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Hello, Hope you folks remember me. I haven’t done any home brewing in a long time but hope to get some done before Christmas. I believe my last posting dealt with off-flavours. I believed my sterilisation had not worked properly so I was left with a bad taste. I recently...

I am tempted to have a go at brewing something like Proper Job by St Austell? Only trouble is there is no recipe in Graham Wheeler book. On the side of the bottle it says hops used are Williamette, Chinook and Cascade. Would anyone like to hazard a guess of exact quantities, times etc? It’s...

Hallo, I have a beer which has been sitting in second fermentation vessel for about two weeks. It has a bad taste noticeable as well as all the good taste coming from hops and malt. Theoretically I suppose the alcohol might kill the germs but perhaps this is impossible since ABV is only about...

How do you store vacuum sealed hops once they have been opened? I placed mine in an air-tight bag and placed them in the fridge. Would I be better to put them in the freezer? And will they then be like frozen food: once thawed they must be used in their entirety since they cannot be re-frozen?

Hello I have brewed a few beers and most of them have been quite light hoppy numbers which have tasted fine out of the keg after only a few days. However, I have brewed a beer whose original gravity was around 1040. According to GW book this needs 4 weeks maturation. Is this really the case...

I have some Challenger hops which I am planning to use with malt extract and fermentables. Looks like I could have ago at following the GW recipe for Adnams Broadside, one of my favourite beers. However, this also calls for Acid malt. What precisely is Acid malt?

Hello I wonder if I could ask you guys some advice on hops. My approach to grains is pretty much constant. Use 3 kg of amber liquid malt extract from Coppers as pale malt with 500g crystal grains to form a partial. Only thing that varies is my hops. I tend to use a Graham Wheeler recipe...

Can I ask for anyone’s help? I have created a wort with a specific gravity of 1034. According to my recipe should be about 1042 ( final target is 1009). Am I going to end up with something with low alcohol content like session beer? If I add extra sugar at priming stage will this top up the...