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All done. Hit my vols and OG, so well chuffed. Can't wait till Christmas when I can crack a few open!

Boil is on.

Early start. Having a go at this today: Ingredients: 23l 5.7kg Maris Otter 0.55kg Torrified Wheat 0.20kg Crystal Malt 60 21g Columbus 15% a.a. 100g Galaxy 14.9% a.a. 1 packet Safale 05 With additions as follows: 21g Columbus @ 60 mins 21g Galaxy @ 30 mins 21g Galaxy @ 20...

Should have read 250g of Dextrose, must have copied that across incorrectly. That's what I added. Yes, I am bottling. I reckon 14 days fermentation, then bottle, then about four weeks to get to its best, should be about Christmas! I'm doing an American IPA next weekend, which should also be in...

Cheers all. It's bubbling away nicely, gone for a blow off tube instead of the normal airlock just in case.

I've not ventured into liquid yeasts, yet. I wanted to get my brewing routine down, and I think I'm up to speed with everything else now, so liquid yeasts & starters will be the next thing to get my head round.

Ah, missed this and just added it! Maybe next time, cheers!

Just racked on to 1.5kg of frozen then pasteurised raspberries. Smelt lush. Got an ABV of 5.5& pre-fruit. I read somewhere that the fruit doesn't change the FG as despite the amount of sugar in the fruit, there is also a lot of water so it cancels it out. Anyone?

Having a go at this today: 23l Ingredients: 3.6kg Maris Otter 0.26kg Crystal 60 0.2kg Wheat Malt 55g Dextrose 75g EKG 5% a.a. 1 x Packet of Danstar Nottingham Yeast 5g Irish Moss Additions at: 55g EKG at 60 mins 20g EKG at 10 mins Based on a Young's OB recipe I saw...

My brother-in-law, works as a maintenance guy on a large country estate with a manor house, tied cottages etc. When one resident, an old boy, passed away, my bro-in-law had to go in and clean out his belongings (no relatives to do so) and get the cottage ready to be refurbished. Anyway, long...

So I will defo need more fruit, thanks.

Thanks for the advice, will double up the fruit!

Having a stab at this today. Batch size 13l Ingredients: 2.66kg Maris Otter 0.66kg Vienna Malt 0.21 kg Pale Crystal Malt 0.06 kg Roasted Barley 12g Centennial Pellets 10% a.a. 12g Cascade Pellets 5.5% a.a. 5g Irish Moss 1x Safale 05 US Ale Yeast 760g Raspberries 3.25g Gelatin Additions: 6g...

EDIT: POSTED IN WRONG PLACE! Have reposted in Brew Days!

Yes, funnily enough, I'm drinking another one of these now as I read your post. It is very bitter, but it's not harsh. I have no idea if it's like the real thing. I've been thinking about doing an NEIPA, based on this: http://homebrewacademy.com/denali-single-hop-ipa/ So in that one, which I...

Bottled last Sunday, and couldn't wait so cracked one tonight (Friday). Was pretty well carbed. I have no idea if it's anything like the real thing, but it's very nice already. Could smell grapefruit as I poured it, dank to taste initially then tropical fruit/lychees. Bitter but soft with it...

Thinking of upgrading to one of these from my cooler mash tun, worth it you'd say then? How much of an improvement in efficiency have you seen?

Hi, is this still for sale?

Yes it is, not sure if of the old style or not. My OG sample tasted v. hoppy, lovely colour too. I like the WWS that you can get in Supermarkets, but not sure it's a truly great beer. It's very good though, and that's good enough! Hope this one turns out OK. Little out on my OG on the low...

White Shield Clone today. 23l 5kg Maris Otter 0.25kg Crystal 120 0.15kg Malted Wheat 35g Challenger 35 g Challenger hops, 9% a.a. (60 min) 30g Northdown hops, 8.1% a.a. (60 min) 22g Northdown hops, 8.1% a.a. (15 min) 10g Northdown hops, 8.1% a.a. (Flame out) 5g Irish Moss 1...