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This is a really good brew. I hope yours turns out somewhere close. Beers of Europe in Setch have it in stock HERE. I bought some from their shop this summer when I went on holiday in Norfolk - it went down a treat.. :cheers:

Congrats on your first brew! :cheers: How much water did you use for the mash? Did you have a pot big enough to take the full volume or was the plan to top up in the fermenting vessel? Did you hit your target OG? Don't forget that if you are aiming for 5.6l of beer then you need to use a lot...

Mmmmmm Nutella..... :D...sounds great! The carafa comes in two forms; Carafa 1, 2 and 3 or Carafa Special 1, 2 and 3. The higher the number the higher the roast. The "special" types have had the husks removed so you don't get the bitterness that the standard type and a lot of other roasted...

Looks like a very interesting brew BS! I brewed the latest batch of my very successful BIPA yesterday but yours looks a lot more complex due to the number of grains (mine just used MO, crystal and carafa special 2). What are you hoping from the dark grains? You cold steeped them but I guess...

Hi piddledribble. When I export the recipe brewmate shows the hops in g/l and the fermentables as percentages and I guess I should leave it like this so that others can easily scale the recipe up or down. But I always change the hops to the total weight at each stage but only because I don't...

Hey Guys, Its been a while since I brewed an IPA so I put the following together to try a couple of things.. a. my first experience using rye malt - I have another 500g I could add if anyone thinks I should b. my first attempt at using english hops in the way you might use US hops in an...

One of the thing that you get with decoctions is a lot more tannin extraction. In some beers you might want a bit of this bite in flavour but in others it might be undesirable. Of course if you are brewing something like a pilsner then these tannins will drop out during lagering..

42 gallons so far this year.. 4284 gallons

Hi Seadog! Not sure if these are what you are after but they have come off some 1l lemonade type bottles that I sent to recycling a few weeks ago. As you can see there are 32 with the washers and one without. They all seem sound and the washers are good. They are yours if you want them -...

Nice looking brew. I did a blonde with wai-iti on Friday night and it it smeeling very tasty in the fermenting fridge. Be interested to hear what you think of this one when you come to drink it.. Jim

I got a lot higher OG when I put your ingredients into some brewing software. The OG comes out at more like 1.075 and about 9% ABV beer at the end and you would have about 55 IBUs. This assumes that the cascade went in at flameout - if they went in before the boil ended they would have added a...

That's an interesting brew. I don't think I have seen a brew with twice as much sugar as extract - what brewlength did you aim for? Also did all 100g of Challenger go in for bittering? How long did you boil them for? Sorry for all the questions I am just curious :hmm: Jim

Shame they only seem to sell the Youngs grain and hops.... :(

I agree that it's a long shot but for the sake of a bit of DME its worth a try I hope.

How old were the yeasts you tried Mark? Do you think there is any hope for the one only 2 months over the best before?

Hi guys. I have a Wyeast Activator pack of 1469 West Yorkshire Ale yeast that is about a year over its best before and a Whitelabs 037 Yorkshire Square yeast that is two months past its best before. I am likely to be brewing a bitter on Sunday and am not sure if that is enough time to fully...

I go for 90 mins in most cases but I have found with past brews made with a similar grain bill 60mins is enough. Also I don't want to make the process too long as it will be my brewmate's first AG experience...

The brewday is tomorrow so can make changes if necessary...

I might not bother with the dry hop then. I only added it to the recipe use up the last 30g in the bag. Cheers!

Hi Guys. I have a recipe that was put together wih a mate who wants to do his first AG and from my stock he chose to use Tettnang in a pale/blonde ale: Original Gravity (OG): 1.046 (°P): 11.4 Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1 Alcohol (ABV): 4.52 % Colour (SRM): 6.5 (EBC): 12.8 Bitterness...