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Not if you want to get a clear brew... if you boil the spuds they will turn to mush! Even if you put into a muslin bag and squeeze the crap out of it you will still lose about 1/5th of you total volume of water! I've made it twice, the first time i just used the oldest "seed" potatoes i could...

The lemons and oranges are for flavor... trust me, you do not want to leave them out! =) I make it every now and again for the family, dad used to work in Saudi and used to brew... but he dont' do much of owt these days. Anyhew, with lemons, oranges and grapefruit, a ton of sugar and some...

Try Jedah gin... make it strong, then freeze to slush, pour out the incohol (leaving the water behind), collect and mix with indian tonic water. It's passable... Jeddah Gin 12 oranges 12 lemons 3kg potatoes 5kg sugar 10 litres water 1 tsp. yeast Wash and slice fruit and vegetable leaving...

I've made 3 batches on starters that are between 7 and 10 days, and all have turned out good! =) Use it!

You can take your white rocks, dissolve in a little water and then allow to caramalize a little.

I've used white and dark candi before and the difference between the two is caramelization, the dark has a nutty, treacly flavour. So i would assume that the difference is a slight caramelization on the amber.

1. Plan & Prepare (Yeast starter, good quality ingredients, basic sanitation) 2. Patience (Give the yeastie beasties time to do their magic) 3. Relax, it'll be great! =)

It's been carbing for a week... i had the first pint straight from my bottling bucket, the second 6 days after carbing. It's fsking good! The only reason this hoppy wit monster will last 2 weeks is it's my primary takealong to a BBQ in 2 weeks time! So... yeah, it turned out really really well.

Take a look at this recipe... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/advice-request-first-all-grain-220572/ It's a Wit hop bomb... i could have drunk it straight out of the primary, flat and warm (well... i had a pint left over after bottling so i did just that!). Tried a bottle last night to check...

Maybe re-boil for 20 mins before you pitch?

The missus hates the smell, is jelous of the time I spend on my hobby rather than on her, doesn't drink much herself and very rarely beer and generally dislikes anything I do which could be considered bad for me! But as I already gave up smoking I told her to deal with it! =) Saying that her...

I'm meant to boil the sugar before adding for bottling??!!?? Heh... yeah, haven't ever done that 6 batches and no bottle bombs. =) Don't worry!

=) Let it ride... just bottled a belgian wit with insane amounts of hops in it. Tastes pretty good so i'm sure your lil overage won't hurt much!

Ok, so after a little hop research i'm going to drop the northern brewer in favour of Cascade as the flowery spicy citrus notes might better offset the sweetness of the mango and the coriander will probably add bitterness anyways. I'm also thinking of adding the coriander and mango as a tea...

So... i've recently done my first all grain, and 3 extract clones. Been talking to SWIMBO and have come up with the notion that I would rather like to make an all grain Coriander (Cilantro) and Mango IIPA (I know adding the coriander and mango makes it technically not an IIPA... but brollocks to...