Recent content by British_ale_head

Been a long time since I've last brewed anything because of money reasons. I plan on brewing a Imperial Pilsner and Ive put the ingredients in beer smith and I'm confused on how to get everything in the green. The recipe I am following uses the following ingredients (for beersmith I halved...

Kegged my beer this week, I don't know if I can wait much longer to try it. But while doing it I was thinking of what I learnt from brewing beer. Brewing beer requires a lot of patience My mum knows a lot about beer brewing beer is quite fun The beer smells nice when it is fermenting As...

+5 Gallon woodfordes Wherry =11,839

Sorry for the long reply, Thanks everyone changed the batch size and it now looks a lot better. Hopefully this sunday will be my first brew day :D

Apprentice IT Engineer, or as my job title would put it, Apprentice Junior IT Systems Engineer which sounds more impressive lol

I'm planning on brewing on brewing Lord Crouchback's Special Bitter from "How to Brew" by John Palmer. But when I enter the ingredients into Beersmith the style Guide comparison it doesn't look good. Can someone help and tell me where I've gone wrong? :confused: The recipe I put in is: 6...

Extract brewing looks easier then what I thought it would be more difficult manage to find a supply shop so i'm going to pay them a vist

Whoops lol, I didn't know that I use to drink beer and ale not thinking about what's in it untill recently. I might go with option A to see if I like the hobby before going on to brewing proper ale with boiling ingredients :D My aim is to one day make a chilli ale to beat my girlfriends...

Thanks for the quick reply Yooper. I was planning on making basic beer before moving on to hops or grains. I'm located in England.

I'm new to brewing beer so I would like some advice on what I should do first: Option A: http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/beginners-kits/beer/ale-starter-kit.html I like the look of this because it is designed for beginners and looks like it will be beneficial. Option B...