Recent content by stephenday1987

Thinking about it... I guess the other option is to do 2 small batches and combine them instead of topping up? You mention that the wort will still be more saturated and therefore extract less IBU's but I assume this will still be more efficient than simply throwing in some plain water and...

Damn. Exactly what I was hoping you wouldn't say! Thanks though, I'll have to do some googling and take a look into that. I'll probably have to put a hold on it and get a bigger pot at some point though by the looks of it.

Hi, I was hoping someone confirm what seems in my head a very simple scenario but I don’t want to mess anything up! I want to try brewing a Double IPA. I have a recipe all put together below than I’m going to attempt. 6.5lb Light Dried Malt Extract 0.6 lb (272 g) Crystal 45 malt 0.6...

Thanks for the help all. The candi sugar i have been getting is actually no more expensive in my local brew shop than a standard bag of sugar. Have been paying under £1 for it. I'm at home now so have checked my ingredients for amounts. Recipe with amounts is as follows. 6.6lb pilsner lme...

Perhaps I don't understand my Belgian styles too well. I always thought delirium tremens was more of a triple but hey! Basically I'm just aiming for a fairly light dry strong type. I personally quite like a little hint of spice so I'll stick with the small amounts I used last time regardless of...

Hi all, I've brewed a fair few kit style extract brews and have moved on to brewing extract recipes but with some partial type mashing of some grain also. I decided to have a go at an extract delirium tremens style copy. I wasn't expecting anything identical at all but wanted something that was...