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I'm brewing a lot of beer for my wedding next year and getting a new system priced up. I'm pretty set on the SS Brewtech 20 Gallon kettle, but I'll need to revise my cooling setup and all the options have me confused. I can get 25m (80ft) of 10mm copper coil fairly cheaply, so I thought...

Hi all, I'm not sure where to post this, so bear with me! I'm getting married in a year and am keen to brew as much of the beer as possible. I'm a pretty confident all-grain homebrewer these days, but my setup is geared up for standard 5-6 gallon batches and these aren't going to go very far...

Hi all, I'm doing a bit of a clear out of spare grains that have built up over the last few months before I buy any more and given that I have a decent amount of roasted barley and chocolate malt, I figured I'd brew a smaller batch of RIS rather than a larger one of something tamer. I've...

Hi all, There's a bunch of stuff I want to brew at the moment, but I have a lot of odd's and end's building up from previous batches - so help a brother out. Sugary Bits 1.5kg Amber Malt Extract 1.5kg Light DME (Mostly for starters, but could be put to good use for the right recipe)...

Hi all, I've been itching to brew a belgian quad for a while and have been looking around for ingredients. Some recipes include date sugar, but the closest I've found so far is date molasses - is this the same kind of product? I plan on making some candi syrup in as well, but I'm...

I have a pretty strong Belgian Tripel nearing the point where I'll have to take action. I'm torn by what to do at the moment, so help a brother out. It's approaching week 4 in the primary, so should I just bottle it or transfer to secondary to let it age in bulk before bottling? I can't see...

Hi all, I've got a few beers on the go at the moment and the one that'll be ready soonest is an English-style IPA that uses up some leftover hops and grains. I've never used fining agents before, but have a potent Tripel in the pipeline that I'd like to be nice and clear so I figured I'd...

I've got an awesome Tripel chugging away in primary at the moment and I'd like it to be a nice clear beer so I plan on transferring to secondary and cold crashing it before bottling. I know I could just bottle and prime as normal with few problems, but I've read that with high gravity beers...

I'm brewing a Belgian Tripel tomorrow but always end up with a lot of break material at the end of the boil. I know its not going to harm the beer, but I want to try and filter some of this out at the end of the mash to try and limit losses before everything gets transferred to the FV. If I...

Hi all, I brewed a Belgian Dubbel for xmas and was planning to do a tripel at the same time as I could use Wyeast 3787 for both of them. I made a starter and then split it and then stepped them both up ready for use aiming for around 500billion cells a-piece. However, the dubbel was a pretty...

Hi all, I've never been too concerened with beer clarity, but as a recent convert to BIAB I've been surprised by the amount of crap that gets from the kettle to the fermenter and to the glass. I used Irish Moss for the first time in a batch for xmas, but still ended up taking a lot of sludge...

Hi all, I'm fairly new to all-grain, but I wan't to brew a spiced ale to give away at xmas. I like the sound of a Great Lakes christmas ale clone I read about on here, but have a big starter of Wyeast 3787 ready for a Tripel I'm brewing this week and thought I'd give it a Belgian twist. I...

Hi all, I'm brewing a batch of Christmas ale next week, but I'm not sure which yeast to go with. It'll be based on the Great Lakes Christmas Ale clone recipe, which has an OG of around 1.08 and includes some spice in the form of cinnamon and ginger. I made a starter of 3787 for a Belgian...