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and don't panic if the raspberries make the brew look like the tramp has puked up his chips! They will look and smell rancid but once I scooped them out and racked the beer off it was fine

Unleash the Krausen!!! Hahaha :lol:

Mine was a partial mash so may have needed extra time to mellow out the kit side of things but yes I think a month or 2 conditioning is a good idea. It was the sharpness from the raspberries I think that reminded me of that sour cherry taste in kriek and it was very dry (quite boozy as well from...

Freezing slows down bacteria and microbes but does not necessarily kill them so any nasties present at the point of freezing will still be there at thaw. Many yeasts including wild yeasts will tolerate very low temps and even freezing and will 'hibernate' until it is warm again e.g. lager yeasts

and freezing will not sterilise unfortunately...

I had a go at a partial mash version of GH raspberry beer that used frozen fruit. I mashed them up and treated with a campden tab. As far as I could tell I avoided wild yeast this way, carbonation came out the same as the non-fruit version and there was no obvious funkiness to the taste. From...

I believe williamette which is used loads in American beer is their version of fuggles so yes it should be OK as long as your after earthy spicy type flavour in the beer. If you want more fruitiness/citrus taste you might want to adjust quantities to favour cascade but the overall hopping level...

I have a pack of the w.yorkshire in the fridge, was thinking of doing a riggwelter style beer with it sometime soon. It's got very positive reviews from what I have seen

Thanks MyQul I hadn't read that link and it really answers this question well, I think I will definitely do this now as not only do I get to try both hops this way I can also assess the impact of no late boil additions. Might do a small dry hop for both as well. Does make me wonder if I have...

Something like this would probably be the quickest and easiest method for me I reckon, could treat as one batch using same bittering hop (probably stick with challenger as per original recipe) and then split into 2 FVs at flameout and add the bobek/aurora as steeping hops. This would mean moving...

I like that idea, would need to look at the logistics of it though, my split batch for the water chemistry experiment did result in a very long brewday!

Not fussed about it being a clone just like the look of the recipe as a vehicle for testing new hops (as it can basically be done as a SMASH style beer), agree the description for Aurora does look appealing....

Want to use some of my Slovenian hops in a Summer Lightning style beer for the late additions especially but undecided between Bobek or Aurora for this, anyone have any thoughts or experience with these hops in a summer ale like this? I saw on another forum someone had used Bobek in an SL clone...

Down to 1.011 and looks good, lovely citrusy grapefruit aroma and smooth bitterness but with some earthy spice in there too, could be a belter....

Yeah stick it to the man!

Payment sent, thanks again Dan!

Drilling should work fine as long as the holes are sufficiently small, I'd suggest 2-2.5mm but hopefully someone who has done this will advise.

It might produce some 'different' flavours but hopefully not anything unpleasant, some wheat yeasts will produce more spice/clove flavour at cooler temps and more fruity banana type flavours at warmer temps but it depends on the particular yeast. Generally you should be OK if it hasn't gotten...

Bottled the 2 batches tonight, both finished out at 1.006 so a smidge under 4%. A couple of observations at this stage the 2 beers smelt a bit different in the FV, the treated batch had a slightly sweeter floral aroma to compared to the untreated. The yeast appeared to have flocculated a bit...

Great book and a good read whether you are brewing or not. Any author who speculates that beer is responsible for the birth of civilisation gets my vote! The book discusses history, brewing process, ingredients, recipe development, tasting and a wide range of recipes again with more...