I stumbled across the following link from muntons with suggestions on what beers to make fron their new liquid malt extract range :
https://homebrew.muntons.com/recipe-suggestions/recipe
In the instructions they say to add hops when you add yeast.
Would adding hops that early be OK?
I've used Harris pure brew which I bought from the homebrew shop farnborough. I have found it has helped reduce twang. This could be the water treatment side or the nutrient. Either way if it helps reduce stress on the yeast I'm in
I have a homebrew book which is American. In a number of recipes they call for crystal 15 degree and crystal 40 degree.
I have searched various websites like TMM etc but it's not obvious what the UK equivalent would be.
Any ideas from the hive mind would be gratefully received
Each to their own, I started with mangrove jack's kits and am dipping my toes into all grain.
Greg hughes book is really useful as is Emma Christensens brew better. Whilst he book is very American, she has 1 gallon recipes which is useful for making that jump without investing in lots of equipment
Not fully the beebs fault, nearly all the papers have run with it on front page and all the ministers up for interviews saying don't panic... Frankly it's first thing people do..
Surprised no one's logging on to their lhbs to top up malt yet
Went to get a bottle yesterday at my local Adams supplier, only to be told Adams are blocking new bottle orders at present. Don't know if that's true or them just saying it. Either way I left enoy handed and am still using soda Stream to carb