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As someone who has done both my consensus is that there's very little between the two, provided both are done well. A few Aussie BIAB brewers won home brew awards not so long ago and the beer I made in a bag was only marginally less tasty than the ones I now make using a 3 tier system (though...

Sorry, I'd had a few Old Thumpers (my own) when I typed the original abbreviation . I'm jealous that you're doing this with the proper Ringwood yeast-I managed to nab some from the Hog's Back brewery, Tongham and it's light years ahead of dried yeasts I've used in the past.

This is still chugging away and the fermentation is one of the most vigorous I've ever seen! The quality of this yeast is what makes me feel really hopeful for this beer...

Welcome to the forum. The guys here are very helpful and knowledgeable.

Great stuff, bud. You are truly a member of the dark side! Be prepared for the taste sensation when you try your first AG beer; you start to think "this isn't possible, I made this!"

Haha! Happy to help, you're officially my best student (the buggers rarely listen to me). Have a gold star.

And only because you put sp next to it and I'm an English teacher: definitely never has an a; I tell my students to remember that there's two i's (I then draw two eyes with the dots as pupils.) Not meant to sound patronising or nob-ish, just so that you can spell it with confidence next time...

I'm especially pleased because this yeast probably made my best ag beer so far: a London Porter back in November. It's the same strain of yeast that Hook Norton use and it gives off some wonderful, fruity esters. Cheers for the advice and help, folks. I've got another thread about the beer...

Yep

I checked it this morning and it looked fairly lively so it's hard to say exactly.

A review of the ingredients provided by GEB: First off: customer service is excellent and I felt very well looked after by them when processing my order. The hops are lovely and smell really good. My only complaint is not the fault of anyone in particular: my hop filter got completely clogged...

Cheers fellas. We have lift off this morning (pitched at about 6pm last night) and it appears to have given a nice, fluffy top on the wort.

You are spot on, Cheapbrew. Good job I did not order the 50l pot as originally intended...

It feels weird using pellets again, I'm used to seeing some flowers floating around. Smells magnificent

Malt: Pale 4.6kg Black 33g Hops: Wolf 15g @ 60mins Aurora and Styrian Goldings 60g last 5 mins Styrian Cascade 10g @ flameout

Hot water to rinse then Starsan

Am I risking infection, would you say?

Cheers, Johnny. If this yeast wasn't so good I would substitute for gervin but I think it'll be the difference between making the beer good and great

I'm going for floral golden ale over hoppy IPA, a tricky style to mimic

Actually I was planning on using this today in my ale.