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Having a first try of my 8.3% chocolate bourbon Stout at 6 weeks. Not a lot of head, but the carbonation is spot on. Full, thick mouthfeel and sweet, with a nice bourbon hit and smells of chocolate. Very pleased. My intention is to leave until Xmas. Hope I can leave it alone!

Should've taken photo, but I've had a 3 week old pimped Mad Millie Lager Kit, the 740ml bottle with about a quarter yeast in it (final bottling). It's a nice summery drink, with low bitterness. Just as well I added DME, Munich and Cascade to it, otherwise it'd be insipid fizzy water. Very good...

Brew No. 11 14.5 litres of Honey Porter . 1475g Pale Malt 400g Munich Malt 200g Chocolate Malt 100g Dark Crystal Malt 50g Roasted Barley Mashed the above in 12 litres at 66°C for 90 minutes 500g Light DME at flame out 200g Honey at flame out Topped up with 2 litres of boiled wort from another...

14.5 litres of honey porter. OG 1.055. 1475g Pale Malt 400g Munich Malt 200g Chocolate Malt 100g Dark Crystal Malt 50g Roasted Barley Mashed the above in 12 litres at 66°C 500g Light DME at flame out 200g Honey at flame out 20g Northern Brewer @ 60 minutes 10g Fuggles @ 30 minutes 10...

Sorry. Here you go. Hardness classification Moderately Soft Mg Ca/l mean 37.79. Or ppm Expressed as Calcium Carbonate Mg/l 94.48 Expressed as Calcium millimoles 0.94 Expressed as English degrees 6.61 "Alkalinity is not a test we carry out routinely so I am unable to provide accurate levels for...

Hi Steve Received this detail just now. With my alkalinity strip I says ph 7.0, with alkalinity 80ppm. Got to figure out now what it means for porters (my next brew) , Stouts, IPA etc.

It was 11g of CML Voss added to 10l Imperial Stout and fermentation started at 40°C. I did have 70g dark chocolate and 250g Lactose added to the boil. 🤔 Thought it could be fat from the chocolate but it was 95% Cocoa. The fragments of yeast didn't feel fatty, more like a soft biscuit. I've not...

25.5 x 740ml bottles of 5.5% pimped Mad Millie Lager Kit with Munich Malt, 500g DME and Cascade hops completed today. I like my new Brew2bottle bucket with sprung little bottler. Less drippy than the one that came with my coopers FV that doesn't have a spring fitted. Smelled so good today I was...

Thanks! I had an older copy of diy dog methinks

Love zombie cake. Got 2 in the fridge. Annoyingly, BrewDog haven't posted the recipe😕

I've never treated my water and when hopping I prefer tea rather than dry

Interesting. What beer styles have you tried?

Hello David. If you don't mind looking at the quoted thread below, have you ever come across this with kveik or any other yeast before and know what causes it?

I read Hazelwood's chilli thread. Almost ended me!😂

F***sake Clint. I've not eaten since midday and then I read this post. I'm drooling like that dog from that film Turner and Hooch! 😂

Two and half weeks into fermentation and a hazy pale it is, even with a Britewort tab at the last 10 mins of the boil. Perhaps a cold crash in the fridge once bottled (like Drunkula says). It's getting bottled in the next day or two. Will report back.

Czech Budvar nicely chilled after a day at the beach. I'd love to brew this, but don't have a brew fridge ☹️

My second brew was a death stout. Skull crushing headaches if you had 3 or 4 😬

Brew No. 11 coming up - Porter 12 Litres Using up bits and bobs:- 1475g Pale Malt 400g Munich Malt 200g Chocolate Malt 50g Roasted Barley 500g light DME 454g Golden Syrup 15g Northern Brewer @ 60 minutes 10g Fuggles @ 15 minutes 10g Fuggles @ 0 minutes 5g CML Kveik Voss Going to do...

Right that's it out to the garage to cool down at 14 days old. All that gurgling meant something; it's now at 1.006! The kit said it'd be ready at 1.008. Bottle in a couple of days, then on to a Porter of my own devising.