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Two of my latest homebrew a before they go into condition storage. Both are spot on for taste/aroma

I started with a bit of research online. But my biggest research was paying attention to what I was drinking. When I discovered a beer style and brewer I loved, my aim was to try and do a clone. Fortunately the brewer stated the ingredients on the can- malts, hops and the yeast strain. I...

To make the cheapest great tasting beer (that I can make) in the UK it costs; £12 for the grain £12 for the hops £2 for 1kg brewers sugar Additionally Fermentation bucket cost £10 each- I have two 23l buckets. BIAB grain bag - £6 My kettle is a 20l stainless steel pan that I originally bought...

Tried a bottle of the IPA last night, only 2 days after bottling, so it’s only lightly carbonated but wow! It’s spot on. Massive nose of fruit and a massive tropical fruit taste with subtle biscuity and caramel sweetness. Another 2 weeks I will try another bottle. I may never need to change my...

I have just tried a bottle of my latest brew, bottled on the 1st June, just as a tester and the hop aroma and flavour is amazing, definitely my best IPA yet. I dry hopped with 50g each of Mosaic l, Citra and Nelson Sauvin over a period of 3 days adding a bit of each each day starting at the most...

I’ve just bottled the diluted batch, came in at 6.9%. I dry hopped with 50g each of Mosaic, Citra and Nelson Sauvin and boiled with Ekuanot and Bullion. It’s very fruity and the initial taste test suggests it could quite possibly be my best brew yet. Need to think of a name for it. I’ve mixed...

The exact recipe was 2kg Maris Otter Pale 1kg Munich Pale 2kg Caramalt 2kg Wheat Malt 250g Melanoidin 250g Carapils 500g Brewer’s sugar. Steep was 12 litres and ended up with about 9 litres which I sparged back to 12 litre for the boil. After boil and cool the OG was taken then diluted down to...

Added 500g of Brewer’s sugar.

My latest BIAB brew got me thinking, what is the highest OG you have achieved? This brew has been my highest at around 1.153 OG, not too surprising given the quantity of grains that went into the bag.