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Hi this is one of my mates favourite beers at the moment and as he is 45 in May I was going to have a crack at something similar. I have never done a wit before, so starting with little knowledge it's hard to work out what is in there and what I need to order.. So any help would be great...

Having bought some pale rye malt I have decided to crack on and use it.. just doughed in Having read that it can dry the beer out a bit I added some extra cara, mash is at 67c 50l @ 1.046 Pale Malt 8kg Pale Rye 1kg Caramalt 1kg Hop schedule being worked but looking like.. Apollo 20g 70...

Every now and then it's time to try something new... I vary hops regularly but tend to go back to a smaller range of malts and adjuncts. So... I ordered some pale rye malt from Rob and am keen to get a brew on. On his site ( and Murphys etc ) it says that it's a sweet flavour, then on other...

I have an old 70l plastic FV to get back into use, and the inside is dirty to say the least :oops: . I have scrubbed with Oxi and also with a strong bleach solution - both using guides on here for deep cleaning. I soaked with purple line cleaner... This has certainly moved some surface...

I occasionally transfer some beer to bottles from my cornies to take to parties,or lately for getting to a competition. As it's rare I use a low tech method, dropping the temp slightly if I have time then adding an extension to the tap so that I can pour directly to the bottom of the bottle. I...

Well, weather looks set not to try and flood me out so going to make the most of it before tomorrows storm and get a brew on... Have been looking at the Bombay IPA posts lately and managed to get some ahtanum from e-bid so thats the rough plan... Pale Malt - 12kg Vienna - 500g Ahtanum 20g...

Hi we had a first time cider making session last year. A friend has access to an orchard and at the last minute collected what apples were left and scratted /pressed. This produced around 300 litres of juice. We treated each FV with campden tablets and then fermented with champagne yeast...

Well, its taken 4 months but we have moved into our new house, after 2 years of renting I can finally set the brewery up in a permanent site!! :party: Have a garage / workshop with power and water is close by, so not too much to do - just some shifting around of the set up and hope to get a...

Been an age since I have posted on a brewday, and as I have a pretty quiet day I have decided to get a brew on :thumb: Pics to follow later, but here is the brew Pale Malt - 9kg Crystal - 300g Caramalt - 500g Black Malt - 100g Green Bullet - 25g 60 mins Green Bullet - 50g 15...

I have seen a few topics about this recently, and today I had to fill a couple of bottles.. Of course I was down to a few bottles with glue residue on them which had survived recycling. Before going to grab the WD40 as someone had suggested, I thought I'd try a baby wipe ( as they get the cr*p...

Is there any reason not to use a corny for line cleaner? I imagined it would not effect the stainless, but I now have some interesting marks inside mine since using on the weekend.. That was taken straight after I emptied it out Today they are far more multi-coloured, I'll try and get a...

I have made a couple of beers with WLP023 lately... they have been very vigorous ferments and a few weeks after kegging they taste fantastic, BUT one has still not cleared fully, it has been crash chilled for a few days, gelatine added and sat conditioning at 11-12C for 2 - 3 weeks - I find this...

First time using WLP023 and I just removed the FV from the heated cupboard. When I had checked near the start the ferment looked pretty normal but it had slowly grown out of the 20 litres headspace - must have been impressive when it was at full tilt... I plan to use this again Friday in a...

Well, two brews in 5 days - Xmas stocks should now be able to survive ( to be safe I may brew again next week ) :cheers: quick attempt to link to the photobucket story... which failed so updated with pics Recipe was a pretty simple best using Green Bullet and Willamette to 1.046 After some...

Well, we have moved house and the brewery is pretty much installed again - this Friday should see the slight belated Christmas beer get brewed. :thumb: Having modified a few prior years versions, as long as my delivery arrives tomorrow as planned :pray: then this is it: 54 litres @ 1.051...

Found this pdf download whilst looking for some yeasty information http://www.fermentis.com/fo/pdf/Tips-Tricks.pdf There is some useful information in here, especially for the newer brewer who wants to know a bit more about dried yeasts.

I am yet to try Nottingham yeast as have always used safale or liquid cultures. I do have a sachet of Nottingham to try out, but interested in people's opinions as it sounds quite similar to S-05 in its high attenuation and neutral flavour - would you agree with that ? Thanks Paul

Figured this would be the quickest way to get to Admins / Mods I was about to look at the Goose Island IPA thread - commented on by vossy recently and Google Chrome slapped me with the malware warning: Warning: Something's Not Right Here! thehomebrewforum.co.uk contains content from...

First time trying a yeast from my local micro, picked it up on brewday and pitched it 5 hours later... As expected it went off like a rocket - and then on the evening of day 2 things grew a little bigger... Can't seem to get the links to embed - you can see them here and here Took the lid...

Hi I am looking to keg my latest batch of 1.044 OG best which has fermented, cleared and is sat on a cake of recovered Bengal Lancer yeast - I want to use this again ideally the same day / following day for a higher OG IPA - which is something I have never done... and started researching it...