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keen to see how this turns out. i love some trappist brews

My disability makes brewing alone a bit dangerous since I don't really want to pour several gallons of boiling wort on myself. I would brew alone if I could find a way

Good post. I enjoy brewing the occasional big beer but i mostly brew wits and pale ales

i feel your pain OP. i lost half a batch to poorly manufactured bottles a while ago. it was a hard time

looks delicious. i can't find munich malt extract anywhere so i'm planning to do a partial mash. how much total munich malt should i mash and at what temp? thanks

Belgian Dubbel similar to Chimay blue

i'm keen to try a few small batches. is there a collection of recipes for 1 gallon batches somewhere? i know i can scale down a bigger recipe but i'd like some tried and tested ones

sorry, he asked me the question before i'd opened the bottle, then didn't believe me after i'd poured a glass

the Little Creatures clone I brewed is pretty good, and it's not even carbed yet. the most popular one i've brewed has been my honey wheat

a mate of mine asked if my witbier was an ale or a lager. i told him it was an ale, and he says No it's not, it's too light."

flat warm pale ale. and it's the best beer i've ever brewed

the only way you can tell if it's ready is if you have stable hydrometer readings for 3 days or so

just grate the zest off some fresh oranges if you can get them

was it on top of the krausen? it was probably nothing. wait a couple of weeks and see what happens

I'm interested in this too. a lot of recipes on here seem to have the C hops (Cascade et al). I guess some noble hops could be good too? Maybe EKG's, fuggles, Saaz? anything else?

we've got a beer in NZ called DB Draft. it's truly terrible

it tasted really sweet and kind of bland. now the roastyness and hop character is starting to come through and it tastes more balanced. i hope that makes sense

i'm drinking a porter at the moment. it's about 6 weeks old and a hell of a lot better than it was three weeks ago, but i'm sure it's only going to improve with age

the 60 minute additions are just for bitterness. they do impart some flavour but not much. the later additions are for flavour and aroma. since you're adding the centennial 15 mins before the end of the boil you should get the flavour and some aroma from them

i use soda bottles all the time. try to get the brown ones if you can