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First ever computer was a C64, followed by a brief fling with and Atari ST, before returned to the fold for an Amiga (with an additional external disk drive. Made playing the epic 12 disk Monkey Island 2 much more manageable). After that messed about with the usual PS1 to PS3. Pretty much missed...

I'm in athumb..

Exactly mate. Whenever we go on a family holiday to the Lake District or somewhere similar, I'm like a kid in a candy store in the small local pubs. Not all the ales are great but all are a darn sight better than Belhaven Best wink...

Round my way (Renfrewshire) Wetherspoons is your best bet on getting real ales on cask. Not the only supplier but not far from it. Most pubs only really sell lagers, token IPA or Guinness on keg asad1

I always batch prime from a bottling bucket. As long as you have a hose or auto syphon that reaches the bottom of the bottling bucket from the FV, oxidation should be minimized and you are good to go. My bottling bucket has a tap which I connect the bottling wand to.

I think it reflects a real shift in drinking culture. Even as recent as the mid to late 90s, when I started going out to pubs with my mates, the vast majority of local boozers were just that. Real drinking dens with little to no windows (so folk's wives couldnt see if their man was getting...

Greg Hughes APA would be a decent place to start. Without the hop spider it makes a pretty hoppy beer to start from, and Im sure the new edition recipe has added dry hopping athumb..

Visiting the Booths in Keswick is a holiday ritual/treat when we are on holiday in the lake district athumb.. One of the best bits of the holiday TBF :laugh8:

That is real shame. Looks the part, but I suppose thats not the important part! Wonder why low hop profile with the amount of dry hopping?

Out of curiosity, what was the most expensive hop to take it up to 40 squid if you don't mind me asking? I'm assuming it was the cost of hops?

No mention of hop stand in the book. Just says to add them at turn off (assuming that means flame out).

Just checked the GH Bible. Does say to add both dry hops at last 3 days of fermentation. It does suggest to add half dry hops earlier at gravity of 1.020 then the rest at FG for extra fruitiness! At £40 for the ingredients I hope it brews up a treat for you. Still, at about a pound a pint for a...

Just to throw this out there. As well as the regular fish supper, around the Greater Glasgow area (possibly beyond), you can also get a "Fish Tea", which is a sit in fish supper with bread & butter and a pot of tea. If you ever happen to be passing the Blue Lagoon at Glasgow Central under the...

Oh well, bang goes that theory :laugh8:. Dunno why Dry Hopping was missing from earlier editions then.

He has only just added dry hopping to recipes that didn't have them before in the new edition. I assume dry hopping wasn't really fashionable when the book was first written.

Also, Id be interested to know how it turns out! acheers.

If Im reading it right IBU is 29.6. Flame out seems to be chucking in and chilling athumb..

+1 for this. First thing I ever brewed was the bog standard Pale Ale from this book. Really simple and turned out well for a first attempt. Gave me a great first step to get to grips with everything. Not on a GF though, but still, same principles apply.

First time posting a recipe so hope this has all the info you need. GH DDH Pale Ale: Grain: 3.5 kg Pale Malt 1.5 kg Wheat Malt 300g Carapils Hops: 50g Simcoe (at flame out) 50g Amarillo (at flame out) 150g Citra (dry hop last 3 days) 150g Galaxy (dry hop last 3 days). Yeast: Wyeast 1318...