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Great thanks for this, i think i'll leave the rice out as it seems a little complicated for me just yet . will only steep one grain. Does anyone have a suggestion of a good grain to steep - such as crystal etc, for a extract brew. and also quantity i should use for a 11/12 litre brew length...

That looks good :clap: , how much of a guess was it? I am just wondering how much of a punt to have on this. It is an informed muddle of a few things that i have come up with but as i do not really know what i am doing uts a bit of a stab in the dark. What does flaked rice do?

Great, Cheers thejesmonddingo. Sorry for the late reply i h usually do this at work :whistle: so had to reset my password to access this at home. The golden promise was instead of crystal malt, as i waned something to make it a bit more complex - although if using all DME is ok then i'll just...

Any opinions on whether this sounds ok or not?? Adapted Pale Ale Thing 11/12 litres 250g Golden Promise (steeped 30 mins) - is this ok for steeping - taking into account the comment on using pale malt? would i be able to steep crushed Maris otter as an alternative? 1.5 kg. Dry Light Extract...

Can i add too much malt? what will happen or will it just be stronger with more body and maltiness? Cheers

Great, thank you for your replies Sorry, i may of mixed up terminology, basically i mean spraymalt, which i thought all dried malt extract was (hopefully someone will correct me if i am wrong). I have been taking bits from american websites as google always seems to take me to them, so my...

Having had a year of turbo cider and ginger beer, and finally done one kit i am about to put mu 15 litre mini boiler into action with a couple of extract brews. Sorry if these questions seem a little dumb, i think i have cleared up the process in my own mind, but would like the opinions of the...

So in the recipes section could i take a 20 litre recipe and just divide it b2 2 for the weights of extract and grain etc, and follow the other steps such as boil time etc just as they are? at what point do i add dme, i have read different recipes where it is added at different stages of the...

Just to clarify, i didn't mean the belgian recipe as the same as APA - it's just a recipe i found and quite fancy trying, but 2 slightly conflicting versions. thanks

Sorry if i have put too many questions on one post - am a tad confused. n Recipes, i am afraid as of yet i still don't really understand IBUs etc - i suppose that'll come later and does sound a tad too numeric for me. I have been looking at the calculators and do not really understand how to...

Oh, and a little bottler or bottling stick - saves time and mess.

I am new to this myself but just as an initial though; Hops, sanitiser and a bottle brush. I thought i could do without the bottle brush, but after a few cider brews i have found some of the residue left at the bottom after the sediment has gone can be a pain to get off.

I'd be up for that, hoping to get all grain soon, but the lack of time prohibits at the moment. Starting dry hopping a kit - mainly just to get some bottles full for christmas, but also play with dry hopping. tested my 15 ltr kettle at the weekend and it worked with a good rolling boil and...

thanks may have a look at cascade or centinel - i have read about simcoe sometimes coming out like cat pee - which i don't really want, so may avoid that. Thanks for the suggestions, i'll see what they have.

Hello, whilst getting irritated at my lack of time to go AG, despite having built most of my kit now, i have decided on trying a kit and then dry hopping it to play with aroma hops. I have bought a cheapie Tom Caxtons yorkshire bitter kit, and got 1kg of beer kit enhancer, and after work am...

cheers, i have no target percentage, i just make it at what it comes out at - take the sg before i pitch yeast. probably won't add any sugar as it seems to lose flavour. Thanks

Cheers thats a good idea, may have to work out a wya of pressing fruit through a tea towel or something using my hands. how much water would you suggest- would it not be too watery? do you repress the fruit after the water? Thanks for your reply.

Hi all, I have tried searching for this but can't seem to find it, i'm sure it must have been covered elsewhere. I have a few bags of fruit in the freezer, damsons, plums, blackberries and blackcurrants. I wanted to make an fruit tc for christmas/new year or whatever and was wondering how to...

Has anyone tried this, i too now have some strawberries and am wondering how to make a strawberry cider. do i just pulp up the strawberries and add to the apple juice for fermentation from the start? Would i add strawberries for a 2nd fermentation? do i pulp the strawberries and make some kind...

In the end just opted to put the washer on the inside, seems to fit snugly.