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Hi guys, I’ve never brewed or even tasted mead before but I have been brewing beer for about 5 years. Have just found out my second child is on the way. With my first, I brewed an imperial stout to celebrate. This time I’d like to brew something that I could potentially age a bottle or two of to...

I’ve just set up a 2 19L corny keg set up with two taps in a fridge. I used the guide on the malt miller website, but seem to be having some issues with the gas lines. I’ve got a 2L co2 cylinder which has a regulator fixed to it. I ran a length of 3/8 line to the regulator, which I then dropped...

I'm planning on brewing my first lager in a week or so and there are a couple of issues I'm concerned about including oxidation during cold crashing and then during lagering. Currently this is my plan for fermentation and lagering: Ferment around 10°C Raise temp to 18°C for two days for Diactyl...

Hello. I just wondered if anyone had any ideas/advice/recipes on how to brew an all grain West Coast style IPA with a good amount of bitterness and hop flavor that would still taste great when not so fresh? I'm expecting my first child in April so am likely going to have to wind down on the...

I recently saved up a bit of cash to buy myself a Growler Werks Ukeg 128 from Get 'er Brewed (photo below), as sort of an intro to kegging. Anyway, after a week of waiting for the email to say it had been dispatched I called them to ask what was going on, only to be told they didn't have it in...

I brewed a Belgian Wit not the Friday just gone, but the Friday before. OG was 1.045 and I was expecting FG to be around 1.012. I am hoping for a quick turnaround (hoping to be drinking it mid-July for my birthday), so I took a gravity reading last Thursday and it was at 1.020. I took another...

I recently bought 4 pints of draught beer from a local bar, which was served in a 4 pint plastic growler. I bottle my home brew and I'm thinking about trying to condition 4 pints of my next batch in this growler. I'm thinking that there are a couple of benefits to this. It will mean I have 4...

I recently brewed a very hoppy IPA. I usually don’t mind my beers being a bit hazy so generally don’t use fining agents. I just give them a quick cold crash before bottling if required. However I decided I wanted to see how clear I could make this beer, so used Irish Moss in the last 15 mins of...

I’m looking for some advice on what a beer lover can get up to in Berlin. For Christmas, my wonderful girlfriend had booked for us to go to for the weekend in August for the Berlin Beer Festival. However they announced this weekend that it will no longer be going ahead, which I’m absolutely...

I was planning on using liquid yeast for the first time this weekend. I ordered a custom ingredient kit from 'Get 'er Brewed' including a pack of Wyeast Belgian Witbier 3944. Stupidly I didn't pay for next day delivery and the courier ignored my request to leave the parcel outside, so it was...

I’m currently planning my second BIAB brew. I’m planning on following a recipe for a Chocolate Porter. The recipe has a target OG of 1.044 and ABV of 4.23%. I’d quite like to increase the ABV a bit, but I’ve already purchased the correct amounts for the grain bill (the recipe is for BIAB so I'm...

I brewed my first BIAB batch at the weekend and I'm not too sure how it went and have a few questions. I bought a Brooklyn Brew Shop recipe kit to make an Elvis Juice (BrewDog) clone. The instructions were for full all grain brewing so I tried to adapt the process to brew in a bag. I added in a...

After thinking about it for a couple of months I finally have some spare cash to buy some equipment to start brewing with! I'm looking to jump straight into all-grain brewing and am looking for some advice. I planning on getting the Brooklyn Brew Shop BrewDog Elvis Juice kit...

Hello all! I am pretty new to brewing. I made a couple of kits a couple of years ago, but found it rather un-inspiring as I didn't feel like I had much control over it. Anyway, I've been thinking of giving it another go and prehaps trying extract/all grain brewing? I probably wont be able to...