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Doing Wheeler's ESB recipe today, with malt and hip bill courtesy of Malt Miller. We have a new toy... a stainless double walled temp-controlled boiler by Klarstein. It has a false bottom so we're using it as a mash tun today. Heated the liquor up to 75 Deg strike temp in the Klarstein...

I can't believe its been 10 months since I last brewed, but I guess I've been enjoying my stockpile :drink: :razz: I did #9, a big tripel, which has matured quite nicely, and the tenth was an undocumented small beer brewed on the trub of that, which I prefer right now. For this beer I...

I wanted to try something inspired by the Belgian Tripels we know and love. So, after playing around with a recipe a little bit here, I brewed up yesterday. A few small changes to what I'd discussed - when I added 200g torrefied wheat I forgot to remove the equivalent MO, so slightly bigger...

This is the second time we've done this (last year's thread is here). This year - more apples, more friends, more juice and... ....cider from last year to drink! :cheers: Also, pulled pork in the smoker and lots of slaw to keep us going! Some more details here on my blog.

Hello. I used to live in belgium and loved practically every beer I drank there. SWMBO likes them too, especially Tripel Karmeliet, her fave 8-) So its about time I brewed an homage. I'm not a slave to style but I do want something good! I have lots of MO lying around, no pilsner, some...

Just got this on, since there is so much rosemary in the garden! Bit of an experiement. Recipe Name: Rosemary Ale Brew Length: 23 L Efficiency: 75.0 % Mash Minutes: 90 Minutes Mash Temperature: 65.0 °C Boil Minutes: 90 Minutes Yeast: Danstar Nottingham - (Nottingham) Fermentables...

I got a gallon of this on a few weeks back. Recipe credit to Andy Hamilton in Booze for Free - very good book. I went for Gervin Varietal D German White Wine Yeast - should be interesting. More pics and explanation on the blog but its looking good so far.

Right, me best man is staying this weekend and he's been reading Palmer and browsing wilko... the slippery slope has begun. The OHs are looking after the kids and we've been given a green card to brew. So we've come up with this. Boil's on :thumb: Recipe Name: O-brew Style: English...

This is a second attempt at an ordinary bitter, my first being the virgin attempt at AG. Two things I'm doing differently: 1) Cooling the wort overnight in the garage (4C ambient). Edit: I scrapped this idea. What was putting me off was lugging the Burco full of hot wort outside trough a...

Just done this recipe I've been tinkering with, it will be my first stout. :thumb: Yesterday morning - made Windsor yeast starter from 1pt water boiled with 3tsp spraymalt and left to cool. Glass bottle and cotton plug. Today 1220 Burco boiler filled to MAX line (27L according to some...

Hello, I am planning an oatmeal stout as my 4th AG. I like Sam Smith's oatmeal and I've seen Vossy's recipe - but I don't have any chocolate malt. Also I'd like to use Bramling Cross hops. So how about this recipe: 23L brew length Pale Malt - Maris Otter 4177g Caramel/Crystal Malt...

First time cider making! :party: What a great day, genuinely warm sun, friends and beers. 75 litres from 145 kg apples, using a domestic juicer! Starting gravity 1050 so mostly will leave unsweetened but might "turbo" a few DJs when I rack, with some extra sugar. 2/3rds is sulphited...

Hello! Got all our foraged berries together and did a brew on Sunday. I've written it all up on my blog so if you'll forgive a link you can read all about it here

Right, I'm hooked on home brewing. Needed to brew something sharpish as my first AG is being rapidly depleted and the second is still in the primary. So, a light golden ale would be just the job: For 25L brew length: 4500g Maris Otter 60 minute boil 30g Northern Brewer @ 60 mins 15g EKG @ 15...

Hello there. After the smashing success of my first attempt at brewing beer, I want to do more! :thumb: I fancy something with a bit more complexity, alcohol and gravity than the first beer, and I have been inspired by Rich and Dave's Old Speckled Hen Challenge thread. I have always liked a...

Hello and thanks for the warm welcome to the forum already. As I mentioned in my intro post I have recently acquired the rudiments of a 5 gallon, 3 vessel rig and wish to try my hand at AG brewing. As of yet I don't know my efficiency from my IBU but I've read widely on the basics (including...

Hello there, I'm Olly. :cheers: I am an engineer, keen ale drinker, (very)smallholder, gardener and cook, chronic tinkerer, and contemplating my first go at brewing. It is in my nature to try to deconstruct and meddle with everything, and therefore all grain is the only possible route. :D...