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This is my latest batch that I did yesterday: 5kg Pale Ale Malted Barley 80g Fuggles Hops (4.6% AA) 1 Tin Golden Syrup (454g) 1 Sachet Bread Yeast Mash grains with 12.5 litres water, at between 63-67°C for 2 hours. Sparge grains with hot water until just over 23L total wort volume collected...

I was squeezing my nylon bag during the sparge and a lot of cloudy liquids came out. I filtered this through a cheese cloth and a lot of white putty was in it, maybe 1kg wet out of the 3kg grain i used. Is it right to throw this away? (It is too late anyway for this batch). I just chucked it...

3kg Pale Lager Malt 125g Amber malt 60g Hop pellets (5% Golding) Starter yeast 25L Water First of all do the mashing for a couple of hours at the correct temp. Sparge everything. Boil the wort. Tip: Use a sieve to prevent the scum at the bottom from sticking to the element. Use at least 3 hop...

Ingredients: 3kg pale malted barley. 250g crystal malt (aka amber). 25L tap water 120g of hop pellets (~6% Golding split into 2 hopsocks). 1kg Whitworths sugar. Directions: Transfer the grains into the mash bag and immerse with water until the grains are well covered. The temperature needs to...

Use half ingredients for a single strength during summer months. Ingredients: 6kg pale malted barley. 250g crystal malt. 25L filtered water 60g of Bittering hops (~6% E.g. Progress, Cascade, Golding or Fuggles). 60g of Aroma Hops for finishing Directions: Transfer the grains into the mash...

This is what I do: Dump 6kg pale into a 5 gallon bucket and 250g crystal for caramelization. Cover with enough water that you have some good headspace. Heat with electric filament until the water at the top starts to boil, periodically stirring at intervals. Switch off the filament, and...

Grain Bill: 3kg Crushed Pale 250g Crushed Crystal 1.6kg Pale Malt Extract 60g Black Patent Preboil Volume 6.5 gallon Postboil Volume 5.5 gallon Hops: Half (2oz apparently although it usually weighs more) foil-packed Fuggles for the full duration of the boil. Yeast: Muntons Gold.

Im planning a brew in a few days and the recipe is based on what I had in stock. Every batch is unique, please no harsh critcism only helpful tips/advise :mug: Ingredients: 3kg Crushed Pale 250g Crystal grain 250g Black Patent grain 1.6kg Pale Extract 2 oz Fuggles at 60 min Muntons Gold yeast...

Did the following today: 3kg Pale 250g Crystal 500g Supermarket Whole Oats Mashed at 62C for 90-120 minutes with enough water to submerge the grains. Sparged with enough hot water to fill vessel. Used 2 Oz of Fuggles in the boil. Used Muntons Gold yeast sachet after heat transfer. How will...

I was just wondering how you can tell if a batch has been spoilt. I had doubts about a brew recently when I could only get the boil up to 65C because of a problem with the equipment. The beer tastes bad but I dont know if it because I used 125g black patent or if it is due to other bacteria than...

I just racked a mild brown off into my keg after sitting in the primary for 12 days. At the bottom of the fermenter looked like a cow pat and smelt like one too. The yeast rarely has an offensive smell after shorter periods in the primary eg 7 days. The yeast really packed together well though...

Hey guys im going for an interview at a brewery in London on Wednesday. I have had a string of rejections/no replys in the last few months but Ireally like the prosect of the job I am going to. Being a AG homebrewer I feel like there are people in this forum that would envy a chance to do work...

Hi Guys, I was wondering how many of you have been having homebrew dreams. This is basically where you see homebrew products you want but cannot even begin to afford. That is what is happening to me but I cannot be bothered to post links at the moment. I am sure you are getting what I am driving at.

I am planning to do another batch in a few days since my keg is almost empty and I have another beer that is now in secondary. This is the recipe I have calculated on Promash. It is a English Mild Brown (5 gall) 3kg Pale Ale Malt 250g Crystal medium roast 125g Black Patent 2oz Goldings...

I understand that it is possible to leave the beer fermenting on the yeast for about a month or so before it needs racking. So in this sense a carboy is not exactly an imperative piece of brew-ware however it does look like it is quite popular amongst alot of the people who are dedicated to this...

So this is a brew day I was looking forward to. My 3rd ever AG attempt. I had calculated the US-UK ale on Promash according to my in-house feedstocks. 8.25 LB Pale Ale Grain 250g Crystal Grain 270g Flaked Maize The problem was during the mash my thermometer reading was all over the...

I'm thinking of using some of these that are in peoples recycle bins where I live so that I can crack on with the new batch. Since I am all grain brewer it takes nature longer to condition my beer than if I buy tins of premium grade malt extract. Two bottles of Grolsch flip-top sell for £3 for...

I was wondering if anybody mills their own grains. They definately sell equipment for it so some people must do it. I was just wondering if there are any advantages to it. The commercial malted-cracked grains are very floury and I dont know if this gives batches that are cloudy even after...

I have been getting confused with all the different approaches people have been using in the way they decide to add hops to their beer. Just to complicate matters further I have recently spotted yet another product...