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Hi All! Just an update on the DIPA! Brews still bubbling away nicely but is starting to slow down, me and @manxnorton have been discussing flavours today and we are going to dry hop the living jesus out of it! Pics to follow! Just want to put a shout out to Bri as well as he's doing...

Bottled it off late last night after 3 weeks in the FV and dry hopping for 4 days. Got the measurements right down too 1008 as you guys had said so happy days! Went from having no stock to 40 bottles of APA and got an all grain DIPA fermenting with my pal at the moment. Happy Days!

I wasn't planning on anything until I got a text of @manxnorton saying he had supplies so I'll be trying a few of them :D

Hi all! Just a couple of vids of the brew in the ferm fridge featuring @manxnorton getting his bubble buzz on :p for all the bubble creeps out there like us haha! :D https://youtu.be/Xt7crb4AraM https://youtu.be/1j-wKY445qI Cheers for reading!

North Shields myself so just down the road!

I just fancy a club where there is no drama good crack and a good group of people. I have enough shyte going on with being a toon supporter haha! :D

I'm new to the home brew scene as per say but just this last couple weeks done akit myself and done my first home brew with @manxnorton would be class to meet people in the region who hold an interest too :D

One of the most relaxing videos i've watched in so long! Therapy for an engineer smooth builds and that :) Quality vid looking forward to watching more

What's this shave you all speak of?

Hi All, I've currently got a Youngs APA kit in the FV and took my first reading after around 9/10 days. It's sat at just over 1.020, anybody had experience of this kit and if so what were everyones readings and after how many days fermenting? Cheers in advance!

Time was getting on now so we got the wort into the cubes and Bri is going to pitch the yeast and the rest and get into fermentation fridge :D All in all a cracking day and a real eye opener into the workings of AG brewing! Good crack and good brewing :D

Then once completed I did a pirate impression on a cooled sample using the Refractometer to get the post boil reading. was up to 1.065 so we added 190g sugar to bump this up a bit more closer to recipe guideline.

Boil went well and adding of the hops was all timed perfectly give or take 30 secs where we were were talking about everything under the sun. All the hops went in on time and the aroma off the GF was amazing. Someone really needs to bring out a Hop Scented Car Airfreshner!

After the hour came the good bits, the draining of the grain ready for the sparge! The smells coming out of the grain were amazing and again had no problems all went smoothly, definitely down to the pies. Got the grain up and onto the rest ready whilst we prepped the sparge water in the...

A crucial part of any brew. Mash timing of the pie munching. I must stress that getting the optimum pie temperature is critical when brewing or it can result in some very high stomach grumble readings.

Got the temperature up to 65C easily enough and began adding the grains. Worked out spot on with no grain balls or problems! Got it all in the GF maintained temperature spot on too then left for an hour whilst we cracked on with more cuppas and pies. Me in full brewing glory in the pics haha!

Can't take any credit for any of the water treatment as with me being at graft till 4pm Bri had already prepped this ready for us to crack straight on when I arrived. I'll let Bri talk about that as it's all still new to me and I will be looking into this alot more in coming brews! So I...

Everyone is going to have to be patient with me as I try to work out the ins and out of posting pics and replies to the thread haha! It's been a long week :D Below is the grain bill and Hops used yesterday! 6 KG MARRIS OTTER 350g Cara-Pils 350g Crystal Malt - 10L 350g Munich Malt 170g...

Unfortunately I'm in the car as heading straight over from work :( plenty tea and a couple pies on the go though I reckon!

Hi All, Myself and @manxnorton are doing my first AG brew together this afternoon, decided to knock up a thread of us too clarting on for all your enjoyment haha! :)