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Is it going to be better to use a blow-off tube rather than a standard airlock to begin with then? Or perhaps use a larger bin and having the benefit of a bigger head-space?

That's pretty good news then. I've no problem with keeping fermentation cool either. How vigorous do you reckon the first few days will be?

Hi All, This has probably been done to death, but I'm looking at brewing a copper ale of about 8 - 9% ABV and was wondering if Safale S-04 is up to the job? Basically, it will be a tiny 5 litre brew for this test and I happen to have some S-04 handy, so I will easily be able to pitch it...

Very pale lager I decided to turn black as an experiment.

Selection of black beers.

Found an interesting product which could be useful for Roggenbier and Weizenbock, a Carafa extract which imparts colour without the flavour. http://themaltmiller.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=452 Could be a solution to adding colour without having to do any steeping or partial mash. Amos

I found Amazon (US) have a liquid malt extract by Briess ... http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Malt-Extract-lbs-Brewing/dp/B009WU2TF8?tag=newdea02-20 ... however, again can not be shipped to the UK :( Cheers, Amos

Yeah, you should be able to click my username and a menu pops up, one item is to sent a direct message. Amos

Brew Pal is for iOS isn't it? I've got BrewR on Android which is compatible with QBrew on PC, but I've been using BrewMate for quite a while and I like that. Switching units of measurement is easy except QBrew which is a fairly basic program. Downloaded BeerSmith2 today, which looks good but...

Yeah, guess we will see some bargain cool-boxes sometime soon, although seems a bit bizarre talking about them what with the recent weather :) I wouldn't worry too much about the conversion, just apply the same multiplier to all the volume amounts in the recipe :) Amos

Oh, I tell a lie, I recognise some of the pages from his site so must have been on once or twice, lol. Depends on how cheap I can get a decent sized cool-box. Wonder how easy it would be to insulate a standard bin and just fit a manifold to that instead? Amos

No I've not read his book. As for the mash tun, I might end up converting a cool-box myself unless I manage to pick one up cheap on eBay or any of the home-brew forums. I'd love one of the micro-brewery setups from PowellBrewing but they're certainly beyond my pocket, lol.

Or I just wait till I get myself a mash tun before I try my idea for a Roggenbier, and go AG :)

It's definitely worth trying out some steeped grain prior to the boil to add some different flavours to a basic extract, rather than relying on purely the hops. I think my wife would definitely like me to try some wine fermenting, lol. She tends to like dry white wines so should be fairly easy...

Oh, I'm totally new to brewing, only been doing kit and extract since Christmas. Some partial brews with steeped grain. Will eventually move to all grain sometime though, eventually. Another place for hops I'm considering trying online is SimplyHops. Their site is really easy to navigate...

That is very expensive for 100g of hops, I buy mine at the moment from Brewmart in Sheffield which isn't too far away for me, their hops are around £4 per 100g. They do a fairly good mail order service from their website, just Google for them. Their delivery charge for orders up to £65 is £5.50...

Hi Justin, They've got some interesting products on their site, however, no rye malt extract as far as I can see (although they do have crushed grain in small packs). I know Northern Brewer in the States do a rye malt syrup, but I also know they only ship internally to the US. Surely someone...

Hi All, Does anyone know of a UK company which sells rye extract in dry or liquid forms? Cheers, Amos

Hi and thanks for the feedback. I've modified the recipe now to include some Crystal 10 steeped for a little flavour and lowered the extract amounts to bring the ABV down to approximately 6%. Zeropanic IPA (Extract) English IPA Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 23.0 Total...

Hi All, I've been playing around with the BrewMate application attempting to concoct my first recipe and I am just wondering what people think? I'm aiming for a high IBU and ABV, but is it too high? Zeropanic IPA (English IPA) Original Gravity (OG): 1.070 (°P): 17.1 Final Gravity...