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You could always add in some carafa special 3 when you sparge. Probably only need a very small amount to get the colour back. Do you use any brewing software? If so, you’re aiming for about ebc30. Red x alone will give you this. Plug the numbers in and see you get. BeerSmith is well worth the...

Just red x on its own will work fine. My brew with it had plenty of body. However, your subject is ‘pale ale...’ so if you’re truly after a pale beer I wouldn’t bother with red x at all. If you want your beer to be pale I’d probably use pale ale malt and a touch of dark crystal, say 2%. If...

Oh, and it turned out very red btw!

I made a SMASH with red x and mandarina bavaria for a camping trip at the end of last summer. Turned out really great. Very sessionable, basically the whole 5gal batch went the first night! From memory it had a slight residual sweetness, there was a definite toffee caramel malt profile...

I recently brewed a clone of Fuller’s London Porter following the recipe in Wheeler’s book (highly recommend you get a copy if you haven’t already! https://shop.camra.org.uk/brew-your-own-british-real-ale.html). Only change was I swapped fuggles for bramling cross. Beer turned out really...

I've not tried brewing this (or any other hefe so far) but it does sound interesting. I guess that if the beer you had tasted like lamb tikka Kerala then get all those ingredients in. I know from cooking that curry leaves can have a very strong love-it-or-hate-it flavour so experiment before...

I'd say for orange either Mandarina Bavaria or First Gold. Pineapple I'd go for Vic Secret. Use these late or dry hop and not for bittering. I haven't heard of Denali, just googled it and they sound tasty.

Think how high abv and drinkable a quad is - simple sugars.

Because you want a high abv and you want it to finish dry.

Ow am ya? If you're interested in mild ales I'd suggest getting yourself a copy of Graham Wheeler's 'Brew Your Own British Real Ale'. It's basically a book of cloned British milds, bitters, porters & stouts. The mild recipes include some 'modern' (i.e. post ww2) milds and examples of some...

I'd like to get your opinions on whether or not to prime British pale ales and bitters prior to bottle conditioning. I've been using ~60 g DME to prime ~20 litres. I'm finding this works for more hop forward APAs and (with perhaps another 20 g or so DME) IPAs but not for my bitters. With...

I think they are both the same thing: Fuggles grown in the Slovenia.

Ha! Fair enough! Will let them just get on with it and wait for the new shoots to appear

I'm guessing just put it back in the ground? This is what I've done..

Hi all, I'm growing hops for the first time this year and could do with some advice... I planted the rhizomes yesterday with manure and compost. To cut a long story short, my dog dug them up and all of the little purple/green shoots have now snapped off! Will these grow back or is it game...

I've had a look at a couple of these recipes and they don't seem to add up using beer engine. I think you need to take their recipes with a pinch of salt

Whole cones are better than pellets for dry hopping (easier to filter when siphoning and no need to sanitise bags etc). I chuck them straight into the fermenter after initial fermentation has died down and leave it like that before racking into my bottling bucket a week later. There are no...

A BIPA / CDA I brewed recently used 5.7 kg (95%) Maris Otter and 300 g (5%) Carafa Special iii. Used chinook for bittering and late additions of ahtanum, chinook, Nelson Sauvin and Simcoe. The Carafa special iii worked really well for this. Only a slight dark chocolate bitterness, nothing...

Thanks, I hadn't heard of Brulosophy. Looks like an interesting site.

Cheers - I'll try to source a bottle of the Brooklyn saison you mentioned. I'm guessing it's going to be pretty pricey here in England! If it's something I like perhaps that'll be my next brew. Cheers chaps!