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Hi all, I’m planning to brew my next beer to use the elderberries and first gold hops from my garden. I’m also trying to only use what malt I have left in the house, so although it may not be a true Porter as such, I’m aiming for something in that ball park. I don’t have a lot of experience...

Hello all! I’m not panicking yet, just considering my options, but I pitched this yeast 24 hours ago and there is zero activity yet, confirmed by refractometer readings staying at OG. Has anybody else had a long lag stage when reusing this yeast? Batch was 19L of 1.052 simple pale ale at a...

Hello all! Planning on brewing something fast and refreshing and maybe something my good wife might try. I've brewed the GH recipe before and I'm tweaking it a bit based on some ideas I've read and other recipes. I normally brew 19l batches for kegging, but my plan is to get a 12l batch...

For those of you who have a temperature controlled converted fridge/freezer, what are your preferred positions for your temperature probe? I used to put the probe directly into a thermowell in the FV but I was finding sometimes I had problems with hysteresis with the delay between the...

Hello all, I was planning on brewing a more traditional English IPA tomorrow, but I have noticed I seem to have an abundance of elderflowers growing in my hedge at the bottom of the garden! That got me to thinking and I’m now considering making a refreshing pale ale, about 4.5%, MO base and...