Recent content by PBBREW95

It doesn't say unfortunately, used a pre-hopped malt extract, and added another 1.2kg of liquid malt extract to it.

Extract brew! I assumed that would be the case, any suggestions for which software to use? Thanks btw mate

Hi guys, I have a lovely batch of Irish Red Ale fermenting away here beside me since last night. However, I forgot to take a gravity reading with my hydrometer after being caught up in the excitement of the brew! Any tips on how to go about figuring this out? Would it be too late to take a...

Ok thanks for the info guys, looks like I'll be avoiding a secondary phase and move straight to bottling. Having dry hopped 24 hours ago I'm planning on leaving it another 2-3 days before moving to bottling bucket. Would there be any benefit in leaving it even longer before bottling ? Will...

Hi guys, I'm currently still using extract kits (Magrove Jack's IPA at the moment). I'm wondering what peoples thoughts are on carrying out a secondary fermentation with these sort of kits? My gravity reading is almost at my FG, however I felt it might be useful to move the beer to a...

Thanks a lot, will go ahead with it so!

So had planned on using carbonation drops for priming my beer as I'm bottling today, but I've just realised i don't have enough drops for the entire batch. The only sugar I have is caster sugar. Has anyone used this for priming before? Brewing a pilsner if that's of any consequence. Thanks!

What I really meant was I didn't use a kettle. It was just a simple pre-hopped malt extract to which I added boiling water in the primary fermenter (As basic as it gets!) Unfortunately I live in Ireland and don't American home brew stores would ship to me (maybe for an extortionate delivery...

I've only just completed by first batch of homebrew (an American pale ale) and I was pretty pleased with the results. But now I want to make something stronger and hoppier, so I want to brew a very hoppy IPA. Unfortunately I don't have access to a kettle so I can't boil at this early stage in my...