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It's been carbonating for a week, so it's time to sample. Tastes great, I'm very happy with it, I don't drink wits very often, but to me this is spot on for the style. Carbonation is bang on, lovely creamy head that lasts to the very last drop. I'll definitely be brewing this again. Recipe...

Looks good. I don't think you'll be disappointed. I also bailed out on the liquid yeast until I go AG, which would be soon if I hadn't ordered so much DME...

I bottled something similar last week (A Wit to Woo on recipes fourm). It tasted great at bottling. Someone on here kindly pointed out to me, when I was asking similar questions a few weeks ago, that wheat DME is not 100% wheat, but 55% wheat 45% barley. You might want to check the make up of...

Bottled today. FG 1.010 so 4.6%. Went for 2.8 volumes of CO2 which worked out as 89g sugar for 12L. Only bottled 10L as ended up with at least 1.5L of slurry in the carboy, so it will probably end up at about 3.2 volumes CO2, might be a bit frisky. Trial jar sample was a taste sensation, the...

John Palmer's How to Brew is an excellent resource for beginners (or see the how to sections on this forum). I used whatever version he had on the web back in the 90s when I started brewing exract and grains. Read through them again before starting up again last month...

Is that the one that Redhook's Ballard Bitter became when Anheuser-Busch took them over? I used to live in Vancouver in the mid 90s and make regular cross border raids to Seattle to visit their brewery in Fremont. Haven't had a Redhook of any description for years, but I loved their ESB, Ballard...

Yesterday had my first taster of my first homebrew for over 13 years. Started at 1.058 ended 1.014, so about 5.8%. Probably cut this to 5% if repeated. Spent 2 weeks in primary, dry hopped with 20g Citra for final 6 days. Primed with 90g DME - a week at ~18C then two weeks at ~ 11C. I think I'll...

Brewed this afternoon. Took Pittsy's advice and dropped most of the grain (kept the oats), upped the coriander a bit (12g) and added with curacao orange peel for 5 mins of boil. 12L SG 1.045, could have done with it a bit higher, topped up boil from kettle, was aiming for ~11L. Looked the part...

A blackcurrantiness? I just rember them being integral to the taste of Redhook ESB before AB bought them out.

Eventually worked it out, hopefully pics visible now.

Now look what you've done - So what if this party fears two? The alcohol loves you while turning you blue. View it from here. From closer to near. Awake me! The beer is a take on Redhook ESB, but I upped the hops a little as they were 2011 harvest. Was planning to dry hop with the pair, but...

30 years since the first Smiths single, so a Willamette-based brew... Title: Memories of Fremont 1994 Brew Method: Extract Style Name: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB) Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 10 liters (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 11 liters STATS: Original Gravity: 1.057 Final Gravity...

There's a recipe for it in the CloneBrews book (Szamatulski^2). I don't have the book to hand, but as luck would have it, if you look it up on Amazon it's one you can 'Look Inside' giving you a few sample pages, Negra Modelo happens to be one of the sample pages. I traveled around Mexico as a...

Cheers. I was planning to - pestle and mortar at the ready! If I'm cooking with coriander seeds I tend to dry fry them briefly to release the aromas before chucking them into whatever's cooking. Does anyone do this when using them in a brew?

With a Bank Holiday looming, I'm looking to get a couple of small-scale brews on. Despite having only one brew under my belt after a 13 year hiatus (the all Citra brew I asked for advice on a few weeks ago), SWMBO is already pissing and moaning about the smell, the clutter, time spent etc. In...

I guess cost depends on where you buy from. If you look at the sponsors of this site, 3kg of DME is ~ £15, whereas 2 x 1.5 kg tins of brand name LME is £18-22. The own brand is about £12 for 2 tins, but remember you need less DME than LME as LME is typically 20% (?) water. If you're buying...

Thanks for the sage advice. I was planning to order from one of the sponsors who are cheapest for the wheat spray-malt; they don't stock Carahell. I assume Caramalt (Warminster Extra Low Crystal 25 EBC) be a suitable replacement? Or Carabelge (30-35 EBC)? They also appear to have 5% off...

I wasn't aware of that, cheers for the top tip.

After recently starting extract brewing again I placed an order to see me through my next few brews (IPAs, stout/porter, ESB). It never occurred to me when I placed the order that it's essentially just as easy to make extract-based wheat beers. Having enjoyed a couple of weissbiers yesterday...

Looks a cracker. Couldn't tell from the pic - did you just chuck the ground coffee in loose, or did you add it in a bag?