Search results

Nothing quite so fancy. Just a 35L boiler and BIAB method. I've been thinking about upping my game and investing in an all in one but I need to do my research. There are a good few to choose from and whilst they all seem kind of similar, I'm sure there are pros and cons with all of them...

It says 19L so that's what I go by. All my recipes are scaled to try and achieve 19L anyway.

Mate, it's class. The IPA version is also brilliant. 202 fantastic recipes for under a score = bargain in my book. I have made quite a few recipes from both an have yet to be disappointed.

"Bubbling" after that long is possibly not a great sign. If the third one was rank and tossed, it might have been infected. Perhaps this one is too. What is your cleaning process like?

I am more than happy with how this turned out. A single hop (El Dorado) pale ale at about 5.5%. Big dry hop of 170g. Perhaps that's the key to maxing out the flavour profile with my set up. Been a bit disappointed with my last lot of hoppy brews. @Alastair70 might be supping one of these this...

And he does a G clone.

This is well worth a tenner!

@foxy A fairly similar recipe but with the added sweetness from crystal and choc malt. I can see why Strong suggests it would be more like Beamish than Guinness. Possibly more like Murphy's, with the choc malt? I've made the Jamill recipe four or five times now (and, coincidentally, ordered...

The Jamill recipe says an extra fine crush of the roasted barley is needed to achieve the true Beamish taste. I used to get my barley double crushed by CML. Unfortunately, CML no longer sell bespoke AG kits. If you crush your own grain, then double crush. If ordered, ask for it. If they won't...

Definitely think adding them loose isn't helping. When I bought my hop cylinder, there were two size options. Basically small and large. I went for large, which is about 30cm tall. I have never got close to maxing it out with hops. It would easily take 500g of pellets. It is probably better...

Did you add them in loose, in a bag etc.?

Did you use pellets, cones etc.? And how did you add them? My last brew was about 19L and I added 170g of pellets in a fine, mesh, hop cylinder. The hops expanded to about twice their volume but even if they expanded to fill the cylinder, there is not enough space in the cylinder for 3L of...

Did you purge the bottles before filling? Is the beer in the keg ok?

I will aim to get the FB sent out on Monday.

And the winner, with a score of 43/50 is @Leon103 with his honey porter. Great score, mate, for a damn fine beer.

Pause for dramatic effect...

Yes it was. So without further ado, the results are in. There were a total of eight entries. Thanks to all who entered, I really enjoyed judging them. So in third place, with a score of 38/50 is @Twopan with a very nice Belgian Dubbel. In second place, with two beers scoring an impressive...

Well it is a very well executed beer, mate.

You should try the saison he sent me. Holy good eff! That was SERIOUS! @Leon103 did you send me a commercial beer with the label removed? Because I scored that beer and it scored VERY high. Like ridiculously high.

Honey porter and saison arrived today. Thanks for the bonus beer. Didn't look too dark when held up to the light but I will judge it accordingly and give FB 👍