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Just checking, are you trying to recreate Wye Valley Brewery HPA or a generic hoppy pale ale. This may be adding in too much for your first all grain brew but HPA is bottle conditioned, so you could get the real yeast quite easily. I've harvested yeast from bottles quite a few times @MyQul has...

I think this looks like a good recipe. I might be concerned about using dark crystal, although it's only a small amount so probably not a big issue. Personally, I'd probably stick with just the lighter crystal for a pale ale. I would also consider using a lower attenuating English ale yeast...

It depends what you are after but I used this Ikea digital thermometer for a couple of years with good success. It has a long lead and can hang over the side of the mash tun/boil kettle and when I upgraded to a Thermapen, I tested the Ikea one and it was just as accurate. I also like that you...

I think flavour intensity is one of the things that is hard to judge from the normal hop descriptions.

Until I upgraded to stainless I was very happy with this bucket from Malt Miller https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/30-litre-fermenting-bucket/. 50p extra and they will fit a grommet for an airlock.

I've used Falconer's Flight 7Cs a few times. It works well in combo with other hops.

The LCD ones are fine for knowing the general temperature but not super accurate. A good option if you have an IKEA near is their digit cooking probe thermometer. It costs about £8 if I remember correctly. The probe is on a long wire so you can leave it dangling into the mash or kettle and it...

Did you mean S04? US05 is the American ale yeast and is quite powdery in the bottle in my experience.

There are a few American hops that like interesting. Ahtanum, Azacca, Belma, Equinox, Eureka for example. They all sound interesting but they aren't significantly cheaper than hops I know and trust that I've tried them now.

If you like Nottingham, then as Myqal says Wilko Ale yeast is the same stuff repackaged and sold for £1.75. Personally, I'm not a big fan of Nottingham yeast. It is generally a clean yeast which doesn't produce many esters, where as I like a more flavourful English yeast. I do find that it...

I tried El Dorado in a session IPA along with Citra and Centennial. It wasn't a great beer and there was something about the hop flavour that I didn't like. I assumed it was the El Dorado as I thought the other hops were much more common and likely to be in beers I had enjoyed but I've since...

Great, thanks. That's an interesting list. I think Dana was the only one of those that I've tried. Another English hop I like is Pilgrim. It's good for bittering but does have a nice fruitiness if used in quantity for a dry hop. One thing I've learned is not to expect the same kind of intensity...

I love a hoppy beer whether it's an American IPA or a hoppy British Golden Ale. My personal preference is for a decent amount of hop bitterness and lots of hop aroma and flavour. I've used a fair few hops in my brews, I think I've tried most of the common ones like East Kent Golding, Fuggle...

I think they had a Stewart Brewing Cascade pale ale a while back in Lidl. They also had an IPA but the pale ale was the stand out beer for me. Loads of classic citrusy Cascade flavour. I ended up brewing something not dissimilar and it's been my best beer of 2018 so far...

Marstons do a lot of the rebranded ales. I think a lot of the Lidl beers are made by them. They do a decent British ale but their versions of America ales leave a lot to be desired in my opinion. They also make the newish Sainsbury's American IPA. It's OK and I'd drink it again but not a...

They look lovely. I never use clear bottles for fear of the beer getting light struck but they really work here. It looks like a lovely lemony drink.

There is a really long thread on homebrew talk about it. I've not made my own yet but I'd be interested to try at some point in the future. When I've used laundry oxi-clean I've ended up with a white precipitant which can attach itself quite well to my kettle and needs a lot of washing. PBW...

I think the yeast will have a much greater influence on the flavor than the attenuation of the beer or bitterness ratio. The threshold for differentiation of bitterness levels is said to be about 5 IBU and that is very hard to pick up. Stick with the same recipe and then you will know what...

That's a shame. But I can recommend the Malt Miller.

You will probably be able to build up a viable starter, possibly after a few steps as a lot of the yeast will have died but some will have held on. Start small and step up. My concern would be what else might be in there after a year of storage. If there is any bacteria or wild yeast, even in...