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Cool, I think it's the same size as the one that just broke, so the size should be okay. Thanks for the advice!

Yeah, that's what I reckon as well. Would be pretty tough to control it to +/- 1c, but with only the low voltage heating element turned on, it might be possible. Do you have any idea how many times the heater comes on during the 60 min mash? I think I'll go ahead and get this one. Seems pretty...

Nice one, thanks for the info. Do you have any idea how close it controls the temp? If you set it for 66, the heater turns on and turns off when it hits 67?

During my last brew day, the unthinkable happened and my electric kettle I've been using for mash/boil packed in half way through :( I'm think of getting the Klarstein Fullhorn as a replacement. This one...

American hops seem to be different, I never get the grass even when I throw in ridiculous amounts. If you want a real grassy hop, you can try dry hopping with a few oz of Boadicea. Super grassy! Not totally unpleasant, just not what I'm looking for. After reading Graham Wheeler's "CAMRA's Brew...

I'll be using first gold on my next attempt at an English IPA, I'll let you know how it turns out in a few weeks!

I dunno, seems like a lot! I've no fear of dumping huge amounts of american or oz hops in, but I made an IPA using all EKG and all I got was grass. That did have 60g at 10mins, 45g at flameout and 45g dry hop tho, so I think that was overdoing it. I think I need to scale back to avoid the grass...

I usually leave them in for 5 days max. Any idea what causes the grass flavour when leaving hops in for longer? Oxidation of the hop cones, or something else? How are you replacing the hops? Are you using leaf or pellet hops?

Anyone ever used first gold for dry hopping? I've got a bunch lying around and wondering if they'd work well

Usually 3 to 5 days. I guess I'm just throwing too much in, which is why I'm getting the grass

That's great info, thanks for that. I think I'll go with 25g this time round as it's a fairly high OG brew (although I'm not sure how relevant that is for dry hopping :?:) and maybe drop it next time around if I still get grass. I love fuggles as a late kettle hop! I made a lovely bitter using...

Yeah, I've learned that you can't treat British hops the same way as their American cousins. I'm now thinking that "less is more", but still trying to figure out what that number is to allow some of the great hop flavour but avoid the grass. Seems like 25g is a good number to go with. I made a...

2 25g seems to be the magic number!

How much did you use for dry hopping your IPA? Better than EKG?

They're hard to find over here. If I want to drink them, I need to make them first lol

That could explain it. When I look back I used 45g in the last IPA I made using EKG which I guess is too much

I use Bru'n water. Seems to work pretty well https://sites.google.com/site/brunwater/ Can also use EZ water calculator http://www.ezwatercalculator.com/

I've used EKG before but still got the grassy taste, I could have added too much though. How much do you normally use? I like fuggles as a kettle hop, but haven't had great success with dry hopping with it. I hear it can be good if you leave it for a few months.

I'm making an English style IPA in a while and want to use all British hops. I'm wondering which hops people have had some success with for dry hopping? I've had a lot of grassy flavours when dry hopping with British hops before, so hoping to avoid that this time around...

Hope your coffee porter turns out well. Unfortunately I'm stuck in negotiations with the wife about finding a time when I'm "allowed" to brew. Apparently I shouldn't mess up our new kitchen.... Hopefully I'll be able to get things going soon when she's out at work and doesn't know what I'm...