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@simonh82 I don't really know a lot about this, with regards to diastatic power etc, is there somewhere you'd reccomend reading about this? I'm only using about 1.5 kg of specialty grains in most of the partial mash recipes I've been using with about 3 kg of extract malt

Thanks for the help guys @cheapbrew - I mashed for 60 minutes and thanks for the quote, the concern I had was that by increasing the volume I may be extracting the incorrect ratios or undesirable flavours from the grains of that makes sense! But what you have said seems to make sense @myqul...

I imagine this has been discussed a lot before but appreciate any help. Im fairly new to extract brewing but have done a few partial mash recipes now and never seem to get the SG that they reccomend, I did a blue moon clone earlier today and should have been 1.054 but got 1.050. and recently my...

Have now bottled all of the brew! The one with whisky soaked chips tastes bang on like innis and gunn, the one soaked in rum tastes perhaps unsurprisingly completely different! FG 1.014, will be left to mature for the next month then will let you know the outcome!

Hi Everyone, Ive actually posted two threads already, but thought i better put in an introduction, im based in scotland although started homebrewing in New Zealand last year. Was mainly using kits, then started tweaking kits, adding extra bits and pieces etc. Now I have moved back to the UK and...

Hiya folks, this is my first proper extract beer with a heap of new kit so unsure how it is going to turn out! Ive decided to brew a innis and gunn extract clone as it is one of my favourite beers, recipes online are really varied and there seems to be very little online about people making the...

Hi folks, thanks for all your comments I eventually went with a packet of mangrove jacks cider yeast and it turned out excellent! Took a few months to get the full flavours but worked out perfectly if a little stron at 9.2%! Thanks for all your help!

Thanks for the reply! I'll maybe just play it safe and use a yeast packet and Campden tablets, don't want to waste all that time pressing the apples for it to go to waste! There are also some reports of people leaving the cider to ferment for several months with natural sugars to get a super...

Hiya guys, apologies if someone already asked this, I've done a fair bit of beer brewing in the past and going to try my hand at cider making. I grow my own apples and have heaps to use, I've been looking on a few forums etc and the majority seem to make use of using a clampden tablet to kill...