Recent content by JohnSmith

Hey there, thought I'd add onto this. Late addition I know, but it might clear some things up with regards to Philly Sour. I just produced my first sour, I was aiming to hit close to Colonial Brewing's South West Sour. I think I got pretty damn close. I'll share my grain bill and mash steps from...

Hey there, After reading a few threads on here about Windsor used in Porter style beers and temperature shock I still have a specific question about this particular yeast and temperature shock repercussions. I have read that temp shock can result in petite mutations resulting in Anaerobic...

All good mate, I meant age for 3 weeks up to one month. Ive drank an IPA after 2 weeks in the bottle and as I kept kept drinking the batch I really liked the flavors that were coming out and changing up to 6 weeks later, your right, some of the aromatic qualities do disappear quickly.

Thanks for the encouragement and input guys. Honestly looking forward to making a few more batches to experiment. Once this has aged a little while I'll post an update. Thanks again.

Hi everyone, the following recipe is one I just made, it has finished fermenting and will be bottled this weekend. The hygrometer sample tastes amazing already, I cannot wait to taste after a few weeks to a months conditioning. Taken straight from Beer smith: Batch Size: 6.60 gal Boil Time...

All good. Thanks :D

Do you recommend bittering at the 60 min mark with Galaxy instead? I've seen a few IPA's that do it. I do not particularly hate grass flavors just not too strong. Or is it desirable to not bother with the 60 min at all? There is an all Simcoe IPA I've closely copied from this forum...

Hey there guys, I have got hold of a few different types of hop for my next pale ale and I am curious about boil times. last couple of batches have come out ok, a little light on hop flavor if anything but this is a first using a blend. The following is what Ive got figured out, please let me...

Hey there, sorry for the late reply I've been away. The batches I am making range from 25-30 Liters, cant wait to get my own place one day and scale up though. Cheers

Thanks guys. Thats good advice. Cheers

Thanks for the info guys. Much appreciated.

Hi All, I am a mash brewer from Australia, still quite new to all grain brewing but its been a fun leap from extract and I have had good results so far. Only just became a member but I have read many threads on here over the past few months that have really helped me out so I thought I had...

Hi there guys, I have read a previous thread on hop additions for an IPA and it was very informative. I do have one query about Citra though. My recent batch of a total of 29L has the following for additions during a 60 minute boil. 60Min to go: 15 grams cascade, 20 grams Citra. 40...