Recent content by Tonybrews

My first batch , I wasn't using a heat pad and it cooled down to about 16deg C over night which put the yeast to sleep , so I just sprinkled another packet over it, and away it went 👍

Yes reuse it

Just a thought. Regarding the dregs in the bottom of my fermenter, after scattering the hop granules in my fermenter and bottling off ,the hop dregs smelt and looked soo yum , I got to thinking, can I reconstitute them by adding some malt water and yeast , has anyone given it a go ? Cheers

OK cool , moving forward and improving the product, I shall leave in the fermentation stage for a month and use a higher grade yeast , could be a starter

Just shows how much I know 🤣 that's pretty obvious but just didn't think, the only down side is having to wait editional 2 week's

The other day I went next door for a session, with my bottles in my pockets ( I have rather large pockets) anyway by the time I got there the sediment have wall and truely mixed, making nice cloudy drink, and I got thinking. I I waited the two weeks after bottling (letting the bottled...

I'm putting down a IPA/APA brew , easy ?? which liquid malt is best to use , light , dark or amber using mangrove jacks malt Cheers

I don't, but I tried a bottle today , and it's smoooooth as Mmmmmmm

I'm more after a flavour and aroma than bitter like a hoppy craft beer , I got close with my brew will try boiling the pallets, straining the liquid and adding to the wort before fermentation meat time

Is boiling OK for hop pellets

Hey Guys It's been nany years since I last brewed beer , and boy things have changed. Last week bottled my first, a Tynside brown , but I wanted it to be hoppy so using 750ml bottles I used 100g of hops soaked in cold water for 30 minutes then as bottling placed 50ml of the sieves liquid...

Hi Brit Just like you, I have my first batch down , bewn down for a week now , going to try a bottle tomorrow , I used a Tynside brown ale pack and bottled ( hopefully) with 100g of dry hops citrus US , and because I'm using 750ml bottles dropped 2 x sugar drops in each bottle , the wife...