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Turns out my 1 box or 2 dilemma is now academic as I hadn't realised I needed to register my 2nd beer yesterday - DOH! 😣😂 Getting the 1st one boxed up now so not the end of the world, lesson learned for next time.

EKG is very versatile and can be used throughout the boil. Useful resource: https://www.hopslist.com/hops/ What I meant was, keep your 30min bittering addition, but also have a flavour addition at 15mins. However... As you get into it you'll find that these traditional rules and dogma are...

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Hey @Gax Don't apologise for brewing small batches, and don't feel like you have to brew 20L or 40L batches because that's what many others do. I've done more than 125 all grain batches now, almost all of which have been around the 12L mark. Typically my standard grist is about 2kg, maybe a...

I have plenty of old shoes boxes which will easily take 3 x 330ml bottles, the issue would be quickly finding a bigger one if I do decide to enter a second beer.

Last minute entry here, first time entering a proper national competition - excited 😆 Am I reading the rules right you have to send 3 x 330ml bottles? Haven't totally finished digesting all the rules yet but it looks like you don't label the bottles, but rather print out some accompanying...

My recipe is in my brew day thread here. I've made some ok hoppy beers on the past but I've generally struggled to get a proper hoppy punch so I'm genuinely surprised this one turned out so well (sadly it's all gone now, save for a couple of end of keg bottles). On the face of it, this wasn't...

Well done to everyone who entered, especially @pilgrimhudd and @Caramel Ox 👍 Thanks also to @Leon103 for judging 🍻

How long do you think you'll hold out before tapping the Czech Pils? 😉😈😇 Helles looks nice and clear already 👍 Out of interest, once you're done chilling the wort, do you let the crud settle out or just transfer everything over to the FV?

Just a thought with your HM & MB Pale - I made a hoppy pale ale before Christmas and the only thing I did that was unusual was I didn't add kettle finings as I'd thrown them away by accident. Anyway, when I tried the beer it was seeringly bitter, not so much in the mouth but as you swallow, down...

AG#127 "Call Of Fruity" Dip Hopped APA I heard the name over Christmas and thought that'll make an awesome beer name! 😂 I'm experimenting here with dip hopping - why? Well, firstly I'm just curious and secondly I've harboured doubts for some time that dry hopping at either the start or end of...

AG#126 Double Decoction Czech Pils My second ever decoction mash, the last one being about a year ago. Stupidly I didn't make any detailed notes about the process so I had to figure it out again. Apart from burning a hole in one of the grain bags at the start 😫😂 it went fairly smoothly. I...

Is that your own brew, and if so do you have a link to the recipe?

At 8am this morning a double decoction brew day sounded like a fantastic idea..... When I finished about 4pm I was somewhat less certain 😫😂 Now it's all done and I'm relaxing with one of these: Llanberis Trail, a Collab between Elusive and Polly's - very piney and resiney, it's basically a...

@Twostage I've just bottled the end of a keg of a nice hoppy APA and set one aside for you/the competition - fingers crossed it won't fade too badly or oxidise between now and then (or someone doesn't drink it!) 🤞 I'm planning to brew another APA next week so if all goes to plan that gives me...

Haha, brilliant 😂 TBH I haven't used CML yeast for some time. I'd avoid Five as I think it's too clean for the style. Based on the description House might be more in the right direction. Of the dry yeasts I know, Lallemand Verdant IPA would be a solid choice. I haven't played enough with...

I don't know the answer but I started researching English IPA's a few weeks ago after Brulosophy featured this style on their podcast as a short & shoddy. My suggestions would be: - Review the Brulosophy S&S recipe - Have a look in Greg Hughes at his English IPA recipe. - There's a recipe here...

230L for me in 2023 👍🍻 Total: 12,160L

@Leon103 I'll leave it another week or so to post my beers but I'll send 2 different ones in - probably an APA and then either a stout or Czech Dark Lager 👍🍻 (if you particularly fancy trying either then let me know)

Haha, yeah I thought that too - holy moly, HOW MUCH???!!! I've done it once, earlier this year - I think it's worth doing even if only once just so you know rather than going on what you've read and heard Haha - yeah, sorry dude (but I know you're just as nerdy and obsessive over this stuff so...