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I'm thinking of brewing a gallon of barley wine (parti-gyling it from a larger batch). I brew all-grain and was considering using the first runnings for the wort. I'm looking for a rich mahogany beer very much malt forward. I can more or less judge the plato of the first runnings from the split...

Hi, can anyone help, please? I have a 1.5Kg tin/kit of Young's Barley Wine that I picked up cheap from my local home-brew shoppe, I can't find a manufacture date on the tin, but the "Use by ..." is September this year (2019). I already chucked the little packet of yeast 'cos I'd think it will be...

Hi folks, I've not been on the forum lately, but I have a recurring problem and not sure what to do so I decided to run this past you experts and see what you think. I've hunted around on the forum and most problems posted stem from over-high FG, My problem is quite the reverse all my brews...

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but if an admin wants to move it along, then that's fine. My question relates to the differences between different coloured brews and how they retain the head. I find that darker brews, like brown ales have very little head, just a few fizzy...

Hi folks, I've done several brews with all grain starting out with the basic recipe on here. I have made some lovely stuff, but I have a question about my latest batch which seems 'Odd'. I decided to do a brew with GP and a little light crystal to make a lightly coloured English Bitter and to do...

Hi folks, I hope my brewing terms are about right, and wondered if someone could point me in the right direction here, please? I am doing my Christmas stuff today, a brown ale and a golden ale. I batch brew, so I have a mash tun (30l plastic jobby) and a second plastic jobby to catch the (batch)...

Hi folks, This years seems to be a bumper for sloes and I'm planning on a foray in the next couple of days. I've been hunting around trying to find an old Cornish recipe for sloe wine; I heard this on a radio show many years ago, but can't remember the details. I make sloe gin/vodka sometimes...

I have been following the recipe by Clibit elsewhere on this forum and I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer for. I have had a couple of go's at this and the result is just so different to the kit beer that I have decided to go down the AG route now. After boiling the wort for...

Hi folks, Yesterday was my first go at an all grain brew. I followed the simple recipe I found on here for a SMaSH brew, but doubled the recipe for 10L. Everything went fine until I got right to the end and wondered if anyone can shed a bit of light on this and suggest my next step. I'll explain...

Hi Folks, I'm brewing a "Coopers - Real Ale" and it is now in the barrel. A quick taste as it went in suggested it was quite hoppy and rather bitter and a little on the watery side, perhaps lacking body. I followed the recipe on the Coopers site and did as they suggested with 1Kg enhancer. OG...

Hi folks, I have been reading a lot about AG brewing, I have a couple of questions that I can't seem to find threads for on any of the popular fora and you folks seem to be the most competent brewers around on this forum, so here goes. Has anyone on here tried, or regularly use open fermenters...

Hi everyone, JB here, a retiring truck driver from Lincoln (UK). Complete newbie to brewing, but loads of enthusiasm to drink beer. Anyway, I had some old brewing stuff kicking about in the shed, an FV and a pressure barrel (mis-spent youth experimenting with lager); and a coil of copper pipe...