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I use the home brew company shop. Decent selection of products and E5 courier delivery anywhere in Ireland. http://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/ You can find out more info on the Irish home/craft brew scene here http://www.beoir.org/ In Cork city there is a home brew club that meets up on...

Leaving it a week longer won't do it any harm, but you should be able to tell when fermentation has finished when the final gravity has been reached (~1.027) and is stable.

I used 9oz of raw cacao nibs without any treatment. Didn't bother with secondary, just added them into primary after 2 weeks and left them there for 2 more weeks prior to bottling. Its been bottle conditioning now for two weeks and has turned out fine with no contamination. I did soak the...

From their webpage: Grain: Pale Malt, Roast Barley, Black Malt, Flaked Barley. Hops: Galena, Nugget, East Kent Goldings. Brewed with fresh oyster. A smooth drinking aromatic stout with a discernible but unidentifiable aromatic aspect. Not suitable for vegetarians. It is a fine stout. Lucky to...

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: White labs WLP004 Irish ale yeast (liquid) Yeast Starter: 1 quart Batch Size (Gallons): 5.28 Original Gravity: 1.043 Final Gravity: 1.007 IBU: 32.7 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 16.1 (closer to 18 upon inspection!!) Primary Fermentation (# of Days &...

Brewed a 2 gallon version of this with fresh blackberries but ended up with slightly less blackberries since those with signs of mould etc were thrown out before soaking in vodka! Hit the final gravity of 1.002 and bottled after 21 days in primary. They've been bottle fermented over the last...