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1 kg United Kingdom - Golden Promise 37 3 26.7% 1.5 kg Dry Malt Extract - Light 42 4 40% 0.5 kg United Kingdom - Crystal 60L 34 60 13.3% 0.4 kg United Kingdom - Brown 32 65 10.7% 0.3 kg American - Victory 34 28 8% 0.05 kg United Kingdom - Chocolate 34 425 1.3% 3.75 kg Total...

Im quite tempted to use oak chips. I find some oaked beers too sweet and cloying but I love Yorkshire Stingo and have had Imperial stouts aged in old Whisky barrel which are fantastic. Might be worth a shot.

Well its fermenting away. I stuck with the mix of UK hops this time. If the beer works out ok I might try it again with some of the suggested US hops. I have a feeling Simcoe might be a good fit. So that's a bit of an experimental brew on the go. Next Im thinking of playing it fairly safe and...

Thanks for the tip. Im pretty new to brewing and I probably would have missed this. Interesting that the same hop can be perceived so differently by different people. What I get from the American hops I have used so far is a lot of citrus flavour. Citra/grapefruit, Amarillo/orange. I love these...

Thanks for the comments. This has given me plenty to think about. For this same brew Im thinking of a pale ale with a fairly generous amounts of oats included in the grain bill. Reading around it seems adding oats to a pale ale is pretty rare but I like the idea of getting a thick kind of...

Im planning to brew a beer with a strong resin flavour. Pine, cedar type flavours. I have read Chinook is good for this but Im going for British hops. Thinking a combo of Northdown, Target and Bramling Cross. Any thoughts on alternate hops or methods of getting the maximum resin flavours from...