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I am entering a competition for the first time and I'm unsure about one of the beers I'm entering. It's basically an English Pale Ale/Standard Bitter, style 8A, in most respects, but the grist contains some rye (13%), oats (7%) and wheat (7%). Does this mean it no longer belongs in this style...

I broke yet another auto-siphon last weekend :(. You may have heard the swearing. Clearly I'm a thick-handed klutz who shouldn't be allowed near semi-delicate plastic, but which is your most-often-broken piece of brewing equipment?

I have a sudden hop emergency! SWMBO has recently decided that we must replace the siding on our house and garage, which is fine except my hops are planted along my garage wall and are climbing strings attached to hooks at the top of the wall. There are three hills with two rhizomes in each. The...

I'm trying to settle the grain bill for an ESB and I'm not sure how to judge the balance of the malts. Also, I've haven't made an ale using cane sugar before but I've seen it in many pale ale/ESB recipes so I want to include some to see if I can notice any effect, but without using too much...

I'm putting together a recipe for an AG English Pale Ale that I want to be on the dry/crisp side. The recipe will include some rye, oats and wheat and BeerSmith is predicting OG 1.047, FG 1.012, IBU 28. I am planning to use WLP007 (Whitbread Dry) which is described as having high attenuation...

So I made a London Pride Clone (partial mash) and clearly I botched it. A month after bottling it has a distinctly unpleasant banana taste+aroma that I have read is attributable to poor aeration and/or too high fermentation temps. Recalling the process, both may be true (details not worth...

I planted my hops last weekend (first time!) but they are at the foot my garage wall which is only about 12ft at its highest point. Instead of setting up twine running to the top of the wall directly from stakes, as is normal, I wondered if I could give the bines more distance to climb if I...