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Wondered if anyone can explain why my latest BIAB batch has a gravity of 1.006 (after 6 days) instead of the estimated FG of 1.010. I know its an estimate and am not worried as the sample tastes quite nice, just wondered why its happened as never had such a low reading. My process was the same...

Hi all, I have been keeping things simple lately hop wise and using only Goldings or Fuggles. Fancy trying a different hop this time and wondered if anyone had used Bramling Cross recently? Recipe will be something like; Marris otter 80% Crystal Malt 10% Biscuit Malt 5% Wheat Malt...

Hi guys, Brewed a mild using my same equipment and BIAB method, only difference is that i pitched some more dry yeast after about 10 days as it seemed stuck at 1.024 ish. Checked it today and there is quite a strong smell (hard to describe maybe like spray paint??) and a strange white film...

Hi guys, Going to do my 2nd BIAB, first was a dark mild which worked out well. I've got 1.5Kg of pale malt left and my local HBS only sells it in 3kg bags so was going to try using some golden syrup as some of the fermentables and maybe add some flavour? Just a test 12L Batch here goes...

Hi all, My local HBS has some Summer Hops on special and i thought they might make a nice blonde ale. Has anyone used them? Got 25g of Styrian Golding left no sure if they would complement or maybe help with bittering as i have read summer can be quite "light". Thinking of something...

Thinking of doing first partial mash and found this simple recipe: Poe's Boston Bitter (5 gallons/19 L, partial mash) OG = 1.037 FG = 1.009 IBU = 33 SRM = 9 ABV = 3.6% Ingredients 3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) British 2-row pale ale malt 0.5 lb. (0.23 kg) crystal malt (60 °L) 2.0 lbs...

Brewed a brown ale with Danster Windsor yesterday and it had a major foam over. Should i clean the lid and side of fermenter, normally leave it but its pushing up the lid?

Hi Guys, Going camping in July and want to do a couple of small brews in time to take. First is going to be a pale followed by a darker one. Only hops available at my local shop were fuggles and golding got a few grams of challanger left, based recipe on one i found for black sheep ale...

Hi Onto my 3rd extract brew. All much nicer than any of the kits I have done. I added a jar of dark treacle to the last one at the start of the boil and the initial results were very nice however, after a few weeks of maturing the nice hint of treacle has almost gone. Its still very drinkable...

Hi I have been brewing from kits for about a year, done 6 or 7 so far. Latest done is Brewmaker Best of British Yorkshire Ale which has been bottled for a about 4 weeks and is perfectly drinkable already. Planning to try an extract brew in the next few weeks and found a basic recipe for a 10L...