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Thanks! The Proper Job has good reviews and sounds yum. Did you add any dry hopping to those? Would you?

I am looking for recommendations for a pale ale dried extract kit (+some dry hopping). I am after something light on the AVB (3.5-4.5%) but full of flavour. I love tons of hop aroma that explode in your face even before the first sip, if you know what I mean. :-) Back in the day when pubs were...

Thanks. I assume it's finished, but don't want to risk bottle bombs (I did have bottles explode in the garage on a hot day. Not a nice thing to come to...

Thanks for the reply. The airlock is on the verge of burbling, but either not getting to actually bubbling or at least taking a long time in between. It's not stopping completely as I am used to have, and afraid of creating unwanted second fermentation or bottle bombs....

I brewed a TT Landlord imitation from an extract kit with 1469 West Yorkshire Ale liquid yeast. OG was 1.042 (exactly as the recipe said). 3.5 weeks from brew day, and I still have airlock activity. Gravity is 1.011 (recipe said it should be 1.09). 10 days ago it was also 1.011 (so stable). Is...

Wow, interesting. You do about 15 grams, while others do 80-100 grams or more. I thought more people will say around 40-50 grams, like me, but no one said that, yet. :-) Maybe I should start a poll. :-) Just to clarify, I am talking about bottles, and I prime the whole batch, not per bottle.

Could be an infection. Never thought about that, as it tastes good to me, but maybe I am just used to it. :-) This batch is nearly gone, and I have since improved my sanitation regime, so it will be interesting to see if I am getting different results in my current batches. P.S 1. It's not the...

Hi Duxuk, yes, I forgot to mention that I make sure fermentation is over and I have no residual sugar. I always leave it for at least two weeks, make sure there is no activity and record FG with a hydrometer. I take it from your reply that you would use more priming sugar than me. May I ask what...

Thanks Clint. I am familiar with the calculator, but as it gives a rage (for example, British ales is 1.5-2.0 volumes), recommended amount varies a lot (20 litres at 1.5 is 56 grams, but at 2 it's 100 grams). This is why I am curious to know what other home brewers find a good amount of carbonation.

Very interesting. So you over carbonate just to be able to get rid of carbonation when you pour? Any idea why that would be better than starting off with less carbonation? I also find that I have too much head even with low amounts of priming sugar (50-55 grams per 40 pints). No matter how slow...

I am wondering what is your ultimate amount of priming sugar for a~40 pint batch of ale? Aiming for pub-like carbonation, I started by following instructions and adding 70-85 grams of corn sugar, but found this is too much for my taste. I therefore kept reducing, until I got to about 45 grams...