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Thought maybe it meant that it didn't work and I shouldn't use it. Didn't realise it was hard to get overseas, is relatively cheap over here.

No love for Riwaka? I've done 1:1 Nelson and mosaic which was delicious and the best beer I've brewed. Was thinking about going citra, Nelson, Riwaka 2:1:1 in my next neipa (in about 4 weeks), but concerned that nobody seems to use Riwaka.

Hi all, Wy2000 Budvar has been my go to lager yeast. Sadly it's no longer available. I tried WLP 802 and wasn't overly keen on the result. Does anyone know something similar to the Budvar strain? Cheers

I haven't done a smash but I have done a single hopped pale ale with it. The hops schedule looks good. I feel confident you'll make a delicious beer.

Hop additions are too early imo. Use more hops later on and get more flavour and aroma fro them. I use around 400g in a 21 litre IPA. So would add a bit more on top for a dipa. For your batch size I'd go at least 200g probably leaning towards 300g. That'd include dry hopping. Hit it with...

I'll second Nelson sauvin. Blends really well with mosaic imo, used the two of them in my last neipa. Was my favourite beer to date. Wish I still had it on tap.

Brew in a bag? Only need a kettle, burner and a bag.

Hey there and welcome to the hobby. I jumped straight into all grain with a pot, a bag and a fermenter. The bag I'm talking about is a biab bag that you get from a brew shop for about ten bucks. That'd be enough to do your smash beer (well pretty much any beer). Ideally you'd get someone...

Do you have a link to the startup? This seems cool.

The 2 things I've personally had ruin beers are sanatation and temperature control. One caused a Brett infection (actually think this will turn out grand) and the other caused solventy flavour I the beer and wasn't nice.

Cheers guys, thought that should work but was scared I was missing something.

Hi all, So in a couple of weeks I plan to brew a RIS for drinking in the winter (from nz so we're about to head into summer). This has made me think about brewing other winter beers that need ageing and logically I am thinking of a barleywine. Now if I brew 5 gallons of barleywine I will...

For IPA and pale ale I really like Nelson and Galaxy. Both are overly fruity hops. Nelson I use from 20 minutes onwards, Galaxy I use for whirlpool and dry hop additions. Riwaka is another nice hop to use late. For lagers I can't go past Czech Saaz. Beautiful for nice crisp dry lagers. Use from...

A mate of mine used them and hated them. Reckoned it made his beer taste like he was chewing on a stick. Either way they don't sound good.

Great article. Thank you very much.