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Have just fined. ABV as it stands is 12.6 (Overshot target by about 1.6). Aroma is awesome and quick nip was very hoppy with lemons and herbs. Will update when it has been bottled for a week or so.

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Following the birth of my daughter, an old electrim boiler that has long since given up the ghost has finally found a use. As a handy drain for my little girls baby bath. Does anyone else have any examples for broken or old home brew gear that has been put to a new and entirely different use...

Thanks WhamFish I have reigged the recipe. Removed the Crystal malt altogether, dropped the marris otter down to a token amount and put some Vienna in it's place. I've also popped in a small 60 minute Chinook addition. Will let you know how it turns out, Paul

Hi all To celebrate the birth of my daughter I have decided to brew a small batch experimental beer. I have decided to go for an Imperial Saison/Double IPA hybrid. Please can anyone let me know if they think I am shooting way wide of the mark? Just doing a 1 gallon batch 1.5Kg Munich 60m...

Update. Sorry it's been a while. Utterly, utter vile. Tasted liked watered down ketchup mixed with saki. Not good.

After experimenting very successfully with a Pider and several fruit ciders, I wanted to try something totally off the wall. Does anyone think this will be vile? Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you.... Spiced Tomato Cider! Photo below, just before I pitched and fitted the airlock. Just a...

I have recently done just that. I bought some organic cacao nibs from Amazon (crushed raw cocoa beans). I added these in the last five minutes of the boil. Came out great!

I recently made a batch of amber ale, and added a litre of lychee juice to the secondary. It went nuts, and I do mean nuts. Luckily I fitted a blow off, otherwise the secondary ferment would have went everywhere. Tasted quite sour and dry. Might try it in a wheat beer next time.

My only advice would be to use a yeast strain that has a high alcohol tolerance, as it is going straight in to established strength. I guess it would be quite dry, and I would also assume the end result would be very tart. Be interesting to hear how this turns out.

Thanks both

I am soon to brew a coconut porter for a freind would loves both porter and coconut, for his house party later in the summer. Can anyone suggest a hop that would compliment the flavour of coconut? I'm racking my brains on this one, but cannot make a decision. Thanks in advance:confused:

You would get some fermentation, but you would get some pretty awful beer. I tried this once on a basic smash, just to see how it would work. Extremely strong sulfur smells and utterly undrinkable beer, that also refused to clear. Not a good idea in my opinion.

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Itchy nuts

How clean were the bottles, what do you use to sterilise them. Were they rinsed thoroughly? I assume so, but just thought I'd ask.

Many thanks!

Hi all, Wonder if anyone can help me, as I am really not sure how to do the maths on this. I have finally kicked off a recipe I have wanted to do for ages. A chocolate porter with rum, raisins and banana. My hyrdometer readings give the indication that the final ABV of the base beer will...

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