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Thanks for this- very useful!

Hi all, so I thought I would adapt a previous recipe involving chinook hops, which I am currently enjoying, but which is a little earthy for the style I am going for. My LHBS stocks citra hops at the moment, and I hear they complement Amarillo (which I really like) well. Not sure about the...

Thanks for the advice- hoping to find someone to learn from, but in the meantime I'm happy to keep experimenting and learning from my mistakes. I haven't found evidence that there are many home brewers in Surrey, UK as of yet, though happy to be proven wrong! The grain is already crushed and I...

So tomorrow I am going to have a go at my third batch- a 5gal American IPA with a recipe that calls for 2.2lbs extra light dme, 2.2lbs amber dme, 1.1lb sugar and 3.7lbs tin of coopers IPA. I am also going to steep 1.1lb of crushed breiss caramel 40L for 30 mins at 160-170F before the boil. This...

Thanks again- having taken on board the advice here's what I'm thinking (I subbed in pale LME for the coopers kit which is hopped so I shortened the boil time to 30 mins and reduced bittering hops). Will try out the williamette etc next but want to try and use up the ingredients I already have...

Another question on this- I have been playing around with Beer calculus, and I am struggling to get close to 7%ABV with the fermentables that I have (1.7kg Coopers IPA, 1kg extra light spraymalt, 1.3kg dextrose gets me to only 6%ABV for 5gal). Does this sound right, considering the kit...

Wow thanks for the detailed responses- now just got to go away and try and put it all together! Will let you know how it goes

Hi all, I am new to this game but keen to learn and was wondering whether anyone has any suggestions for some ingredients that I acquired over christmas. I have a fairly standard 25l extract setup with basic equipment. I really like the big, hoppy American IPA's as opposed to the nutty ales...

Great, thanks for the swift help. There is a bit of foam on top now, just not as much as I would have expected. The pressure is steadily increasing though which must be a good sign. I did some reading about scaling ingredients and ordered a coopers ipa homebrew kit to try next. Any advice?

Hi all, I have just been given a beer machine and I set it all up as per the instructions (brewing czech pilsner- not my favourite but it came with the gift and seems like a good place to start!). However, I dont think that the fermentation has started yet after about 36 hours. Everything that...