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I'll be getting up early on Saturday to set my kit up providing the forecast is good.......boiling 50 litres of wort in your kitchen is not the greatest of ideas as I discovered last time I brewed and it decided to rain :lol: APA to 1055 this weekend......plenty hops ;)

Definately agree with Aleman there. I have two books that I am ploughing through at the moment that would not make a lot of sense to a non-scientist. They are good books IMO, but very technical in parts and you need a reasonable scientific knowledge to get anything from them......took me back...

Thanks prolix.....knew I'd seen it somewhere, but just couldn't find it. :thumb:

Hi Guys....apologies if this has been asked before but I can't bring anything up on a search. My googling has been a bit contradictory too :wha: What figures are you guys using for wort losses (absorbtion) due to hop additions....whole leaf hops? I'm just trying to fine tune BeerSmith a little...

Every day here is summer for me as I'm not really a fan of big malty ales. Most of my beers are on the paler, hoppier side. Amarillo works a treat for me......I've used it many times as a single hop in low to moderate gravity beers with great success. It suits my taste buds.........smooth...

I don't think it matters tbh, but I'd like to see confirmation as I have the exact same one 8-) Are you fitting an in-line filter before the wort hits the plate chiller? If so, I'd be interested to see it please. I've got a 'hop-rocket' ordered, I might use that as mine. ATB

Sorry I can't help with this problem. But I will be backing up my recipes tonight.....thanks for the heads up :thumb:

robsan. Ask the water company for a full water report. Looks like you've just got the mini version there......mine runs to 4 pages of A4 :o

I use the average figures on my areas published water report. You should be able to download it from the water suppliers website, or ring them and ask them to send you one in the post. ATB

Hello again gurt. I got the hydrometer from Hampstead Homebrew. If you decide to get one, you will also need a 250ml trial jar. The Stevenson Reeves ones I had were terrible.....a lot smaller and harder to read. One of them was 2 points out, the other was 4 points out :o I usually use a...

Hi Gurt, The yeast is incredibly flocculant. I made a White Labs vial in to a 3 litre starter and I had difficulty getting it back in to suspension after it had worked out and then been put in to the fridge for 2 days. Same with the two starter bottles that I pitched. I probably don't aerate...

I have a couple of pictures that I'd like trasferring to canvas. I've bought canvas' of a particular size for the job. Is this do-able? I've bought the canvas without really looking in to it :oops:

Totally agree with you :thumb:

Missed my volume by half a litre, but was 3 points up on gravity. I didn't bother to liquor back to 1039.....but would have done if this was going to be entered in to the Spring Thing. ATB folks ;)

Mash on.........hit my temp bang on 8-) Hop to it!

I've used WLP002 in a couple of brews before. It leaves the beer a little sweet, but nicely balanced IMO. It is an excellent flocculator :D Here are a few pics from brewday. In the end I went with my usual gypsum only treatment for the mash and boil. I also altered the finishing hops slightly...

It's never been a practice I've been particularly fond of.

Cheers mark - have a good one yourself. Just running through salt treatment for tomorrow... if anyone couldd comment I'd appreciate an opinion. Using forum calculator and inputting my water values, i get the following additions for a bitter and pale ales. The recipe is is a light coloured...

I'm just making my liquor adjustments to brew this tomorrow :D SAmarillo For 40 litres at 75% efficiency 6.05 kg Lager Malt (2.0 SRM) Grain 90.98 % 0.40 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (70.0 SRM) Grain 6.02 % 0.20 kg Wheat Malt (2.8 SRM) Grain 3.01 % 50.00 gm Amarillo [8.90 %] (60 min) Hops...

I had a play with this recipe too. I came up with this: For 40 litres at 75% efficiency 6.14 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 96.85 % 0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 3.15 % 65.00 gm Challenger [6.20 %] (90 min) Hops 26.4 IBU 30.00 gm Celeia [3.60 %] (15 min)...