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Hi all, A good brewday, hit volumes and a a good OG. Only problem was I had a leak in my FV by the tap so had to quickly improvise and move the wort to another FV. Lost about half a litre so not too bad.. Brewing this for The Spring Thing competition. Hopefully it'll turn out well :) Here's...

Hi all, Got the following in the FV crash cooling for a few days... its been niggling at my mind for the past 2 days. Should I dry hop this? AG#13 Drago Recipe specifics: Style: American Pale Ale Batch size: 23.0 l Boil volume: 27.0 l OG: 1.054 FG: 1.014 Bitterness (IBU): 45.6...

If so, what are your favourite recipes? I just enjoyed a beef and ale casserole made with my (alemans) oatmeal stout. Bloody lovely!

Morning all, Currently I heat my strike water up to temp (calculated by some online software on brewers friend I think) then add to my preheated mash tun. I add the grain in a couple of stages and stir thoroughly for 30 seconds each time. But at the minute I'm struggling to get the temperature...

Evening all, Doing some research tonight on american brewing forums and came across a few asking if they could brew their pale ales with marris otter... A lot of them are saying it adds more of a biscuit bready flavour which makes sense... but the question is, should we be ideally using...

AG#16 Adrian's Lemons Recipe specifics: Style: American Pale Ale Batch size: 23.0 l Boil volume: 27.0 l OG: 1.053 FG: 1.013 Bitterness (IBU): 39.2 Color (SRM): 10.7 ABV: 5.3% Grain/Sugars: 4.00 kg Maris Otter Malt, 74.8% 0.70 kg Munich (German), 13.1% 0.35 kg Crystal 70-80L (British), 6.5%...

Hi all, Just ordered myself some Irish Ale Yeast WLP004, apparently its quite common knowledge its the Guinness strain and its meant to be very versatile which is what I'm after. Anyone with any experience with it?

Hi all, Bought myself 4 litres of pressed cloudy apple juice from asda for £4 today.. Added a cup of black tea and fermenting with safale 04 as weeks speak. My previous turbos I have stopped fermenting at about 1.016 , kegged and they are drinkable and very quaffable immediately... This...

Hi all, Brewed a first gold session ale a little while back and kegged it in a corny keg , and bottled 2 pints worth. Been in the keg 2 weeks and drew off a sample.... yak. Metallic, sharp, almost vegetable taste? Hard to explain. Just tried one of the bottles from the same batch and wow...

How to add permanent volume markings to a kettle. http://m.imgur.com/a/dCvS5 Thought this was a genius idea...

http://www.danstaryeast.com/products/br ... beer-yeast Anyone tried this yeast? Any opinions? I'm going to use it on my next brew, an American IPA

Hi all, thought I'd start a new thread rather then keep hijacking the other one :whistle: I've been worrying about steeping hops after flameout, planning on doing it for 20-30 mins. I didn't want my IBUs sky rocketing, which I've read they may or may not do, by leaving the wort at 80c for...

Have a lot of bottles to clean that I aquired from pittsy. I usually use oxy for stubborn stains, but isn't this essentially just washing powder? Can I use it instead?

AG#13 Drago Recipe specifics: Style: American IPA Batch size: 23.0 l Boil volume: 27.0 l OG: 1.059 FG: 1.015 Bitterness (IBU): 48.1 Color (SRM): 12.9 ABV: 5.8% Grain/Sugars: 5.00 kg Maris Otter Malt, 87.3% 0.40 kg Munich (US), 7.0% 0.30 kg Crystal 70-80L (British), 5.2% 0.03 kg Roasted...

Hi all, Just finished an Irish red ale today, all went very well, hitting both volume and gravity... but, it doesn't seem very... Red. Will this develop later on? Or am I being picky? Here is an album of the photos: http://imgur.com/a/gUZao And here is the recipe... AG#12 The Celtic...

I'm at a crossroads whereby I'll be kegging a first gold session ale in a week or two. I plan on dry hopping. But should I do this in the FV or in the corny? What are the advantages and disadvantages of both? If going down the corny route, what is the best approach? Muslin or in on their own?

AG#11 First Things First Recipe specifics: Style: Standard/Ordinary Bitter Batch size: 23.0 l Boil volume: 27.0 l OG: 1.042 FG: 1.010 Bitterness (IBU): 28.8 Color (SRM): 5.9 ABV: 4.1% Grain/Sugars: 3.40 kg Maris Otter Malt, 87.2% 0.20 kg Barley, Flaked, 5.1% 0.20 kg Munich (German), 5.1%...

Hi all, Doing a first gold session ale today. Aiming for a gravity of 1.036/1.038. Was going to use S04 but I have windsor in stock too. Question is, I want it to finish above 1.010, preferably 1.012. Should I mash at 68c or use Windsor and mash at 66c? Or should I do both?

Hi all, I'm brewing a session beer tomorrow to go in my corny. I usually brew at 2 weeks fermenting then cool at 8c for a week to clear the beer. Is it worth it when kegging? Shall I just put in the keg at 8c carbonate and let it crash cool that way? Effectively eliminating an extra week in...

A friend is drinking this beer a lot and I wondered if anyone would know, or have a guess at, what hops and grain are being used?