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Good luck with trying it, I love it, will take a look at that brulosophy article

Thanks, good spot, just ordered 2 packs

I would also go Amarillo and Citra - 50g of both together will work well. The columbus is ideal as a bittering hop. Should be in the range of 14%Alpha Acid. I would use that as a 60 minute bittering hop in the boil for your next brew or 2.

Here is my recipe, for anyone who wants to brew award winning beer!:thumb: The San Diego Super is my go to Pale Ale yeast now - high flocculation so you get clear beer and medium attenuation. Works well for me having tried a few before settling on this for pale ales. Oatmeal Extra Pale Ale 23...

Thanks for posting that 2nd video Mick, everythings much clearer now !

Well done to all those taking part. Thanks Mick, look forward to the feedback and this spurs me on to enter more comps in the future. Will post my recipe up later when on laptop

No issues from me on public constructive feedback buddy, have a great night!

an old fashioned glass ashtray (£1 from charity shop) placed under the tap works well for me - mine are top tap kegs so ashtray goes on the benchtop (not down on the floor).

I love the idea of saving money, although to be fair if we add in all the kit and 'incidental' costs I suspect there isn't much of a saving in reality by brewing our own ! For me its all about brewing great beer, the strength and flavour I like and the creativeness of tweaking/making recipes...

Shorter as its an ale yeast, althought I haven't useds a dry kolsch yeast. It should be 2 weeks ferment, then bottle and carb up somewhere warm for 2 weeks, then 2 weeks cold conditioning before drinking - will definately benefit from another 2 weeks cold condition to crisp up and mature a bit...

Cool, good luck with it, let us know how you get on

Have you gone for dry sachets or liquid yeast ?

Exciting times, enjoy ! What you planning as your first brew with your new shiny, shiny ?

Brewing this today, just doing the 30 mins flamout steep now - smells divine !!! Inspired by the Totally Tropical Pale Ale recipe but adjusted to dial the ABV down to 4.8% and up the bitterness to 43 IBU's - also used Centennial instead of Citra as had that to hand in my stocks. Anyway, here...

Pleased mine arrived ok, will be really interested in your feedback after judging Mick. Cheers, Dave

Will do, I will post my adjusted recipe - aiming for 5% ABV, and using San Diego Superyeast (which is a Chico strain yeast like WLP001 California Ale yeast or safale US05)

Planning to brew the Totally Tropical Pale Ale over the weekend. I will be dialling the strength back by not adding the Sugar and am increasing the bitterness to 40 IBU's - so deviating quite a way from his original recipe actually ! It is a great book, the oatmeal pale inspired me to my best...

You do need to 'warm' the thermopot through before mashing in to avoid losing temp during the mash. I do the following after a bit of trial and error: 1. pop the water for mashing into the thermopot (water at 80°C) 2. leave for 15-20 minutes - water temp in the pot drops to 72°C as the pot...

Came across Kolsch on posts on here and I now use the WLP029 Kolsch which is expensive to buy (like all liquid yeast) but can be top cropped (harvested) from one brew and stored in the fridge and re-used in future brews, up to 8 times or so is ok I think...