Recent content by shaneharding

Sounds like sound advice.... Brew more beer... I've done some research into this whole "hop tea" thing and have come to the conclusion that to add bitterness more so than hop aroma . flavour he following may be a good plan. Boil some bittering hops (possibly Chinook) for an hour in about 2...

Cheers for the advice tombstone. I figured that would be the case, rather than the malt extract coming pre-hopped. From m limited knowledge I would consider 14-18 EBU to br fairly low and possibl not quite there for a good english brown. As has been reccomended by a previous poster I am...

Again to everyone, thanks for all your help. I do like the sound of emcarthy25's suggestion of adding a hop tea to help bitter my brew. "OP to create a hop tea with a small amount of DME on his stove, and add the tea to his brew? A long enough boil would get the bitterness needed"...

Thanks again for all the advice. My initial thoughts are that the beer kit I used was most likely hopped. I can't imagine Mark (my home brew shop guy) would give me a kit that required the addition the hops and not recomend any. I been able to rely on him in the past to steer me in the right...

Wow, thanks everyone for such timely advice. Going on the advice of my local home brew guy, (Who is a bit of a guru, i think) I didn't hop this brew. My preference for this style of beer was for a more malty tasting beer. To be honest, I'm not exactly sure if the beer kit i used here is...

Apologies all, I assumed I should include the recipe but figured my first post was long enough. Anyways here tis: Guinea Pig Brown Ale Date Brewed: 2/2/2012 Ingredients Mangrove Jack’s Tyneside Brown Ale Kit Briess CBW Sparkling Amber Liquid Malt Exract 1 x Sachet SAF...

Hi All, Whilst I've been brewing for a little while now, I'd still class myself a beginner as i simply brew from kits. I've had some great results and beers that I've really enjoyed. I've recently brewed an English Brown Ale that has turned out tasting really sweet. There is a story...