new brewer

Hi all, I’m new to home brewing, just making my first brew using the Merseyside dockers ipa kit. There’s something that’s confusing me though and I would appreciate any advice. The instructions say to ‘add the foil bag of hops as below; Group A on day 5 Group B on day 8 Group C on day 10...

Hello! Just joined after seeking answers all about how to get started, as a 50 something I’ve just been in my first brewing experience day and absolutely loved everything about it!! My first home brew is a lager/pilsner courtesy of Coopers kit, which was bought for me some time ago but I’ve...

Hi, I made a starter 4 days ago using White Labs WLP590 French Saison Ale Yeast, let it do its thing for just over 24 hours and then put it in the fridge for about 3 days to let it cold crash. The first thing I thought was strange is that the yeast wasn't really flocculating out like I had...

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a custom made extract kit from my local homebrew shop, to brew a recipe I found online. One of the instructions for ordering the kit confused me and I'm hoping someone could clarify. It reads: "Please work out the hop weights required based on the alpha acids listed...

Hi Everyone, After a few years of wanting to try out home brewing I have finally got around to it and am currently dry hopping my first brew, the Cloud 9 IPA all grain kit from The Malt Miller. I’ve gone down the all-in-one route with a Brew Monk 30l system. I’ve found the advice available on...

Second kit, this time just ingredients 9L NEIPA all grain ingredients beer brew kit. Any feedback/advice welcome! The mash: just got some stock pots on an induction hob. No issues getting to temperature but maintaining it is a challenge. The sparge: I used a brew bag as my sieve isn't big...

Hello friends, I have recently been introduced into the world of home brewing. I have always had a love of great beer and it is such a pleasure to explore the realm of various exciting beers. It was only till a little while back that I wondered if i was able to make my own beer and be able to...

Hi all! A friend and I are new to brewing and are looking to brew the below recipe; a passionfruit golden ale. https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/435416/passionfruit-golden-ale It calls for significantly less than 100g of each type of hop, but everywhere I can find only...