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Just got my grains and yeast in for an English IPA. I was thinking about using this yeast as I’ve not used it before but read some positive reviews - folks seem to really like it and use it as a house strain or secret weapon in their Bitters. I’m gonna make sure and get plenty of O2 in before...

A local brewery has been offloading some 1/4 casks which initially were used for sherry then whiskey, Caol Ila. A fellow brewer and I are gonna brew a (same recipe) Imperial Stout (approx 11%) and fill the cask. We hope to age it for a minimum 6 months and see what happens! I'm kinda excited to...

I enjoy beer. I also like to get my hands on brewery merch and as a lot of American breweries only sell via their tap rooms it can be hard to nab some new and 'unique' tee-shirts over here - I really can't be wearing my Warpigs shirt out anymore to local craft beer bars! I heard about SDS on a...

Brewed a APA using the David Heath recipe following his ingredients and numbers to the letter (then adjusting in app for a 19l batch) the brew house efficiency was 80% default. Made the beer and took a gravity reading and got 1.058/60 but my estimated gravity should have been 1.050. This...

Hello! A quick question! I'm brewing my take on a Munich Helles and I've slowly raised the temp to 16c following initial fermentation at 12c (it's the top end of the recommended fermentation temp for this strain - Imperial Yeast's 'Harvest'. I've noticed that the gravity has dropped a little...

Hey folks gonna use this yeast in a Pumkin spiced beer - Save all opinions on the style for another thread ;) Whats folks experience of this yeast and more importantly whats been the results at which temp? My recipe is below! Golden Promise -80% Biscuit Malt -10% Imperial Malt -...

Pitched this into a SMaSH (Best Pale Malt and Mosaic) yesterday. Took off in no time and I'm gonna just let it free rise as my ferm fridge is busy conditioning my wheat beer version two. Anyone used this yeast and have you let it get up to the higher end of it's ferm range? It states it can...

So this was my first attempt at an all grain Imperial Stout keeping it a small batch as I wanted to use a more complex grain bill. I was gonna do a Mikkeller recipe but at the last minute just pulled together a few different ideas as I wanted to try brown malt as I've recently got into Brown Ale...

Hey folks, The inevitable stout for St Patrick’s Day has just been made and I’m gonna try the Irish Ale yeast 004 from White Labs. I’m guessing that’s a no brainer. I’ve read that 004 can give off some diaceytl and wondered about a longer time in the fv with a little temp bump just to keep...

Howdy folks I brewed this up four days ago. Its somewhere betwix and IPA and a Pale ale not really hitting the proper numbers for either style but sitting somewhere close think ipa abv but pale ale bitterness. Next brew of this will have it down about the sub 5% mark as a session strength brew...

Just had a transaction with Neil at Naked Keg (ebay shop based in Glasgow) who are doing those 'ManCan' style 2l, 4l,5l growler 'kegs'. There's lots of 'branded' versions of this but ManCan is the one I'm most familiar with. Neil does a range of options with these including full size corny kegs...

I've got some NZ hops in the freezer and was wondering if these would be a suitable substitue for the Amarillo? I defo have Motueka and Wakatu I think off the top of my head. I'm gonna make the Totally tropical Pale Ale from the James Moorton book (as posted on the recipe discussion section...

Making a Helles/Oktoberfest style lager and everything is looking good. Hit 1.058 as planned and the beer is now down to 1.014 after 9 days at 11c. Gonna see if there is any movement on the numbers as I’d planned for 1.016 and it’s gone lower than I expected already. My...

Hey Guys! So I've made a couple of AG brews in 1gallon batches with varying success - they've usually been from pre bought kits but havent quite worked out as I'd expected - either I was hoping for greatness or made some errors. Any faults with the finished beer was definitely due to errors on...

I've brewed a few times but never really tried my own recipes I'm looking to workout my grain bill to water ratio and was gonna use the weight/volume in a recent kit I bought but thought I'd ask on here before i go buying the malt. Is it a simple case of say780g of malt to a total volume of...

Just got this kit brewed and in to ferment a couple of days ago. Its got New Zealand hops and is part of the Edinburgh Brew Store new all grain kits. I also devised a label based on some classic Saul Bass designs. Should be ready in a couple of weeks!

Hey folks! I've just spent a good few hour yesterday making the Brooklyn Brew Kit Oatmeal Stout! It's sitting in a wee darkened space at a comfortable temperature bubbling away! Very satisfying! The smell from the grains was very nice and toasty while the hit from the hops (pellets in this...

So I've make a few home brew kits and want to give all grain (AG) a go. The good lady discovered four 1gal. glass carboys in her new flat and after a very swift decision to go all grain our chat turned to making our own mash tun (MT). Now the likelyhood is we will only be doing small batches...

I've recently made my first batch, Cooper Irish Stout and I and my mates have been quite happy with the results (a little too carbonated for my tastes so a slight adjustment in my next batch is req.) While I enjoyed the kit would there be much value in buying a speciality yeast such as White...