Recent content by bertrandrussell

I've had a whole lot of pleasure out of this new hobby in the last few months, but the beer I've produced has always been a little bit disappointing. Until now. Batch number 6 is a winner, and I now have 44 x 500ml bottles of beautifully carbonated, amber coloured IPA at 7%. Just wanted to...

Hi, Could anyone help a novice brewer adapt this belgian dubbel recipe? (It came from here: https://brewedbyus.com/recipes/27-belgian-dubbel-partial-mash-template/) I'm looking to make a really well rounded, malty dubbel, about 8%. I will be using pale liquid malt extract rather than...

Thanks for all the input. I bottled as soon as I got back, and you were all right: there was no need to worry about carbonation. In fact, I've just had a bottle (3 days after bottling) and it's perfectly well carbonated for an English style bitter. It's really pretty good. On the other hand...

Thanks, that sounds like good advice!

For those who are interested, I have selected a few excerpts from William Cobbett’s 1822 ‘Cottage Economy’, the first two chapters of which are devoted to brewing beer. The whole text can be freely accessed here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32863/32863-h/32863-h.htm The author identifies...

Hi, For my sixth batch of beer I thought I'd try a high gravity partial mash IPA. I've kind of made up the recipe and I'm planning on trying some new techniques, so any comments on either would be really appreciated. This would be my first partial mash (using some fermentable 2-row pale...

Thanks to all those who replied for the reassurance. Looking forward to serving day!

Hi, I brewed a low gravity English style bitter using Safale S04 yeast and then had to go away, and as a result the beer will have been in the primary fermentor for four weeks before I get back home. This is my fifth batch of beer, and up till now I have been doing three week primaries...