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I have been looking at brewing up a bock for a while now but have been put off by the whole faff that is decoction mashing. So my question is, does anyone out there have good experience of brewing bocks? And, if so, what sort of step mash will get close to the uber maltiness of the...

Hi all, I have recently brewed a simple saison using mangrove jacks m29 French saison yeast. I have been fermenting it hot 28c and it has been giving me fantastic spicy, phenolic flavours. My concern is how long to keep it hot? I pitched in Saturday evening with a sg of 1.06. Gravity...

i have a scotch ale type beer that has been conditioning nicely for the last three months or so. it has been sitting on oak chips for over two months and is now plenty oaky for my palate. going to bottle it soon but i am unsure whether i will need to add a bit of yeast whilst bottling...

So this beer has been in primary for roughly 4 weeks. It was not hitting my final gravity target so I ramped up the temp to 22c to see if the yeast would jump back into action. I originally held the brew at 18c for a couple of weeks then upped it to 22c for the last two weeks. I had not...

Ok, so my interest is making hoppy beers just now. Previous thread details my inability to get any hop flavour out of Amarillo. Still a total noob but I am getting really bitter notes, along with some decent tropical flavours from using citra as a single hop. Is citra a particularly bitter...

Hi, I am new to all of this but have found the message boards here invaluable as I launch myself, in at the deep end, into all grain brewing. So I have joined up as I figure the best way to get a particular question answered is to ask it rather than trawling the net for solutions. I have a...