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Yep, I think they do quite a big hop back / whirlpool with Celeia and Willamette. I really like Celeia. Can't really describe the taste as such but it's one of the few hops I can detect and recognize specifically. Just realised I mixed up two recipes in the above reply. The 'Bandit Bitter' was...

I love Fursty Ferret and it started as inspiration for a bitter recipe a couple of months ago. In the end, it veered off piste a little and became something of a mix up taking elements from a few of my favourite beers (Fursty Ferret, Ludlow Stairway and TT Landlord) to the extent I called it...

Well the jester / harlequin / olicana golden ale I made a few months ago was so good I’m brewing it again this weekend. First recipe I’ve brewed again completely unchanged. Can’t say what the hops bring individually but the combination has worked great. Great summer thirst quencher. Hoping the...

No worries, if still available, first dibs are yours @Lunesdale Brewer

If still for sale I would be interested? No idea on a fair price though… 🤣🤣

Bar the hiccup of leaving the grains in while ramping up to boil, fairly successful brew day yesterday. 4kg Maris Otter 300g Wheat Malt 200g Amber Malt 125g Light Crystal Celeia through the boil with late / aroma additions of Cascade and Centennial. First time using liquid yeast, Wyeast 1469...

Looks like we’re ok. Bright nice tasting (as much as un-fermented wort can taste nice) wort heading into the fermentor now. Hopefully all stays that way!

That’s the reassuring thing. Smells and tastes as normal at this stage clapaclapa Hopefully still the case after the boil 👍👍

Attempting a brew day today whilst at home looking after mini me (nearly 3 now!) Multi tasking clearly not my strong point as, after a successful mash in the AIO, I started the temp ramp to boil with the grain basket and grain still in. Noticed when it was at about 90 deg and swiftly removed...

First sample of my golden ale. Not quite clear yet but peachy citrusy flavours aplenty. This was supposed to be for the euros but can’t see it lasting that long…

@Sadfield, that makes for an interesting read, thanks. Looks like for the sort of flavour I'm after, a lower hopstand temp between 70 and 75 might be the way to go. Like many, I've always gone for the 80deg mark Funny because I had a bit of a nightmare with hopstand temp on an early brew and...

This was my thinking. Lid with either a chimney or some form of condenser. Cheers 👍👍

Been considering how to get the best out of hopstand additions lately. I brew on a Klarstein Mundschenk and tend to add HS additions with the lid off as the immersion chiller is sat in the wort. However, seems now I think about it that I could be losing a fair amount of hop aroma, and it would...

Nearing the end of my keg of Low ABV pale. 0.7% and surprisingly this has got better the longer I’ve left it. Lovely easy drinker.

@pilgrimhudd Would you take an American Amber? It was supposed to be a red, but let’s say we’ve missed the colour slightly! A bit out of the APA spectrum though…

Checked on progress last night and we're down to FG, bang on 1.011, no doubt helped by the warmer temps. Sample wasn't quite as hoppy as I'd like, but certainly no off flavours which is a relief. Thinking back, I think I had the lid off during the hop-stand as the immersion chiller was sat in...

I’d love to but I’m being regularly reminded by the better half we don’t have room. I disagree, but feel a leg fridge might be the priority first…

Sounds good enough to me. I'll stick some in with this batch. Between the hopstand and dry hop it's had a fair whack of late addition hops, so any preventative measure can be no bad things...

Checked this yesterday and CML FIVE taken off well with a lovely thick krausen. Quite alarmed to see the sticky thermometer on the side of the bin reading 24-26 deg. FV is in an eave space which usually holds at around 18-20. Hadn't registered we'd actually had some warm weather recently...

Honestly, no idea! I haven't been at this all that long (10-15 brews maybe?). I use a Klarstein Mundschenk bought on here from @Jiffy176. He put a good false bottom plate in which catches most of the hop debris. Protofloc in at 10 minutes from the end. Most brews involve a hopstand, after which...