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I am contemplating having a go at my first AG brew. It will be definately very rough around the edges, but I'd like to try it anyway!:) I only have a 19 quart boil pan at the moment though (I do also have an 11 quart one too). I can get my oven to maintain a temperature of about 152F so my...

OK, this is one almost certainly just for the UK members as I doubt that the Copper Dragon brewery distributes much outside of the UK. This is one of my favourite cask ales and I would love to come close to that amazingly complex flavour. Could anyone try and help me build a partial-mash...

I made myself a copper wort immersion chiller which I used for the first time today. I had cleaned it with VWP sanitising solution, then rinsed thoroughly. What bothers me is that the whole coil was slightly dull when it went in (as you'd expect from unpolished metal) but when it came out of the...

Just tried my latest brew which has just about finished in the primary: (Mixture of pale LME and DME with 1lb 60L crystal steeped and using challenger and cascade hops with Wyeast Brit Ale II.) The aroma is absolutely fantastic, the flavour and mouthfeel spot on too (even at this early...

I have a slightly puzzling fermentation going on at the moment. I made up an all-extract "mini brew" of 4.5 quarts a while back. I used Muntons Premium Gold dry yeast (I've since heard about the apparent issues with this yeast - ho hum) with a starter. It lagged for about 6 hours then got...

Managed to get some new toys in the last week! Firstly, a decent sized stainless steel pot (20 litres or about 20 US quarts) for £20 (about $35): Then through a plumber friend of mine I got some 8mm copper pipe which I then made a (basic but effective) immersion cooler from (for the...

I have 3 beers on the go at the moment, but they're all in primaries and have ages to go yet.:( Well, temptation got the better of me just now.:o I have a demijohn with just 4 litres of pale beer in which I threw together to use up some left over ingredients from when I made a starter wort...

I'm all a bit new to this making up beers lark.:o But I've got two of my own invention on the go now and when they move from their primaries I will want to be filling the carboy up with another.:mug: If I describe the flavour profile I'm looking for first, then the recipe that I *think* will...

Hi all, A quick question please; does malt extract (either LME or DME) when it's being boiled with the hops go dark naturally? As in, is this a good thing? I brewed a beer today which was 3.3lbs Pale LME (which I boiled in 3/4 gallon with half the bittering hops), 2.2lbs Extra-light DME...

As the nights are getting colder here, the overnight temperature inside the house is often dropping to 14/15 degrees C (about 59F). By about 8am the temperature is up to about 20 deg C (68F) and will keep at about that (with maybe a few degrees lost here or there during the day when the heating...

. . . such as a 7 month old stout.:mug: I made this from a really cheap beer kit back in February. It was bottled in 2 litre PET bottles. I actually called this beer "the disaster brew" because when it was racked into the barrel, the seal burst on the tap. I was running around desperately trying...

Hello all, I'm soon going to be embarking on my first DME/LME beer (recipe is in the intro section). Problem is I only currently have a 1.5 gallon pot.:( I've looked on the web for a 3 or 4 gallon pot (which would seem sensible) but they are fetching well over £35 (about 70USD) and that's...

Well, after browsing for a little while (and now getting into homebrewing a bit more) I have decided to sign up.:) I am a real ale enthusiast and have been for about 5 years, and while I've always been somewhat spoilt with the choice for excellent beers in the pubs around here, I have always...