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Thanks Ade, I’ll look out for that one, got to be worth trying.

I’m a kit-only brewer, I’ve enjoyed plenty of 5/6%+ brews such as MJ’s Red IPA and Youngs American IPA (delicious!); but really I’d prefer to have something with a fabulous bitter and hoppy flavour but below 4% ABV, like Dark Star’s Hophead which at 3.8% is a perfect pint for my taste. Are...

I am very surprised at that reading too, and there is certainly a possibility that I mis-read it or mis-wrote it. I tasted strong in sampling for sure.

Just bottled this one, it was my first brew in a new Grainfather fermenter and first attempt at cold crashing - Started: 21st April, OG: 1.067 (seems too high, did I write that down wrong?) 29 April - 1.007/8 - Hops in, bubbling restarts 1 May : 1.007. Start cold crash, down to 6.5-7c 3 May ...

Welcome @abeamer to your new hobby and this enormously helpful forum, and from another south coast brewer athumb... No question is a too simple so please ask anything you need to know.

Thank you An Ankou for the really helpful advice. In this instance I left everything in the first vessel, VERY gently stirred in the DME solution and bottled. Finger crossed my stirring was sufficient. I have been reluctant to siphon into a second fermenter in the past because of the risk of...

Hi An Ankou, as a newby I’m not entirely sure what ‘racking off the yeast cake’ means. If it helps: I just opened the lid of the fermenter and gently poured the DME solution in, VERY gently stirred and left it 5-10 mins and bottled from a tap on the fermenter.

Newby question – if you’re batch priming before bottling, do you use the full amount of sugar / spraymalt in the batch ? I just batch primed and bottled yesterday: instructions said “1tsp of DME per pint bottle“, I had 40 pints, I carefully measured that 1tsp of DME = 4g, so pre-dissolved 160g...

Good to hear, my Courage Directors is just about to be bottled this afternoon, and then MJ's Red IPA is next in the fermenter, it was a bit of a gamble purchase for me so I'm pleased to hear someone is enjoying it.

I'm finding this really helpful knowledge. How long do you leave it in the second fermenter before bottling?, and is there any need to take gravity readings during this batch prime? Also...can I use spraymalt instead of bottling sugar? - if so 100% spraymalt or a mix of spraymalt and...

Fabulous!, I'm in.

How did it turn out? I’m also tempted for the same nostalgic reasons.

Do you find that it is hard to get rid of the aroma of the previous beer?, I've tried washing with hot water and Fairy, plus a couple of hot rinses and the smell stays. What do you do to remove the smell? - I don't want it to influence the next brew - I have the same challenge with the...

I collected a load of St Austell bottles over Christmas (I have a weakness for Proper Job!), but I could not get the label glue off the bottle, I tried a soaking, using a label removing chemical, and even tried baking them. How have you managed to clean them off?