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Terry Foster in his book on Pale Ales says that Carapils can be used as a substitute for amber malt. I'm currently trying to use up all my current stock of grain so I found a 100% amber malt Pale Ale recipe from the Durden Park Beer Circle. Will I need an enzyme? I have full temp control during...

Thanks guys, to clarify I want an all grain rig and the budget is about $2000, maybe a sculpture

I'm in Ireland where there is no HB scene and getting good brewing kit is fairly difficult. I want to step up to a kit that will last me for years, something built for purpose not hobbled together from other things also the £/$ ratio is very favourable at the mo so shipping ain't too much of a...

Thanks MM,thats what I thought too but just wanted a second opinion. Cheers

Hi guys I'm doing brewing the Itsok Kolsch from The Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian. My conundum is that he calls for Perle Saaz and Tettnanger hops in the ingredient list but makes no mention of the Saaz in the step by step portion of the instructions. He states 'Add the alt extract...

Thanks guys, really...thanks a lot.

Hop and Grape, Darlington in Durham. Thanks so much for your help. Learnt a lot in the last few hours. I feel like a bloody alchemist :D

It has just started to bubble... does this mean that I'm just dealing with lag time and it should take off from here?? Should I leave the blanket on it? Thanks to all for your help. Pretty relieved at the mo:D :tank:

No more yeast, my nearest home brew store is in Britain....I'm in Ireland. AAAaaarrgghhh.... I really don't want to lose this brew, this was meant for Christmas:(

Liquid yeast No starter used, straight from the vial. I gave it a good shake, thats all the aeration it got. The yeast vial had a use by date of the 12th Dec. Only fresh by days.

December 4th

I don't know the OG, I completly forgot it at the start. And the pitching temp was 77F (25C) a little high but it was 12 midnight and I was up for work at 5.30 so I took a chance and threw it in.

I brewed the Sparrowhawk Porter from The Joy of Home Brewing (Charlie Papazian) last Tuesday and totally forgot to take a gravity reading:o . There was no visible fermentation for three days, no krausen or bubbling in the airlock,no sediment, nothing. Ambient temperature was 64F. Yeast was...

Bradsul- I hear what your saying, I'll ere on the side of caution with the roast barley and increase it later if I want. Thanks for your input.

Not too many people can say they got an apology from The Rock:ban: :mug: :D

Thanks Brad Getting HB supplies is a slow enough process where I am so I am inclined for the time being to just make do with what I have. This is the recipe 5lb's amber malt extract 1lb crystal malt .5 lb toasted malted barley 1oz Northern Brewer hops 1oz Santium or Tettnanger hops...

Yep it sure is :off: No offence Roqk

Thanks Brad I'm apprehensive to say the least, I don't want to ruin the brew which is a possibility with such a strongly flavoured grain as roasted malt. I do have some crystal malt knocking about, could I toast that or am I really going off track now??

I'm about to start brewing 'No Sham Shamrock Ale' from The Complete Homebrewers Guide (Papazian). The recipe calls for 225g of toasted malt barley a description I found to be quite vague and so for better or worse I bought roasted malt instead. I am new to this game but I have the feeling the...

WTF is skunked??????