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Thanks all for the replies. Here's where we're now at. I went with dry hopping it on Friday. Left for three days then moved to cool. The beer is now much clearer, but still has a haze. Flavour is still not defined like I'm used to when using US05. I'm going to put my worry's down to trying a new...

thanks for your reply, however, I have brewed this beer before and I know that when comparing the appearance and taste at the end of primary there is definitely something not quite right this time round. Whilst I'm not expecting it to be crystal clear, it should be much clearer than the...

the second runnings were for a totally separate beer, a single hopped columbus.

hasn't reached bottle yet, this is coming straight out of the FV still in primary. it was brewed 2 weeks ago today, but has taken this long to reach 1.012. I've never had this issue before! For comparison the second runnings I've just bottled were clear after 7 days and i've just bottled it...

I'm looking for help in working out where I've gone wrong with a brew, and if there is anything I can do to fix it. My recipe is here.... http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/638075/american-ipa-columbus-amarillo This is a reworking of a brew I had done already, save for using Maris...

its totally doable, they're a big thing in the states. Its just whether the things i have access to are fit for purpose! many of the online tutorials for making the ale state to go for small ones. Things tend to be bigger in the states, so maybe the large ones in our supermarkets are their...

anyone able to advise if the carving pumpkins you get in Tesco/ASDA are suitable for making a pumpkin ale?

Cheers pittsy, this is more like what i was after! If i boil the hops in only 5l of wort will i lose some hop flavour when i then add the rest of the water up to 21l? And if i don't boil the dme for at least ten mins what sort of problems would that cause me?

Cheers, but I really wouldn't have the time between now and Saturday to put something like that together. Any other suggestions? I think I'm going to go for 500g amber DME in the boil and add the muntons enhancer to the fv.

This weekend i'm planning my 3rd and 4th brews, this time with a mix of DME and LME. I'll list my ingredients and what i was thinking of doing, my query relates to when should I add ideally add the DME because I am limited to a 5 litre pot size! For both recipes: 1.5kg Amber LME 500g to 1kg of...

Thanks for the reply, very useful to have someone else confirm my thinking! Also wondered would hop pellet sludge potentially stick to the electric elements?

I'm trying to decide on what gear to invest in for all grain. Living in flat pretty much rules out gas boiler and steel brew kettle, the space saving covenience of one of the brupaks electric boilers is appealing to me, however, I was wondering if these are suitable to use with hop pellets due...

I've used the carbonation drops on about a dozen bottles for my first brew and the results have been inconsistent. I ended up pouring some bottles down the sink and others were just drinkable and no more. The batch priming I used for the rest of the bottles has given flawless results. Leaves me...

Using cascade. The hoppier the better. Stick it all in?

Mine is one week today. Later I'm transferring to secondary and dry hopping it. Not sure how much to stuck in though, got 100g. Any benefits to using then whole lot rather than the 35-40g others have tried here?

I tried them on some of my first brew. I found they under carbonated the beer at 1 per 500mls bottle. But I also batch primed a larger portion of the brew with half a tsp sugar per 500ml and achieved a much better result.

Made up one of these yesterday. Looking forward to the end result going by everyone's comments!

that's really handy! thanks! I had planned to do a lot more research prior to brewing my first, however, i opened the can of extract not realising it was all that was in the can! i was expecting packets! I'm going to pass this on to a friend who is about to do their first batch soon, should...

i've actually got three demi-johns i could use, passed on from a friend. Decided to start with the bin, but think i'll give the demi-john a go next time! i was thinking that, didn't expect it to be that quick! still going to leave it until Friday/Saturday to make sure the reading stays the...

thanks for the speedy replies folks! I've just taken a new hydrometer reading, currently sitting at 1.006! that's in the right direction! feeling much better about it all now!