Recent content by evchenko

Look out for Neales (NBS) No Rinse Sanitiser in your local homebrew shops mate, its basically Malt Miller's version and a lot cheaper.

You could also take a look at different kinds of yeasts, one that would work fine with the temperature swings. Mangrove Jack's Workhorse for example:- "Suitable to ferment lager styles at 15-20°C (59-68 °F) and all other beer styles at 20-32°C (68-90°F)."

Brouwland are in Belgium, might be worth giving them a go instead:- https://www.brouwland.com/de

I had one recently at a beer festival, it was great. http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/quantum-rowanberry-sour/366787/

Them tap handles look rather scarily like some "specialist" things we used to sell when I worked for an adult toy company...

12% sugar in a Saison should be just fine TBH

It'll not be the beer you went for originally, but the cidery taste thing is mainly bunk. There's an Aussie guy who has made beers with a ridiculous percentage of sugar and has never reported this. Made a book called Bronzed Brews and was on the Basic Brewing podcast a few months back, worth a...

Check out the Nanny State recipe on the DIY Dog recipe book:- https://www.brewdog.com/diydog

I'd be tempted a teaspoon of pectolase in with the fruit...not essential though.

Your water volumes could be off, your scales could be dodgy, you could have a lower boil off rate than you expected, etc etc.

North of London, that makes two of us then! :D

In all seriousness though, this is pretty common practice in the "BrewTube" community on YouTube. We're all a friendly bunch and send each other beers all the time. I've found in a similar way to you that I don't know many homebrewers but have found a lot of very interesting and useful ideas...

Welcome back, what part of the UK you from?

Always open to Beer Mail mate! :D

Forget your bittering addition altogether bud, hopburst it with a decent whirlpool and dry hop...