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I fully agree with clibit post 23 april. Also, if you are able to find a good bottled beer shop, I would recommend Kernel, Bristol Beer Factory, Mallinsons, Durham, who all produce consistent bottle-conditioned ales.

I brewed a beer, with malt and hop quantities in line with usual. 3310g pale malt 210g crystal malt 40g sussex 60min boil 14g beata 10min boil 86g beata 0min I bottled the beer direct from the fermenter. The beer tasted very oily and bitter initially, perhaps due to high beta acids. After...

I created this in experimental mode: 3310 Pale Malt 210 Medium Crystal Malt 40g Sussex Hop 9%aa 14g Sovereign last 10 mins 70g Sovereign 0mins Edinburgh Ale Yeast 17.5 litres final volume OG1040 Its the best beer I've done (12 years). Do try it.

Correct level of carbonation in beer is important, perhaps more than is generally appreciated. If you have ever tasted beer from a polypin of bright beer, you will notice that it is flat, and consequently has low flavour. Filtered (bright) beer has no secondary fermentation as no yeast is...

Expanding the discussion to include pub cask-conditioned ale, I believe you can produce superior beer at home with an initial oulay of around £350, and some practice. £350 will provide for 2 boilers (one as a hot liquor tank), mash tun, fermenter and dispensing barrel. A sparge-arm and...

If there's one recipe I can recommend to all-grain brewers with a high likelihood of satisfaction, this is it. Pale brews (bitters) are more difficult to get right. Thanks to Roger Protz for this recipe. I've increased the hops from his version. For 20 litres final volume: 4300g Pale malt...

A favourite beer of mine. The Cyclops description is - See: Auburn Smell: Hops Taste: Rich, bitter Bitterness is rated 3.5 out of 5 Sweetness 3 out of 5 The recipe according to 'The Real Ale Almanac' - Roger Protz (1997) is: Maris Otter Pale Malt 92% 3310g...

This is my first posting. Generally i 'lurk'! Here follows a review of my personal thoughts on 24 Belgian beers. Some are bottle-conditioned. Of the 24, only 9 I would buy again. I stored the bottles at the correct temperature and left the beer 10 minutes in the glass to reduce carbonation...