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A huge well done! There's nothing like brewing a beer that you're proud of! I hope you logged your brewday and fermentation!

I reviewed this brew and thoroughly enjoyed it! I couldn't be happier that I've got some info to help me clone it. Thank you so much for sharing!! Amazing!! If you fancied checking out my review, here it is! http://www.grizzlybrews.co.uk/reviews/brew-review/

Head has finally become stable in my Belgian Pale! Tastes fantastic too!

I'm interested to see how this turns out, Wit beer is probably my all time favourite brew. Light, refreshing and full of flavour. It kicks the crap out of lager on a warm summer's day and takes nowhere near as long to make!

Welcome! All I can say is start with a kit, see how you feel about it. You can turn out some pretty good beer from one can kits even if you follow their instructions. If you get the brewing bug then grab some brewing books, spend some time here and get some advice from the good people of this...

It depends on what you personally want form the beer. On one hand you seem to want "a lighter beer" and a little later you want "a 4 - 4.5% beer with a good body". Don't worry I know the feeling, sometimes I just can't decide on a recipe :lol: If you're after something lighter and more...

28 years old, started all grain at 26 and kits long before that. I figured that If I start early enough that I might be half decent by the time I retire! Put some Tesseract, Porcupine tree or Periphery on the sound system and get the HLT warming up and I'm happy.

That's odd, oh well all sorted now cheers.

Just to throw in another hop for you, Mandarina Bavaria gives a great orange hit.

I have messaged asking for a postage address but have yet to receive a reply

It was a one off I'm affraid, Burco Cygnet 27l. Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201840750607 Haggled them down to make it £45 including delivery! Instead of delivery on top

Thanks for the help all. I have found an identical boiler to my HLT delivered for £45 on eBay. So I have a matching setup now. I think what I'll do is keep my current boiler for the kettle and use the new one as HLT.

I know it's tempting to throw it all in when you've got ingredients left over, but more often than not you're better off trying to make something simple. How about a nice California Common ? Makes 21 Litres at 72.5% efficiency. 5.3% Abv FG: 1.013 IBU:37 ish IBU to OG Ratio: 0.7 ish 60 mins...

I would say Lager, as it takes so much time and needs adequate fermentation control or a cold house. I think it would be pretty easy though If I had a fermentation fridge for lager and one for for ale.

I don't know how much yeast you pitched, but regarde les instructions pictured below. Could be one possible explanation.

Fantastic news! A huge congratulations! :thumb:

Based on what I can remember from, my limited read knowledge on the subject, they more commonly used in sour beers because of the limited bittering quality. They also impart a subtle and unique flavour. I have read of their successful use Belgian pales too, though I can't remember where...

Carapils is a dextrine malt, so they are approximately the same thing, if not identical.Manufacturers just name them differently. There may be some differences between maltsters but that's about it. Melanoidin is more widely used in brown and amber ales and imparts a nice biscuity honey...

I wouldn't worry about FG. 10% roasted malts might make it a little harsh though but an FG of 1.015 might balance that out a little. It may well give the impression of being drier, as roasted malts can be quite drying/puckering.

Check out my latest post, it's based on a reply that I made in a thread here not long ago. Of course, all the best things come from HBFUK! http://www.grizzlybrews.co.uk/articles/beer-recipe-design/