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What would you use instead of the torrified wheat...?

Hi Gents, I have a dilemma! Have been brewing + drinking a clone of the Oakham Citra the last couple of months, which whilst has been very enjoyable, think that I have now become accustomed to such a huge and refreshing flavour from the Citra hop to such a degree that I dare not try anything...

Tried using spent grain on the cats, but as they just simply cocked their noses up at it, gave it all to the chickens instead, and then fed the chickens to the cats... :lol:

If indeed my adjustments are correct, and assuming the Citra finishes anywhere near to 1010 then I may have inadvertently created a bit of a potent one at over 6.5% :? On the same basis, the CH would end up at a very palatable 5.3% :)

Did a couple of brews at the weekend, one of Citra and a Cocker Hoop clone. After the boil the OG of the Citra read 1052, whilst the CH read 1040. However, thought to check the hydrometer last night just on off chance, and it read 0.990 in 20C water. I am now thinking that my OG readings are...

The Worcester hop shop sell AG kits for £9.99. Or in other terms, 40 pints at 25p per pint.

I am planning on brewing again this Saturday, (although wife does not know yet) and have purchased a kit for Timothy Taylor Landlord. I've space in the insulated, heated FV cabinet for another brew so will be keeping the original brew for when the mother in law comes around, unless of course it...

In an attempt to salvage the brew in an inexpensive way, and to act as quickly as possible I purchased 2kg of caster sugar last evening. After dissolving the sugar in some of the wort at 60 deg, it was then cooled in the sink to 24 deg then added to the brew. After some vigorous stirring, the...

Great, thanks. I can get the malt extract tomorrow via the home brew shop online, price is around £6 per 1kg, so it would appear that it is an expensive mistake I have made. Alternatively, and I understand that normal sugar is not the best thing to add, but how about Dextrose? I can pick...

100g of challenger hops was taken from the book Home Brewing by John Parkes, recipe for Best Bitter, must admit the wort tastes rather bitter and not sweet at all, but I put that down to the low OG reading. Picture of the wort after 36 hours in the FV, let me know what you think please? Just...

I would like to try and at least salvage the whole brew, so would anyone care to offer any assistance on what type of malt extract and volume I would need? The brew is 27 litres in total (used 2 x litres too much in the sparge) and will have been in the FV 48 hours from 7pm this evening, and...

Many thanks Baz for the info. I am of the opinion now, that I have inadvertently used whole grain instead of crushed grain, that would explain the low OG reading. However, could I simply add sugar to the FV to help with the finished OG, as if the brew is as you think ok, then left to its own...

Hi Guy's, Did my first AG brew on sat, using the guide downloaded from here to help me through the process, which I have to say was very useful. However, think that I made a couple of fundamental errors in the process; Firstly, think that I made the mistake of using whole pale malt instead of...