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Thanks for the replies. I'm currently fermenting an extract clone of Dead Pony Club from the recipes recently released by Brewdog. The og was 1044. As per my last post my intention was to ferment for 2 weeks, cask for 4 weeks and then bottle for at least 4 weeks. My question is, "could...

I'm an extract brewer and have boiled about 5 brew's and I am wondering if I am overdoing my fermenting/conditioning times. I have settled into this method: 1. Steep, Boil, cool and pitch in 3-5 hours; 2. Ferment for 3-5 days, dry hop and leave in fermentation vessel for 10-15 days; 3. Rack to...

Thanks for the response Clibit. Right I didn't realise that. So does that mean I can't really use my homegrown hops for a single hop beer? Doh, I should have done more research when I bought the rhisomes. I went for challenger because of it's dual purpose character. This was the info that came...

Hi HBF, I've been brewing extract beers for a little while using recipes from Graham Wheeler's British Real Ale book. I've also been growing and harvesting challenger hops which I bought from Aplus Hops. So I now have some extra pale malt extract left and a load of challenger hops frozen...

Thanks for the replies guys. With the lid off it boils well so that's that. Gravity was 1055 and recipe said 1047 so I topped up with filtered water till it was 1047 but still left me short. If I had filled up to 23ltr what sort of difference would there be? Weaker beer I guess. Is it too late...

First time boil, first time post. I'd be interested in your views. I moved from kits by purchasing a Burco Cygnet 30lt boiler, drilled a hole for a new tap and fitted a tap. I followed a recipe from Graham Wheeler's British Real Ale (3rd Ed). I did depart from the recipe by sticking more late...