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Hi all, Has anyone had any experience brewing a green hop beer with ornamental hops? I was planning on brewing an IPA in the next few weeks, but then I was out back in the garden and noticed the hop vine from the neighbours growing into my garden with some very tasty looking hops. My wife...

Just popped-open the first bottle of a Wee Heavy I made last month. Tastes nice now, but am planning on aging most of the bottles until late autumn. I used Golden Promise for the base malt and a bit of Roasted Barley. 8.5% ABV and mashed on the high-side with a FG of 1.025

From the wine kits I've done it sounds like the yeast have finished with the sugar. With a gavity of 0.992, the bubbling is likely de-gassing. The only way to be sure the gravity is stable is to take another gravity measurment a few days after. Using the gravities you listed, you should be...

Finally brewed something today. Brewed a Marzen that will hopefully be ready in a couple months. 3kg Vienna 3kg Munich 50g Tettnang OG 1.057 24 litres to the FV. 81% Brewhouse efficiency. Used Saflager S-23.

I've been super busy and my brewing has slowed down, so I made some Mead since it's easy. I started it fermenting on 18 May, and bottled it today (7 August). I tried to make this batch as cheap as possible and flavoured it as cheap as possible. It's actually not bad, albeit on the sweet...

I binned the 40-pages or so of legal documents I received as I was considered a creditor due to a partial fulfilled order. It wouldn't surprise me if Young's was a creditor of Brew UK and settled by getting their branding - I'd look it up in the documents, but they are in recycling heaven. As...

Use the melanoidin malt. Waste not, want not.

I made Mead today. This is the fourth time and the other batches turned-out well, so I'm trying an experiment. I bought the cheapest honey possible. 75p for 340g at Tesco. Bought 12. Made in China, so you know it's quality stuff and the bees were well treated. Was going to make 10 litres...

Just got the "Notice of proposed creditors voluntary liquidation" for Brew UK in the post. Turns out, since they owe me a 1 kg bag of malt, I'm a creditor. Considering the lawyers are taking the time and trouble to follow-up on such small amounts, I'm guessing they're not being paid with...

Brewed a Dark Mild with some leftovers as I had to adjust my recipe since Brew UK still owes me 1kg of Mild Malt. Mashed at 68°C for 50 minutes. 3.0 kg Warminster Mild Malt 0.5 kg Warminster Crystal Malt 0.4 kg Crisp Best Ale Malt 0.2 kg Crisp Dextrin Malt 0.2 kg Warminster Chocolate 50g of...

I almost want to make a sign of the cross when someone says "Greg Hughes Recipe" these days even though he's alive and well. Miss the brew shop when he was running it.

HB Bramling Cross English IPA. Second brew at my new house.

I do fine with a 56 litre kettle making anywhere from 18 to 26 litres of wort per BIAB brew. If I'm making a really big beer, the kettle is nearly filled to the rim.

Colorado has some great breweries. I've travelled there a lot for business in the past. When I've driven through Golden with co-workers, I generally get a good gasp when I tell them the story I know of why Clear Creek (where Coors got its water) is so clear. I was told the story of gold...

HB Cream Ale. 4.5kg Low Colour Maris Otter and 1.0kg Flaked Maize. 5.5% ABV. When I tapped the keg I was worried it had chill haze, but another week of lagering made it crystal clear (about two weeks in total). First time making this, and will make it again.

Good luck!

Brewed a Double India Pale Lager. 6kg Bohemian Pilsner and 3kg Munich. 50g Idaho 7 hops at 60 minutes, 40g at 5 minutes, and 30g at flameout. Re-used the yeastcake of an Idaho 7 Black IPA using Saflager S-23. 24 litres at an OG of 1.077. Brewing this for New Years Eve and the days...

HB Baltic Porter. 8.6% ABV and quite smooth. Tastes of Toffee, coffee, and maybe a bit of plum. The flavours have really come together over time. Bottled on 25 November 2021.

22 litres from leftovers brewed yesterday. I guess it could be a Black IPA, IPL, or a hoppy Porter: 4 kg Maris Otter 500g low colour Maris Otter 750g Crystal Malt 200g Chocolate Malt Bittering hops: Challenger and Idaho 7 Late additions: Idaho 7 and Elderflowers Saflager S-23 yeast nicely...

Back on my HB Elderflower Ale tonight. Trying to drain the keg to make room for the Cream Ale I have in my FV.