Best place for all ingredients?

[MJBrewTime]

Think I am going to try the brewdog dead pony club but I can never seem to find a website that stocks all ingredients at the same time - Can anyone suggest a good online store or perhaps I should check on ebay?

I don't want a huge brew so I'm looking to half all of the recipe as it will be my first AG brew and might make a mess of it!

Is caramalt the same as cara amber?

For the hops can I get away with using hop pellets for during and dry hopping? Is there a difference?

 

[MrRock]

Geterbrewed usually have a good selection and you can use their custom grain kit to get exactly the quantities of hops & grain you need.

I believe the Brewdog recipes are for pellets anyway, which I prefer, especially for dry hopping.

I used Carapils as a substitute for Caramalt in my Dead Pony Club order, which I haven't brewed yet, but also did the same for my 5AM Saint brew and that turned out great.

EDIT: Don't forget you can get a 5% discount at Geterbrewed if you look in the information & announcements section of this here forum

 

[Notlaw]

If you live in Morley, why not go to Morley home brew shop (click here)? If they haven't got it in stock, they'll be able to get it in for you.

 

[MJBrewTime]

Geterbrewed usually have a good selection and you can use their custom grain kit to get exactly the quantities of hops & grain you need.

I believe the Brewdog recipes are for pellets anyway, which I prefer, especially for dry hopping.

I used Carapils as a substitute for Caramalt in my Dead Pony Club order, which I haven't brewed yet, but also did the same for my 5AM Saint brew and that turned out great.

EDIT: Don't forget you can get a 5% discount at Geterbrewed if you look in the information & announcements section of this here forum

I quite fancy giving this one a try!

http://www.geterbrewed.com/grainfather-jacked-up-apa-ingredient-kit/

Would I follow the instructions as best as I can that they have written for the Grainfather? I'm scared of messing up my first AG brew

 

[MJBrewTime]

I've emailed the guys at geterbrewed for some advice on substitutes for some malts and yeast that the dead pony recipe calls for, hopefully they'll get back to me :)

 

[MrRock]

I'd go with US-05 or Mangrove Jacks US West Coast yeast if using dry packets

 

[glynb]

I've just seen that brewuk have put an advert on their web page for complete DIY dog kits :)

Shame the link doesn't work though :/

 

[MyQul]

I've emailed the guys at geterbrewed for some advice on substitutes for some malts and yeast that the dead pony recipe calls for, hopefully they'll get back to me :)

GEB dont seem to respond to emails very well. But if you facebook message them they usually get back to you in under an hour.

Have a look a this malt substitute chart http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=63119

WY1056 is the chico strain of yeast. Either US-05 or BRY-97 is the dried chico yeast and almost identical

 

[Leon103]

Brewdog also sell the ingredients

 

[MyQul]

Brewdog also sell the ingredients

Yeah, but what are the prices like? (and do the ingredients come with a beard? :lol:)

 

[Leon103]

Yeah, but what are the prices like? (and do the ingredients come with a beard? :lol:)

I haven't compared but when I put it up on here people seemed to think they were a good price.

 

[MyQul]

I haven't compared but when I put it up on here people seemed to think they were a good price.

Probably due to the hops. I'm guessing because of the large amount of hops it doesn't matter where you go, the price will work out to be about the same

 

[MJBrewTime]

Thanks chaps I'm going to do my 2nd kit for now and investigate my first AG brew in a couple of months time once I get some more equipment for it!

I am tempted at going to the brew-school in Bakewell for a day course to pick up some tips