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Hi all I have just bottled my first all grain beer (BIAB) and am now planning Brew 2. I am torn between another IPA with a Citra Galaxy hop combo as I have both hops, and a relatively simple stout for the winter. One thing which interests me is the cold steeping of grains for a smoother flavour...

US-05 is fine up to 25c I think; I'd rather not risk off flavours though. I can ease myself back in and look to brew again when it turns cooler which no doubt in Wales will not be too long!! It seems to have done the job here as no yeasty twang from the sample I had checking the gravity. Will...

Yes mate the one I mean has basically finished is the pure Citra. The Galaxy / Ctra combo one will be next then probably a stout. As you say clarity is not that important (I LOVE Hazy NEIPA's!) and it's a by product of pellet hops as I understand it which I used exclusively. Haha! If it wasn't...

Well, I appear to have made an all grain beer!! I checked the FG of my first BIAB last night after 15 days in FV and it was measuring 1.012 at 20 degrees ambient, so has come down quite a lot and is stronger than I thought it would be. I will check again Wednesday but would imagine it is...

At the moment I am using a full size fv as I paid out for new stock pot plus portable induction, my biab bag, AND all the ingredients for this brew, I will get smaller fvs in due course though. So liquoring back is an option. 6.5l strike and 7.5 l for batch sparge seemed ok last time. No boil...

Thanks for that, late hopping does sound good for my tastes! I have done one single hop amarillo extract beer which was okay but not a massive fan of it in general... I would def consider that recipe with citra and galaxy though. Would need to dial back volumes a bit I think though as my kettle...

Thank you for that, as I say it is very much a learning curve this. I was thinking sugar for additional abv more than drying out really as brewers friend said recipe was slightly low for style, plus I don't mind a bit of a stronger brew, most of my fave commercial IPAs are north of 6% other than...

Thank you, still a bit unsure of myself with this all grain lark!

Hi guys I have my first BIAB Citra IPA 12 days into fermentation; now thinking of my next brew. I have some citra left over and some unopened Galaxy, and being a fan of that hop combo in some commercial beers, I thought I'd give one a go. It would again be a 10l batch BIAB, using a 15L stock...

I've got some Galaxy bellets bought in 2017 from Crossmyloof, never opened. How long will they be okay for? I'd like to combine them with some citra for an IPA but won't bother if they have lost their punch!

I had my first go at BIAB on Sunday 9th June. It was the first time I have brewed in best part of 2 yrs so I was a bit nervous anyway, plus it being an entirely new process, and I had spent a fair bit getting the ingredients /mash bag / new pot together, and didn’t want to mess it up! As it...

Citra is one of my fave beers ever. Green Devil is even better imo.

Grain ready milled from Crossmyloof (also got my crystal / citra from there).

I could do; got most of the stuff so can pick up sundries if I have to...

Good point- the £40 was for a 20L batch. Should I be adding biscuit malt?

2kg Maris Otter / 100g Citra / 250g of Crystal was £15, whereas the cheapest I could get the ingredients for the Zombie Dust clone was about £40.

Thanks for response. I probably should have mentioned the plan is to do small stove top batches, 10L using a 15L pot and MAYBE progress to a bigger boiler eventually.

Hi all I have had a very long break from brewing due to a house move and having a baby in the last couple of years. I aim to return to it shortly, initially I was going to attempt a Zombie Dust extract clone (after a lot of help from @phildo79 with the recipe for which I am very grateful and...

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I haven't brewed since birth of my daughter in September 2017. I had planned on an extract Zombie Dust clone but finding the cost of ingredients prohibitive; so am going to have a first go at an all grain BIAB with a 10L citra SMaSH probably next bank holiday. Got bag / grains / hops / yeast /...