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I second that - this is an excellent recipe book, best I have seen by far!!

I would ask local pubs etc if you only need 50 - if you need more try here: http://www.world-of-bottles.co.uk/shop/ ... assic.html 0.62€ for swingy toppers - well worth it - i bought 200 of em and only one was broken in transit

I use castor sugar in the following amounts per each 500ml bottle Stouts - 1/2 teaspoon Ale - 1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon Lager -1 flat teaspoon Hefe -1 full teaspoon I used to use drops but i too found that 1 drop was not enough for a 500ml bottle and 2 was too much :wha: I am also not keen on...

I used to agree, then had 200 swing tops imported from deutchland and have never looked back :party:

If its like the Landlord then yes the hops do settle down after around 8 weeks ;)

I think I am just getting too perferctionalist - we have had lots of family round this weekend and they have drunk nearly all of it, they love it :grin:

Would definately agree that even one tin is probably too much it gives it a slightly vinegary / acidic taste, i would say go with 1/2 tin at most, some nice ED spraymalt and do a minimash with a tray of toasted oats, roasted barley and some chocolate malt for a sweeter Oatmeal type stout :cheers:

Welcome Adam I am just up the road in Upholland!!

Yes mate it was 300. I am quickly learning that hefe is very temperamental. Is 380 much better than 300?? No more hefe brewing in July that's for sure!!

heater??

Under the right (or wrong) conditions it is amazing how quickly yeasties can produce wonderful ethanol (and not wonderful methanol) in the first 24-48 hours of a active, healthy fermentation - you need to be careful with temps in order to keep the methanol at a low level

I think that Coopers do a wheat beer kit - they definately do wheat malt extract so you could try a partial extract or mini-mash if you were feeling brave. Hallertau Hersbrucker hops are particularly nice in a wheat beer

I would guess that at 28 degrees the pace of fermentation is not unusual, however you may get some weird tastes / fusel alcohols fermenting at such a high temperature. I would expect a beer such as this to finish at 1016-1020 so not too much further to go, however i would receommend leaving it...

Made my 3rd Hefe AG a few months back but used 100% wheat malt rather than 60/40 wheat & 2 row. It also fermented at a higher temperature (23/24/25) than normal as it was slap bang in the middle of the really hot weather, i used White Labs Hefe Yeast rather then my usual Wyeast smackpack. The...

The Lanlord definately did mellow, but took around 8 weeks to do so, by which point there wasnt much of it left to enjoy :rofl:

Simcoe is definately piney.

That is a great idea - what do you use for the plastic reseal?

Could you put say a spoonfull of vwp in the dishwasher? i presume that the rinse mode would get rid of any remaining sanitiser??

If you can spare the time it is definately worth doing the full lagering process, I generally do 4 weeks at 1-2 degrees whereby you will get a lot of the yeast dropped out but with just enough left for bottle conditioning

Might be a silly question but would it be possible to chuck some ice cubes into the FV using frozen boiled water? okay it would water down the beer a little but would also bring the temps down