Recent content by White_Water

That's exactly what I will be trying next brew. I have seen some other posts where the tap water goes through a pre chill bucket of water to further lower the temp but I'm tempted to try this instead. I guess this is a bit different that recirculation though in that you are rapidly lowering...

Not sure how much this would help as this is one of the few Innis &Gunn bottles I haven't tried but they were once part owned by William Grants distillery so its possible that their whiskey was used to soak the woodchip. As for the recipe itself I * think* I read somewhere that the brewers also...

Hi My current all grain setup consists of a 50l HLT/boiler and a 36Qt Coleman Cool Box. I have done 4 brews so far and I always decant the first runnings in a spare bucket, empty the remaining sparge water from the HLT in the mash tun (I batch sparge), pump the contents of the bucket back...

I went to Sardinia 6 months ago. The place we stayed had a small bar that made its own beer and the blond ale I tried was lovely. Nothing much noteworthy in terms of beer in other bars and restaurants. Saying that there was a big selection in the local supermarket. I found one lager and one...

Hi newby here. It's my first attempt at brewing a big beer so used the following recipe: http://beerrecipes.org/showrecipe.php?recipeid=1215 I used slightly less Maris Oter (due to package sizes I would have wasted 90% of a .5kg bag) and ended up with 25.5l of wort 1.057 pre boil. After...