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Hey all, hoping someone can help me with this, I bought the attached http://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/polypropylene-replacement-cartridge-1-um-p-4648.html I have made two beers using this water filter and the finished beer has a distinct flavour coming from the filter itself. Perhaps I have...

Hey All, I thought id share my most recent Oatmeal stout recipe. I used a lot less roasted grains than my normal stouts to give the smooth flavour. Its also the first time I used malted Oats, I normally use rolled/flaked. 5kg Irish Ale Malt 1.4kg Malted Oats 100g Special B 150g Chocolate 110g...

Hey All, I said I would share my American Brown ale recipe, turned out well 6kg Pale Malt 500g Caramunich II 300g Chocolate 20g Carafa III 15g Columbus 60 Mins 5g Belma 10 Mins 25g Admiral 10 Mins 14g EKG Flameout 14g Saaz Flameout 14g Cascade Flameout Gervin Ale yeast...

Hey All, Thought id share my brewday with ye all for your entertainment. Brewed an American Brown ale on my grainfather. Everything was going just perfect. Great grain crush, efficiencies were high, wort had just the right colour. then when I lifted the grain basket up, to begin the...

Hey All, I have brewed several Weisens and used several different yeasts, the best in my opinion is the Mangrove Jacks Bavarian Wheat, I have previously used Safale WB-06 (ends up fermenting too Dry), Danstar Munich Wheat (hardly any phenol aroma) and also Brewferm Blanche (again no...

Hey all, Wanted to ask if many have done a pilsner recipe with Ale yeast and how were the results. I'm thinking of all pilsner malt, saaz hops to about 3o IBU, and US-05, ill get the US-05 to finish dry, about 1.008. The reason im not doing a lager is because I don't have temp...

Hey All, I'm hoping someone here might have used this hop before. After reading the profile of the hop (Grapefruit, Flowery) and the fact it was on sale I said I would do a single hop beer with it. im planning on doing only a small bitter charge and then the majority of the hop as a...

Hey All, Im now able to do step mashes thanks to the grainfather. I haven't delved much into step mashing and wanted to get some ideas on maybe a 3 step mash on a hefe, I was going to keep it very very simple in terms of grain and hops but try to do a complex mash to see if this makes...

I just kegged up me first Red Ipa, thought i would share. I went with a different hop profile than most i have seen. Ill post up a picture and tasting notes when i draw a pint off next week. 3kg Maris Otter 2kg Vienna 500g Wheat 500g Caramalt 30 120g Black Patent 20g Magnum 60 Mins...

Hey all, working out a recipe for a super juicy pale ale/ipa, gonna keep the IBU below 30 on this one, but want the big citra aroma flavour rather than bitterness. So far here is what i have 3kg Pale Malt 2kg Vienna 500g Crystal 30 10g magnum 60 mins 35g citra 10 mins 65g citra...

Kegged up this recipe yesterday, thought i would share it with ye. 5kg Maris Otter 1kg Pale Wheat 500g Crystal 30 300g honey added at flameout Zest of 4 Navel Oranges added at flameout 33g Styrian Golding for 60 Mins 17g Styrian Golding for 30 Mins Mashed at 152 for an hour...

Hey all, this is going to sound like a very silly question to alot of ye well versed brewers. My question is what is the reason for the ideal mash thickness? My process is fill my mash tun with as much water as possible which is about 25 Litres of water, add my grains, this brings my...

Hey all, Im brewing now for about 3 years and im an all grain brewer. I just wanted to get a consensus as to what percentage of brewers treat their tap water before brewing. I have always considered it but i havent tried it yet. I had a great conversation with a fellow brewer local to...

Hey All, I brewed up the second batch of breakfast stout as my first one went down really well. However this batch hasnt turned out well whatsoever. I have posted the recipe below to see if anyone can help. The brewday went as normal, no hiccups, this is what leads me to believe there was an...

Afternoon all, I am currently fermenting an Imperial stout and im going to be adding oak chips to this. This will be my first time adding oak chips to any of my beers and i had some questions. Any help or assistance from yer experience would be a great help. 1) Sanatise? i have read...

Hey all Thought I'd share my latest recipe, it's a very light Abv beer made with 100% wheat. Matched up with some flavoursome hops it turned out great. I used a biab as wheat is very sticky in the mashtun. 1.5kg wheat malt Mashed at 150 for an hour 10g magnum for 60 min 50g...

Hey All, I'm back with my new and improved All day inspired brew take two. I have brought in wheat this time to bring up the body a little as the last batch might have been a little light in body. 2.2Kg Pale Malt (Maris Otter) 2.2kg Wheat 250g biscuit 25g Simcoe 60 mins 20g of Simcoe...

Hey all, Just wanted to get peoples opinions on Finings in general, for my first 2 dozen batches i always uses a whirlfloc tablet. For the last 5 or so batches i havent used any finings. I do note that the beer is clowdy for the first month in the bottle and then it gradually clears out. I...

Hey all, I have quite a few hops at present and im looking at hops that pair well together. My next beer i was looking at a double ipa and i wanted to pair Chinook for the piney aroma and flavour and Ahtanum for the floral citrussy aroma. Has anyone ever done this pairing and how did it...

I made up a Galaxy SMaSH last Sunday, Recipe Below. 6kg of Pale Malt Mashed for one hour at 149 Farenheit Boiled for 65 mins with the following additions 30g Galaxy for 65 mins 35g Galaxy for 20 Mins 35g Galaxy added at flameout. Made 24 Litres Starting gravity came in at...