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I made this recently and turned out really nice. I wanted to experiment with the new Muntons Craft Your Own extracts so planned this as a US style pale ale. It turned out a lttle darker than expected so ended up more of an amber ale, but nonetheless it was delicious and I will definitely brew it...

I've trawled the internet and have emailed Muntons directly to no avail as I'm trying to work out how much bitterness will be added to my brew if I use solely Hopped LDME (got it cheap as it's near it's BBD). It says on the 500g pack that it has 30-42 EBUs, so am I to conclude therefore that it...

When formulating a recipe using brewing software, I can calculate the IBUs provided by the hops added at the hop-stand stage. As an example, a 20 min hop-stand at ~79 degrees using hops of 11.6% will add 12.5 IBUs to my brew. My questions is this; do I also need to consider the extra IBUs from...

I have a Coopers Crown Lager kit, which I intend to brew with Crossmyloof Hell yeast (double pitch as recommended). As I'm going on holiday for 2 weeks I'm planning on getting it going a week before I go and fermenting at 12 degrees for 3 weeks in total. The question is, will I still need to...

Some of these new extracts from Muntons look interesting, but there seems to be little or no information on how to use them. The new Muntons beer app thingy seems pretty useless to me and doesn't really make sense when trying to create recipes. I'd be interested in finding out if anyone has used...

I have recently completed my first AG brew following the instructions in the excellent post in the How-to section. I used EKG hops and it turned out fantastic. Buoyed with success, I'm about to embark on my second AG brew. I intend to use the same method and grain bill for a 10l batch and use...

Hello all, Some time ago I bought the ingredients to making some all grain beer but what with other commitments and young kids I had kittle spare time and didn't get round to it. I just found the box of stuff and most of it has a best before date of around 2012, so just wondering I should bin...

Hi Having laboriously juiced several kilos of apples last weekend I managed to get around 2 gallons of juice using my Phillips juicer. Added 2 crushed campden tabs to the juice and left for around 36 hours before pitching the yeast. However, there is now a mouldy crust on the top of the...

Thinking about adding a sparge arm/spayer to my kit before I start brewing. Has anyone tought about/already using a garden lawn sprinkler or oscilator as a sparge sprayer? Seems that they would be perfect, but haven't come across any info on using them. Something like this Sprinkler or this...

I'm going to have a stab at the Townes IPA recipe listed here http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=738. This will be my first AG brew so just want o make sure I'm getting this right... There is no mention of adding Irish Moss, which I guess is not part of the recipe, but part...

Hi All I'm about to embark on my maiden all-grain brew (hopefully this weekend if I receive all ingredients through post) and have a couple of questions. I have opted for the Townes IPA recipe which I found on here as it seems fairly straightforward with a short list of ingredients to get me...

The AG kit is coming together and am thinking about my first AG brew, with a little excitement. Sensibly, I'm going to try something fairly straight forward for 1st brew. I love the Dark Star HopHead and was wondering if this is something I can try to emulate in my first brew? Does anyone...

Anyone use a plastic dustbin for fermentation? Wilko's do an 80 litre black plastic dustbin with lid for under £9, compared to £25 for a 60l white plastic one available from homebrew shops. This is what is recommended in Dave Line's "Big Big of Brewing". Just wondering if anyone has any...

Hi New to forum and All grain brewing, but am very much looking forward to brewing some proper beer in the near future. So apologies if my questions are a bit numpty. I am currently trying to source some inexpensive kit to get me started. Someone has offered me a large aluminium cooking pot...