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Towcester huh, you have my sympathy, always try to avoid the place like the plague. If they had done the by-pass properly and linked it up to the A5 they could have solved most of the problems of that festering wart of traffic misery.:mad: Aaahhh, Billing Aquadrome, the jewel in the crown of...

Sounds like your making good progress. We all learn and improve our technique as we brew, no matter how many brews you make there is always something to learn and improve on.

Looking at your previous brews listed I would guess the Sam Adams clone has a higher hop rate than any of the others - mebbe this is contributing to that heavenly aroma?.

If you've got lots of money you can invest in a widget system, which can be bought with an integral pressure gauge, but it is very expensive. Otherwise - assuming that you have a wide 4" dia capped keg - Leyland Homebrew offer a fitted pressure gauge to a new keg for £7.95 (code 0812b) - If you...

I'd start brewing now, give it plenty of time to condition and mature.

Sounds good Crum. If your brew was put into a sterilised carboy and airlock it is extremely unlikely to have got an infection or umwanted yeast. As you say there is no visiible fermentation I would be 99% certain that your new yeast will start OK and that your brew will be fine. Be sure to let...

If your brew was put into a sterilised container and kept covered you should be OK - If there is no visible fermentation by now then go ahead and re pitch with fresh yeast. Your brew should be fine. If there are signs of fermentation then smell should tell you whether your original yeast has...

Substituting Unhopped Malt Extract (UME) for Booster (sugar) will not make a stronger brew. If anything it'll be slightly weaker as sugar ferments out further than UME, so the final gravity wil be slightly higher with UME. Using UME instead of sugar should make a fuller bodied beer with a more...

Congratulations on your first All Grain!. I'm betting it'll be the first of many!. It is difficult to describe the mashing process and it does look complex. But once you try it you realise it ain't that difficult after all. Once you've done a couple of brews and tasted the difference you'll...

Hops used in the boil provide the bitter taste in the beer. Dry hopping provides a fresh hoppy aroma to the beer. Cheers, Buster.

Hi All from an old brewer from England. I started brewing kits way back in the early 80's, and finally started mashing in the mid nineties. I still make up kits and I like to mash when time allows. It's cool to find this website devoted to my favourite hobby!. ;) Cheers, Buster.