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made a big Porter OG 1084 which has fermented down to 1022, not quite as far as it could. I am concerned about bottling and bottle bombs, should I just cut back on the priming sugar ? I've tried the usual rousing the yeast and even added a packet US05, its been 3 weeks, I'm sure it's going no...

just realised that the crystal I used for this was 60 and 120 EBC, but the recipe states 40 and 120L, it's smelling good in the garage and tastes ok, dark, grainy, coffee-ish, but maybe not as tasty as it should be doh ! I forgot to check the conversion :(

OG 1082 just taken samples, USO5 1028, liquid yeast (local micro sourced, unconfirmed variety) 1022.

10 days in and still plenty of foam on the surface, from the US05 and liquid yeast in the 2nd fermenter. Should I expect a longer primary ferment given the high abv. Previous brews have dropped all foam and started to clear by now. I may draw off a sample to test with the hydrometer to see how...

I will be looking to bottle my brew, still got a foamy head on it at the mo, one week in. I was wondering instead of using snormal brewing sugar, I could use the Belgian Candy sugar, which I haven't used before, but it seems that it may go well here?

:)just brewed 38 litres, however FG has ended up at 1.102 ! Not sure where I went wrong, and if this is too high for the yeast, ( 2 packets of us05 in one bucket, and a 100g of my local micros yeast in the other) I have tried 2 hydrometers, and temp is 20'C. My grain bill is Pale 10KG Brown...

thanks chaps. Not hard to get homebrew ingredients, particularly with the internet and National suppliers. Cant get any 2 row malt tho, so going to use Morris Otter instead, which will be new for me, as my local micro supplied me previously and he only uses Halcyon, as he prefers the biscuity...

evening chaps, fairly inexperienced homebrewer here in the UK just saying hello. I have found Dennys recipe for Bourbon Vanilla Porter and have that in my sights, great website, keep up the good work :D IPA

thanks LLB, it just seems that 0.65 oz for bittering hops seems low, EKG I assume is there for aroma as its 10 min addition ?

hi guys, UK homebrewer here, with a few AG brews to date. I have a query with this recipe as the hop amounts seem very low, I say that as I don't use brewing software yet, essentially just follow forum/book recipes, which appear to be much higher. I guess the malt is the star here, not sure if...