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I tried with Ubbe Kveik last summer. It was drinkable but far from a true lager experience. Maybe I did something wrong as I'm not an experienced brewer.

I'm also interested. PM sent.

Congleton , CW12 3AN for me.

This question was bothering me too. Then I got some iodine tincture and started doing a starch test regularly. It's different every time - sometimes it shows all conversion done before the 60 minutes mark, sometimes it needs some more time. I think there are too many variables involved, so it's...

It was a white morning in Congleton.

According to the almighty Wikipedia (Mashing - Wikipedia) 63C is in the range of both alpha and beta amylase. It's slightly on the lower side so should theoretically result in more fermentable sugars. This shouldn't impact the clarity. I mash in a large stock pot wrapped in a blanket on an...

I put glass bottles in the dishwasher after use along with the other dishes. Then on the bottling day I put them again in the dishwasher with VWP instead of the normal dishwasher agent. The crown caps get soaked in VWP solution while waiting for the dishwasher to finish.

Electricity. It is produced mainly in the UK with some occasional import when needed.

Why not set a poll, so we can see some answers from people who wouldn't be otherwise posting their opinion ? I'm not a British citizen, so I don't get to answer the original question.

Hi all, I'm thinking of going for a full bag of Maris Otter in Feb plus some of the 3kg portions of crystal, wheat and Munich.

@Cheshire Cat, thanks for the recipe. @the baron, I'm not after a perfect clone, so I'll follow your advice and adapt a recipe from these four. So far I'm more or less clear on the hops - I have some Northern Brewer and EKG, so it will be NB for bittering and EKG for late additions. I still...

I use Brewtarget for recipe design and for recording brew day notes. It worked fine so far.

Hi All, I'm planning Old Speckled Hen for my next brew. I found 2 recipes here in this forum and 1 in a book. They are similar but still with some differences. I would appreciate your opinion on which one should I go for. Two of them include wheat malt in a very different proportions and the...

I recently started using a syringe for priming. It gives me more precise dosage. Basically, if I have 20 bottles, I measure the whole amount of sugar for the batch, e.g 50 g (as calculate with a priming calculator for the particular style) and add the sugar to a measuring beaker. Then pour...

Thanks Foxbat. Czech it is. I like hoppy beers so hopefully this won't be excessively hoppy. Hops ========================================================= Name Alpha Amount Time IBU Magnum 10.7% 25.000 g 1.000 hr 30.0 Saaz (Czech Republic)...

Hi All, I'm also brewing a lager and was thinking if what advice can I get regarding my late hop additions. I'm going to be using Magnum for bittering plus Hallertau Mittlefrueh and Saaz for flavour/aroma as shown below: Hops ========================================================== Name...

Yes, SG is specific gravity. In physics and engineering it's commonly known as density.

I think you can calculate it as a heat transfer. Qwort = Qwater + Q loss Where Qwort is the heat released from the hot wort to get to the target temperature and Qwater is the heat absorbed by the water. Qloss are the heat losses which should be small if the mixing happens quickly so you can...

I use Irish Moss in the last 15 min. of boiling then gelatine for a few days after the fermentation is complete. The beer usually comes out clear after the gelatine but sometimes it gets slightly hazy again during the bottle carbonation.

Well...given the carbonation speed and my drinking speed, it won't last long enough to over carbonate ;) For the record, it's a Punk IPA clone - slightly modified.