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Had an oatmeal pale ale called "Whiter Shade of Pale" yesterday... Nice drop!

Just a blonde ale (19 litre batch)

So if after fermentation (approx 2 weeks) I siphon the beer into another vessel and keep under similar conditions for another fortnight, then bottle and immediately chill would that be ok? Or should I bottle after the initial 2 weeks and keep at around 20c for a fortnight before chilling? When...

Brewed today. Probably won't make Christmas :(

Brewed a blonde ale today using Williamette and Cascade hops in an attempt to replicate York Brewery "Snowflake" ale. First successful brew using my bigger setup - fingers crossed the fermentation goes well!

Is 1.050 a reasonable OG reading? It's what today's brew has come out at...

Where does the cold crash fit in to those 2 week periods? And how do you transfer to secondary fermenter? Siphon? (Still a noob :))

Moorhouses "White Witch" this evening...

Am I likely to have any issues boiling outside? I've read others have done it :hmm:

Hi and welcome. Love York and especially York Brewery! Of the 600+ documented ales I've tried York Guzzler and Snowflake are my absolute favourites :)

Thank you for the advice... and sympathy! I'm using a recipe from my CAMRA brewing book but with the hop varieties changes to try and clone one of my favourite commercial beers. I appreciate I'll likely be way off, but thought it was worth a go!

I've learned a lot from this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1852493194/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Good to know then, thanks guys :) I need to improve my sparging technique - was just slowly juggling it over the grain. I got a sparging arm in my kit but haven't investigated using it yet...

Yeah I've been in that shop - might give them a try in the week as I've got enough hops left over just need some standard grain and a packet of yeast. Thanks. As for the water I have used tap water for some of the demijohn kits and although they were drinkable, a couple had a slight medicinal...

VWT - however much was in the (apparently overfilled) airlock - couple of tea spoons? I did think of leaving it, but I was so mad with myself - was a bit of a knee jerk reaction to tip it away. Water was about £6-£7, ingredients were about £13... Postage was £7!

Forgive my ignorance, is there something in the fermenter measuring the temperature in treebeard's pic? Considering a brew belt or heat mat as we head towards winter but wouldn't want to over heat the beer!

I assumed the sanitiser would contaminate / taint the beer?? I tipped the batch :oops:

After successfully brewing several small all grain batches using demijohns I bought a basic kit to upscale my operation just after Christmas last year. Due to a busy year I'd not been able to get around to brewing again until yesterday. With an afternoon free and having bought my ingredients...

Twinings Everyday. But drank Sainsbury's red label for years...

:-o Some good tracks on it IMO.