a steady temp. Main ball aches...
  3. Hops_and_Dreams

    Hop Stand Times

    I've been wondering if it might be worth leaving my flame out hops in for 60min before cooling, to see if this makes a difference to the hoppyness. At the moment I do 20-30mins, depending on how impatient I'm feeling. What do you guys do? Anyone done a side by side comparison? I know...
  4. Hops_and_Dreams

    Liquid Yeast

    Next up for me to experiment with will be liquid yeast. Whilst I'll look forward to the benefits on using it in English type ales, I just wondered if there was any real gains on using equivalent liquid yeast in neutral hoppy US beers over say US-05?
  5. Hops_and_Dreams

    India Stout

    Felt the urge to re-stock tonight, whilst drinking one of my last few Black IPAs. I fancied making another, but they didn't have any Carafa III. I had a pint of Beavertown Holy Cowbell India Stout a few weeks back, so I thought I'd buy the necessary to make a hoppy American Stout instead...
  6. Hops_and_Dreams

    (Not really a) Hoppy Lager

    Want to give the new Cool Brewing bag a test run and as it's still relatively cool, thought I'd try a pretend hoppy lager. This is on a whim, based on things I already have and would welcome some advice/opinions as I've not attempted this style before. NZ Lager OG 1047 FG 1007 IBU 30...
  7. Hops_and_Dreams

    Bulldog Malt Mill

    Just ordered one of these - it's my birthday in a couple of weeks and present ideas normally revolve around beer making these days. SWMBO doesn't even question seemingly dull presents anymore. Anyone got one? I like the idea of having freshly crushed grain on brewday, as I often have bags of...
  8. Hops_and_Dreams

    Mauribrew 514

    I like this yeast and it's good for summer brewing, so I'd like to stock up soon. I last bought three packs from The Home Brew Shop and two brews got stuck and one finished high, so I don't really want to buy from them again as it must have been mishandled (I keep it in the fridge) and they...
  9. Hops_and_Dreams

    Musty Mini Kegs

    Being the tight **** I am, I've got a couple of mini kegs I'd like to save from the bin if possible. My dad gave me a couple of empties that he'd had some Fuller's in. They were rinsed out, but the bungs had been thrown away. I put them in a sealed plastic box in the shed to keep anything...
  10. Hops_and_Dreams

    FAO You Fancy London Types

    Evening Folks, The good lady and I are off to London on Sunday for a few days and doing the whole tourist thing. We don't have any plans for the evenings as yet. Just wondering if anyone could recommend any good pubs in the Covent Garden area please (I'm sure there's loads!)? I've been...
  11. Hops_and_Dreams

    Hops_and_Dreams Brewday

    Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and just have the one thread for all my brews - it seems to make sense! I've had some Vienna (crushed) kicking about for ages, so long in fact that I thought about chucking it, but decided to go ahead and use it anyway. As it's about four months old, I'm sure...
  12. Hops_and_Dreams

    AG#2 - Slovenian IPA

    First of all, thanks again to Manse Masher and Geterbrewed for the recent hops competition. I've decided to split the hops into two batches. The first is an IPA, which I want dry and crisp and will use the citrus/floral hops. I decided to readjust my efficiency in the recipe calculator to 60%...
  13. Hops_and_Dreams

    Storing Grain

    My beer shed will be assembled tomorrow. Unfortunately it is not an exciting man cave come brew pub, but in fact a 5' x 3' hut to store my equipment in and avoid further earache. Just wanted to double check that I'll be ok to store grain in there too? I've bought some plastic storage boxes...
  14. Hops_and_Dreams

    AG#1 (Hopefully!) - Best Bitter

    After the balls up of the last attempt, it was now time for another go at an all grain brew. After getting a fair bit of earache for keeping brewing gear and beer in the spare room, I finally ordered another shed to keep it all in. As a reward for myself, I also ordered a thermo pot from...
  15. Hops_and_Dreams

    Fitting a 2nd Element

    Morning All, I have a 2nd 2.4kW element, which is currently sitting in a cupboard doing nothing. I am thinking of fitting it to my 50ltr stainless boiler as a way of speeding up the heating time and also I didn't think the boil of 30ltr was 'vigorous' with the one on it's own. Before I...
  16. Hops_and_Dreams

    Vienna Base Malt

    I'd like to try a SMaSH using Vienna as a base malt. Could anyone recommend a hop that would work well with it please? I have Amarillo or Cascade in mind, but open to suggestions. Thanks.
  17. Hops_and_Dreams

    Easy Drinking Bitter

    Afternoon Folks, I would like to make an easy drinking bitter using up various things I have in stock/left over. It would be nice to have something other than the hop forward beers I have been making, plus I keep telling the father in law that I'll make some beer he likes as he doesn't like...
  18. Hops_and_Dreams

    Commercial Stout

    Can anyone recommend some nice sweetish stouts (not Guinness) that are available in the likes of Tesco etc please? I tried St Peters Cream Stout last week, which was nice, but a little strong. I really must get around to making a small batch of oatmeal stout.
  19. Hops_and_Dreams

    First AG (Not Quite!)

    Well, I had everything in place to go for my first AG today, but it didn't quite go to plan. I heated my 20ltr of strike water to 75c and added the grain to the pot. I thought it went down to 65c, which was about right, but I guess I should have let it settle and recheck it a few mins later...
  20. Hops_and_Dreams

    First Gold Pale Ale

    In what should be my last partial mash, before moving to AG, I decided to use up my last kilo of extract and do a simple low strength single hopped pale ale. I bought some First Gold on a whim earlier in the month because I liked the description and thought it would go well in a pale ale. I also...
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