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Drinking the last of an IPA I made to propogate yeast for an American Style Barleywine. The IPA was 5kg of Golden Promise, 500g of Biscuit Malt, Vic Secret Hops for bittering and flavour, and Idaho-7 hops for flavour and aroma. Used US-05 yeast at 18C. Packaged about 24 litres at 4.6% ABV...

I'm drinking my Mystery Hop Ale. Bought a new house about a year ago and the lady who was in it before planted some hops in the garden. I have no idea what kind they are. First I made a Green Hop with the hops I harvested, which tasted good - bittered with packaged hops, and mystery hops for...

Drinking a HB Blackberry Wheat Ale. 3kg Lager Malt, 2kg Wheat Malt, 20g of Pilgrim, and Wyeast 1010 American Wheat yeast. Used 1.2kg of blackberries picked by myself and my daughter from the brambles in August and used them in secondary. Packaged about 23 litres at 5.4% ABV. Tastes good...

Celebrating Bonfire Night by drinking my HB Eisbock bottled in March 2022. Simple ingredients, but the most technically challenging beer I've ever made. The grist was 1/3 Bohemian Pilsner, 1/3 Munich Type 1, and 1/3 Vienna. I made a doppelbock, froze it, removed the ice, and bottled with...

Drinking (or trying to drink) the remainder of my Green Hop Ale I made from the hops I thought were growing over the garden fence from the neighbour, but were mine. Glad it finally cleared-up and while not incredible, it's competent. Still don't have a clue what kind of hops they are. Have a...

Thought I'd give Kveik yeast a try today for the first time, so I made a Galaxy IPA using Voss. 7kg Golden Promise 0.5kg Crystal 100g Galaxy 23 litres to the FV at 1.072 OG. Using a heat pad with my Inkbird for the first time and have it set on 35C.

Thank you @MashBag @Clarence and @Northern_Brewer for the input. It was extremely useful. I was on the fence (pun intended) regarding using the hops as bittering in addtion to a late addition. However, I think I have some Fuggles, East Kent Goldings, and Pilgrim on hand which I could use...

Hi all, Has anyone had any experience brewing a green hop beer with ornamental hops? I was planning on brewing an IPA in the next few weeks, but then I was out back in the garden and noticed the hop vine from the neighbours growing into my garden with some very tasty looking hops. My wife...

Just popped-open the first bottle of a Wee Heavy I made last month. Tastes nice now, but am planning on aging most of the bottles until late autumn. I used Golden Promise for the base malt and a bit of Roasted Barley. 8.5% ABV and mashed on the high-side with a FG of 1.025

From the wine kits I've done it sounds like the yeast have finished with the sugar. With a gavity of 0.992, the bubbling is likely de-gassing. The only way to be sure the gravity is stable is to take another gravity measurment a few days after. Using the gravities you listed, you should be...

Finally brewed something today. Brewed a Marzen that will hopefully be ready in a couple months. 3kg Vienna 3kg Munich 50g Tettnang OG 1.057 24 litres to the FV. 81% Brewhouse efficiency. Used Saflager S-23.

I've been super busy and my brewing has slowed down, so I made some Mead since it's easy. I started it fermenting on 18 May, and bottled it today (7 August). I tried to make this batch as cheap as possible and flavoured it as cheap as possible. It's actually not bad, albeit on the sweet...

I binned the 40-pages or so of legal documents I received as I was considered a creditor due to a partial fulfilled order. It wouldn't surprise me if Young's was a creditor of Brew UK and settled by getting their branding - I'd look it up in the documents, but they are in recycling heaven. As...

Use the melanoidin malt. Waste not, want not.

I made Mead today. This is the fourth time and the other batches turned-out well, so I'm trying an experiment. I bought the cheapest honey possible. 75p for 340g at Tesco. Bought 12. Made in China, so you know it's quality stuff and the bees were well treated. Was going to make 10 litres...

Just got the "Notice of proposed creditors voluntary liquidation" for Brew UK in the post. Turns out, since they owe me a 1 kg bag of malt, I'm a creditor. Considering the lawyers are taking the time and trouble to follow-up on such small amounts, I'm guessing they're not being paid with...

Brewed a Dark Mild with some leftovers as I had to adjust my recipe since Brew UK still owes me 1kg of Mild Malt. Mashed at 68°C for 50 minutes. 3.0 kg Warminster Mild Malt 0.5 kg Warminster Crystal Malt 0.4 kg Crisp Best Ale Malt 0.2 kg Crisp Dextrin Malt 0.2 kg Warminster Chocolate 50g of...

I almost want to make a sign of the cross when someone says "Greg Hughes Recipe" these days even though he's alive and well. Miss the brew shop when he was running it.

HB Bramling Cross English IPA. Second brew at my new house.

I do fine with a 56 litre kettle making anywhere from 18 to 26 litres of wort per BIAB brew. If I'm making a really big beer, the kettle is nearly filled to the rim.