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I know that feeling. My 360 has just been usurped by a raspberry pi.

It is good advice to try it week on week. I usually start drinking about three weeks in and I notice that it is all about the hops. The following week has the malt on the foreground and by week 6 there is a balance. From then on in there is a subtle change each week. The big thing I've...

I have made 4 all grain brews so far and I reckon I have 65% efficiency. The way I have worked it out is by making a recipe using 70% efficiency values and altering the efficiency percentage in the brewr software I use until I get an SG that matches what I had. I found that in the second brew...

I hope your dog sees many more brew days mate.

I would disregard the aroma steep and whack 40g in at five minutes. You will get the benefit of the steep as you cool the wort. It will also increase your overall IBU slightly. You could also play around with the target 40 IBU by moving some from the 90 min boil to 5 minutes. You will get more...

Quick update. I've since made the snpa clone. I've a hold of Vic's secret hops and I reckon the next one might be a smash with these based on a maris otter grainbill. It won't be a smash in the complete sense as I will use magnum to bitter to allow more flavour/aroma hops at the end of the...

Well done mate. Now the waiting game begins!!

I started with the five minute additions after reading this: http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/view ... hp?t=59148 Late Hopping Experiment (hot) I've never had any bad brews since doing it. I generally throw in 100g of a flavour hop between the 5 minute and dry hop. I may start a ten minute...

Oh and use us-05 instead of s-04.

In my opinion, if you want hops, leave the steeping grains out and go only with the base malt. I would also combine your Amarillo additions and put them in at five minutes leaving them as the wort cools. Adjust the 45 minute hops to provide the Bittering you want or boil for an hour. I...

Bloody hell, that sounds great

Whilst i dont care for Caesar Augustus in bottle, it is an absolutely great pint on draught.

Hi, sorry if posted already but I noticed in a tweet that brewdog Glasgow are looking to start a homebrew club in the bar, weekly on a Monday evening. Details are still to be provided but it would be worthwhile showing some interest on twitter.

I am going to buy enough grain for the next six brews and I plan the following. 1 - an all grain copy of one of my extract brews with Nelson sauvin and pacific gem. 2 - an all grain version of an Amarillo & centennial extract brew. 3 - a snpa clone based on the maltmiller/mysterious recipe...

In response to question 1 I would suggest that you download brunwater and have a look at that with your water figures. I batch sparge like you and I treat both the mash water and the sparge water differently. Brunwater will give you the necessary additions for both. It also provides an...

Is that the brupaks boiler? If so, I have one and I use oxi on it after use, rinse out, cover and boil for ten minutes in tap water. Seems to be OK so far after half a dozen brews

Yeah, I had exactly the same issue with my first wherry. Turned out fine.

Your plastic bag of hops looks like something else entirely!!! Those are the hops, right?

I treat my water as per the recommendations of the bru n water excel sheet which is tied to the volume of strike water required. I could add the salts directly to the grain but I was advised to add them to the cold water prior to heating it.

Ah, I see now. I use my boiler for the strike water and as such need to pour the dead space water in as well. I trust that I can do this once the water is above the grain?