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I’m always experimenting with my brews. A little tweak here a little tweak there. A new bit of equipment. A new recipe. Sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn’t. I think it’s all about learning and as long as you take something away from it then it’s all positive too. Moving from the UK...

Tomorrow I'll be brewing another Bathams Best ready for Christmas. This recipe has worked well each time I've brewed it and this time I'm going to tinker with adding some Torrefied Wheat to see if helps keep the head all the way down. Pale Malt 5700 grams Torrefied Wheat 400 grams FuggleWhole...

Just thought I would quickly share a recent experience. I brew and cask in 4.5gal Pins. Recently I thought of making a slightly stronger Ale and have a go at bottling. I looked through recipes and decided on Hop Back Summer Lightening. Despite the name this is a nice year round beer. As...

Hi, I'm looking through GW British Real Ale book for an AG recipe for a beer around 5% that I can bottle. Most of the ones I am favouring say to add White Sugar. I've not used sugar in a brew before and take it that it is added during the boil? I would appreciate some advice on when to add it...

Well, after the last couple of failed brews I'm going back to what worked well. Tomorrow I'm brewing the Timothy Taylor landlord recipe from GW's book. This was my first AG attempt in March this year. The result that time was very good although it wasn't as clear as I would have liked. With a...

Having had successful beers when I started AG brewing in March, I recently decided to up the ratios and brew 27Ltr instead of 23Ltr which will result in me being able to completely fill my 4.5 Gal PIN after allowing for evaporation, sediment waste etc. Since moving to 27Ltr I am having problems...

I'm having a go at Cotleigh Barn Owl tomorrow. Mental note to myself to run the recipe through the beer engine software first this time! I have a new 50L boiler and last time, half way through, decided that I could produce more wort now that I had a bigger boiler. If I had of thought of it a...

For the first time I have an issue with fermentation that I would appreciate some input on. From an AG recipe I had an OG of 1037. I was expecting it to finish around 1011 but after a week (my usual time with SO4 yeast) it was at 1018. It hasn't dropped anymore for the last 3 days. Temperature...

Last month I brewed a Summer Ale from Greg Hughes's book. Its the first time I've used a recipe from this book so the result is something I'm looking forward to. I shall be tapping my cask on Thursday ready for (what I hope will be) a merry weekend :) I'm toying with bottling about 12...

Hi, I'm a keen amateur home brewer who brews using All Grain method. It might seem like a lot of hassle but I think its worth it and to be honest I enjoy the whole process. I am brewing from recipes at the moment and once I'm comfortable I will start trying a few of my own ideas out. I cask...