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I've acquired a great book in pdf format called "Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing" which in my early stages of reading it - I can highly recommend. I'm only about 30 or so pages in and the section on Beers history is fascinating. It explains that originally Ale was brewed in...

Yup - that's me. Good find. Malt Miller is great for this - as you can design and order the exact ingredient amounts you need. If you decide to go ahead with it, let me know what happens I'll be interested to know what you think.

I designed and made "Bad Bird IPA" - which I'm currently drinking. Link to my post and recipe here: http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=65862 It turned out excellent! Massive amount of tropical citrus zing and slicing flavours on the tongue.

+1 for the Gelatin I buy a pack of Gelatin sheets from the baking bit in the supermarket. One sheet does me for a 5 gallon brew.

cheers everyone, i think this post does exactly what I thought it would..... everyone agrees that brewing all grain from fresh ingredients produces way better beer than from a kit. who'd a thunk it!........ pretty obvious really :doh:

I've brewed All Grain beer for over a year now and I've done about 16 batches (never brewed a kit) . It became apparent very quickly that I preferred the heavily hopped American styled IPA's and thats what I like brewing and drinking the most. Being a man who's always looking to make my life...

This is the exact method I use - I use word or Powerpoint to design the label. Print it, cut it and stick it on with milk.

I'm in Grappenhall, Warrington ! cheers :)

I'm in Grappenhall, Warrington ! cheers :)

In theory boiling for a good 60 mins is supposed to remove dimethyl sulfide which can add an off corn type flavour to the beer. Also as you have already pointed out - you need less hops to achieve higher IBU's as your boiling for longer - however if you do boil longer then you'll loose more...

I brewed up a single Hop Mandarina Bavaria a couple of months ago - (called it Tangerine Skidmark) I logged the process of the brew here if it helps: http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=64430 It was the all grain kit from getterbrewed and came out pretty dark and I have no idea...

I use Gelatine sheets - from the baking aisle in the supermarket. doctor oetker i think the brand is, but i guess it won't make too much difference. I use a single sheet for a 5 gallon batch. - a "splash" of water in a saucepan, and then drop the sheet in. - let it soak for a couple of mins...

After its finished fermenting - dissolve gelatin in warm water and add it to the FV and cold crash it. I'm pretty sure this will cause all sorts of stuff to drop out of the beer and clear it up.

well...... its all bottled and conditioning away. Just have to wait 2 weeks for the magic to create bubbles. I had a taster whilst bottling and it blummin lovely even at this early stage, I find the younger flavours of a beer lend themselves much better to a Hop Heavy crisp IPA style. This...

So - after wrestling a swearing with my black plastic hand clapper for the last time, I did some research and invested in this Bench Capper and I'm really glad I did. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01A2IW3N6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 It's fully metal all over and feels really sturdy and...

My local pub actually has oversized pint glasses with a line showing the liquid pint level - and an extra 3/4 inch for "head room"

I live in the north of England - Having lived in a pub that served Boddingtons Bitter from cask via hand pump with a small holed sprinkler on it - if it was ever served without a head the locals would complain. And I agree - I like a nice head on my beer. If I remember rightly The Good Beer...

I used to live in a pub and look after all the cask ale we had - the best seller by far was Boddingtons (this is going back 25 years). I would have 6 x 36 gallon casks of the stuff on stillage at different stages of being rested, tapped and vented before I would serve it - They were my babies...

I climbed a mountain and spent the day wondering around quite literally with my head in the clouds! :thumb:

Oh my God!!! Are you mad? that would be awful !! - Surely the Bombay Badboy would be the better choice :lol: