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I had my first major brewing mistake yesterday. Ì put a yeast starter on 3 days before brew day from yeast saved from my last brew. It had been in the fridge for about 3 weeks. When I went to the stir plate it had overflowed and smelt awful. Obviously infected! Whats more when it overflowed wort...

Welcome, I'm just down the road in Newmarket. Beautiful Beers is my closest homebrew shop i can recomend that place, although it's hard not to buy loads of beer when buying indriedients!

For Christmas I received a recipe book with all grain recipes first published in 1991. Can't remember the title, I'm at work so cant look. In most recipes it calls for 90 minute mash and 90 minute and some 'bigger' beers it states 2hours for each. I always do a 60minite mash and 60 boil can I...

Morning, Last Tuesday I made an AG oatmeal stout I used yeast grown from a bottle of Hen's tooth because that's all I had to hand (my fullers yeast smelt funny in the starter so didn't risk it). The yeast has munched through from 1.056 - 1.012 in 7 days. The beer already looks clear. My...

First attempt at a all grain stout. Do these ingredients and quantities sound about right? 4.5kg pale malt 250g medium crystal 150g roasted barley 350g chocolate malt 700g flaked oats Mash 68*c for 60mins 60min boil 50g hops at 60min 10g hops at 20min I've got some fullers yeast grown...