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Ah hops beautiful hops! Yeah I'm the same with the ales and IPAs. I've got a hop monster churning away in the fermenter. When all is said and done i'll have 400 gr of hops crammed into 16 litres of beer. A bit extreme I know, but nothing ventured , nothing gained! Smelled amazing and had a...

Awesome! Do you usually do the usual 2/3week primary, 2 week secondary. Do you dry hop at all? What kind ofTemp are you fermenting at. I usually ferment my ale at 22c but I was maybe thinking of trying out the cellar at 18c with the s-05 to see if it makes any difference. Fruit beer could...

Hi all! Hope its been a productive weekend of brewing. Here's my dilemma. Im sitting here with everything I need to make my first pilsner but unfortunately the weathers hotting up and the temperature in my cellar has gone up to 18c. Far too warm even for the yeast I planned to use. My plan...

Awesome thanks., I'm oinna check this out at the weekend A new project!!!

Thanks for all your help Quaker . I reduced a liter of wort down to about 250ml. It ended up being a very loose syrup that tasted great. Something I would like to experiment with in the kitchen at work on a desert , really tasty. Anyways I added that to the wort preboil and ended up coming...

Haha nice one, that's the plan then. I should be good at this then as I'm Scottish. I be really interested to see how the souring goes , isn't that how they used to make guinness? I'll let you know how this goes and keep me posted on your souring.

Awesome! I'll be giving the aggressive boil on the side a try. Yet another technique ventured. Is the aim to reduce the seperate quart to about half ?

Hey fellow brewers My LHBS had no caramel malts yesterday so stuck with 11lbs pale ale 7lbs Munich Just wondering what I can add to give that little bit of body I'm going to be missing through not having caramel/crystal.... Is it possible to add honey and If so when? I'm not looking to...

Thanks dude, making the Caramel sounds interesting . I'll have to give it a try soon.

Hey all I'm planning on brewing tomorrow with limited ingredients. What I have to play with is: 5kg(11 lbs) pale ale malt 2kg( 4.5 lbs) Munich malt 100g( 3.5 oz) Amarillo 100g ( 3.5oz )Nelson sauvin Safale Us - 05 yeast I was planning on doing a smash with NS and pale ale but after my last...

Hey all I'm planning on brewing tomorrow with limited ingredients. What I have to play with is: 5kg(11 lbs) pale ale malt 2kg( 4.5 lbs) Munich malt 100g( 3.5 oz) Amarillo 100g ( 3.5oz )Nelson sauvin Safale Us - 05 yeast I was planning on doing a smash with NS and pale ale but after my last...

Hey all I'm planning on brewing tomorrow with limited ingredients. What I have to play with is: 5kg(11 lbs) pale ale malt 2kg( 4.5 lbs) Munich malt 100g( 3.5 oz) Amarillo 100g ( 3.5oz )Nelson sauvin Safale Us - 05 yeast I was planning on doing a smash with NS and pale ale but after my last...

Yeah guys that exactly what I'm doing. Haha yeah I now officially feel like an idiot but saying that, an idiot that has just learnt an important lesson. Thanks for your fast help, now I can bottle and get back to the black ipa on the stove top. Thanks again. Have a good one!

Hi all! Little new guy help please! Bottling and brewing today after consistently checking my fg the past few days The brew looks a bit clearer and tastes great but it almost burns on the nose, a really sharp smell that makes you pull away fast! Any ideas what my problem is? Thanks

The panic stems from not knowing what I'm looking for . As I said , first brew. Your process seems the most sensible. 2 week primary, 1 week secondary, cold crash. Is it possible to just ride it out in primary? Maybe I've just got itchy fingers. The yeast I used was safale us-05. I initiallyt...

Mlyday, your the man! Thanks! I'm definitely gonna try the gelatine after ive left the beer in the cellar a few days. Thanks again for the help, much appreciated

Thanks guys. Panic over! Unfortunately my set up us pretty basic just now so I think I'm going to have to let it sit longer in the primary and move it down to the cellar where it's a bit colder. No space in my refridgerator. Good things come to those who wait right. How's does the gelatine...

Hello everybody! New brewer in a panic here. I brewed my first 2 batches 2 weeks ago. Both based on the same recipe and using the same yeast. The only difference between the two are the hops used and the actual schedule. Oh and a 90 min boil on the 2nd batch instead of 60min. Today I took my...