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  1. steve denholm

    Constant Ruined Brews - Oxidised?

    Hi Devlin, are your brews turning reddish/brown? I had a couple of brews that I cocked up at bottling and they turned sort of reddish and the flavour changed; I cleaned up my bottling method a bit, one of the main things is using PET beer bottles and squeezing the bottle until the beer was right...
  2. steve denholm

    Fiirst recipe

    np matey, I find beersmith well worth its price, i only ever brew my own recipes now
  3. steve denholm

    Fiirst recipe

    i normally keep a pack of Magnum hops in the freezer for the 60m addition to hit my IBU target and save the expensive hops for WP and dry hop athumb..
  4. steve denholm

    Any reason why this wouldn't work?

    the Malt Miller do some great partial mash kits, I did a couple and then jumped into AG :)
  5. steve denholm

    Bottle conditioning - lots of particles in suspension

    The bits make you stronger! athumb..
  6. steve denholm

    Brewing styles for hot summer fermentation?

    I brewed a few Weisbiers last year mid heat wave, they came out nice and Banana-ey
  7. steve denholm

    Oxidisation Question

    That's a good point, I'll have a check of a glass one later thanks
  8. steve denholm

    Oxidisation Question

    Hey all, I have a quick question, I've been brewing lots of pale ales and a Kolsch, I've noticed over time that they all seem to darken from straw to a similar shade of light brown; could this be oxidisation? The taste still seems the same. If so I can only think oxidisation could occur at...
  9. steve denholm

    Using kit to make a hoegaarden???

    you could maybe mess around with one of these, changing the yeast and adding orange, chamomile and cardamon towards the end of the boil https://mangrovejacks.com/collections/craft-series-yeasts/products/belgian-wit-m21-yeast-10g https://www.brewuk.co.uk/bavarian-wiess.html I've made a...
  10. steve denholm

    Star San withdrawn from sale in EU?

    Legend Clint just ordered some athumb..
  11. steve denholm

    Drinking canned lager after drinking homebrew for months...

    Can't beat a Camden Hells from tap in the sun :beer1:
  12. steve denholm

    Citra Brew planned and looking problem solve

    I use whole leaf hops they don't block the bazooka on my kettle and actually seem to help filter some of the gunk (and they look the real deal :) )
  13. steve denholm

    Homebrew Twang??

    leaving it 2 weeks in the bottle rather than drinking after one results in much better beer I find, normally by the time I'm finishing drinking a batch it's at its best..... Also when I went AG i lost the homebrew twang but that could just be because my techniques improved (including not boiling...
  14. steve denholm

    Anyone else have issues with lactose?

    I'm making a sweet stout this weekend for the first time, you've made me nervous now ><
  15. steve denholm

    Dry yeast review...

    I've been using S-05 for my last few beers works out well but watch that Krausen Creep.... ;P
  16. steve denholm

    19L UK Pale Ale brew day

    I give the mash a quick stir every 15 mins trying to get be as quick as possible to stop to much heat loss, my biggest tip is to relax and enjoy it :)
  17. steve denholm

    Offers at Morrisons - 5l Kegs for £13/£14

    ahhh that old chestnut :(
  18. steve denholm

    Water pH level

    My beers improved when I started using AMS acid to reduce the hardeness of my water Strange Steve's post is well worth a read though: https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/beginners-guide-to-water-treatment.64822/
  19. steve denholm

    Offers at Morrisons - 5l Kegs for £13/£14

    Devil's Back Bone is decent if i remember?
  20. steve denholm

    Water pH level

    the malts them selves will reduce the PH of your water depending on you carbonate levels in you water, theres a very good post on the water yeast hops forum explaining ways to get the desired mash ph
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