Search results

Should a brewery have a house strain or use many commercial strains? Some modern craft beer tastes fantastic but are not distinctive to a specific brewery. Where as, in my opinion some of the most distinctive traditional real ales in the UK, Belgian ales and notable modern craft beers, stand...

I had partially based things on the following post: http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=48134&p=135859 This is where BRY-97 came from and the post suggest IBU is 96, which I've shied away from a bit. The hop varieties came from Weird Beard's blog (above) Sent from my iPad using...

Hello, I'm keen to brew a session IPA as fantastic as Weird Beard's Little Things That Kill. Low in alcohol but big in hops and most importantly body. Their blog is a good start: http://weirdbeardbrewing.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/little-things-that-kill-re-invented.html My first stab at the...

I'll check out beerandwinejournal.com, thanks

Thanks both. In response to Mook1979, I've found the River Cottage book good, I bought it for hedgerow infusions before moving onto beer. The Ordinary Bitter recipe worked well. The Black Pearl Porter less well but I suspect the medicinal taste was my fault - insufficient rinsing of sanitiser...

Hello, I've recently started brewing and the RC Booze Handbook has been a really useful guide. All the recipes involve an infusion mash and some are all grain but some include large quantities of malt extract also. Wanting to be a purist, this seems a bit of a cop out! Can the extract be...