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Awesome cheers mate 😃

so, challenger, northern brewer and target are o.k.?

before i moved to AG i only used fuggles in a tea bag for a brew, but some of my favourite beers only have fuggles, goldings, or both in them. i am not a fan of IPA's and i worry that if i branch out too quickly with other types of hop i run the risk of getting an IPA hop taste and a beer i...

I am firmly a fuggles and goldings fan, and as i've only been AG brewing a month i haven't experimented much. i did use some citra hops for the first time on saturday though. only 5g in the last 5 mins for citrus aroma reasons but it gave a lovely fruity finish to the beer in the trial jar!!!

Yeah it does have a fruity taste... i picked citra for the citrus aroma but i have never used it before. Bought it specially for this brew. Obviously only used a little bit due to the staggering alpha acid content lol... i will let you know how it turns out

Once i entered the correct alpha acid levels i altered the recipe slightly. I will use less black malt next time for sure as it has come out a bit darker than planned. I also only got an OG of 1.043 but here is the recipe in beersmith...

I'm trying to have a go at cloning woodfordes nelsons revenge. I have come up with a recipe and run it through beersmith and taken a screen print. Im new to all grain brewing, and only been doing it less than a month. While i know i wont get it right first time, does anyone think this should...

I will have a look see and findbout... fingers crossed :pray:

cool, good advice, i shall conduct some further investigations...

What with the temperature being as it is at the moment i've noticed it's getting very difficult to keep fv's at the right temp. I have seen the heat belts for sale but could i buy an electric blanket and stand them on there? Has anyone else tried this?

I have the igloo "deluxe mash tun" and there is like a button vent in the middle inside. If you squeeze the lid a fair amount of air comes out... not sure if i can get anymore of it iff than that so will look when i get home from work around 10pm...

Ha ha, yeah me too... i bought a 25kg bog of maris otter and thought it would be eash to store in a spare clean fermenter... not the case. After 2 brews and filling a fermenter i have about 7kg stored in other bags around the place lol. Who on earth asked that silly question about the fire...

I have 15 x 20 bottle crates. Purchased for storing bottles so k can stack them with the intention of brewing so much that i never drink beer that is too young. THAT takes up some room i can tell you. The dining room is now a storage area for brewing equipment and a place to store the dining...

'Lease could you let me know how you get on witn those? I saw slmeone ln youtube using one and they look really convenient but k was reading graham wheelers book and he says the hops should be allowed to flow freely through the copper and that by restrictkng can reduce their efficiency. I dont...

sounds like i should give the knsulation a go then... i have a 10g? Mashtun... it's the square/cube shape igloo one... anyone know if a super king size duvet will e big wnough to tailor an insulatiln jacket from?

Something that might be of interest, though, is that i have had one of these kits in fv for 2 and a half months. I just coildnt be bothered to bottle it as i wasn't too keen on the contents. I put 500 of DME and a fuggles hop tea and teabag in it. I bottled it yesterday while bottling up my...

Lol i hear ya!!! It does get quite messy sometimes, no matter how careful we are :thumb:

I have also heard good review about the evil dog. K know it's not going to be my cup of tea (or glass of beer) but i've seen a lot of people rave about it on here. 3 and a half weeks in the fermenter though??? Wow!!!

LOL:D If anything these kits really inspired me to look at AG as although they were cheap and drinkable they inspired me to start adding things and when i did that, and realised how much you can tailor to your requirements, i thought sod it, lets make the plunge. it also helps that my mrs...

First and last brew was a fly sparge and the two in the middle i tried batch sparging. I brew in the kitchen because k have an electric brupaks boiler, mash tun on a dining room chair in the middle and a fermenter on the floor to catch the runnings... do you insulate your mash tun other than...