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Cheers for the input. I think I'll just go ahead with my recipe then if there's nothing glaringly obviously wrong with it. Re. Using higher alpha hops for bittering - challenger were the highest I could get weighed out from the shop without buying a pre packed 100g of something else. I could...

I'm about to brew an IPA in the next day or so, and was just wondering if my recipe looks about right. Any suggestions or words of advice would be appreciated as this is only my 5th partial mash, and my first IPA. I'm going for a bit of a mixture of English and American, but not as big brash...

Cheers for all the feedback. I assumed the 7L pot would maybe be a bit small. What if I bought two 19L pots? Would that make the job a bit easier - that way I could use the second pot to batch/dunk sparge? Ideally I would like to do as big batches as possible, due to the extra time and effort...

I have a few questions that i would greatly appreciate some advice on from some of you more experienced brewers on here. Here goes: I've been doing kit brews for the past six months (just put my 7th batch down today) and I've been thinking of taking the next step for a while now. Although I have...

I am going to brew a hobgoblin 'clone' using a Design a Brew pack from Abbey Homebrew in Leeds and would appreciate any advice on how best to go about it. For anyone not familiar with the design a brew range, they are basically customisable kits where you can choose from a range of malt extract...

I am on my second brew - a two tin "colliery stout" no boil kit from abbey home brew in Leeds. I didn't deviate from the kit instructions and the brew seemed to go pretty well. Problem is that it seems to be fermenting very slowly. I brewed a week ago, the OG was only 1.045 (is this low for a...