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I'd cut down the top growth by half, then wait a week or so then cut down to ground level, this want be sucha shock to the plant, but having said that Hops are a hardy plant and will take some abuse!

Ok, thanks for the replys, I'll get busy this weekend, cheers!

This might be a dumb question, but is the apple juice used in TC 'apple juice from concentrate' ok to use?

The Loiners are taking over! Osset Brewery do a cracking dark ale called Treacle Stout, (try it in The Hop in the dark arches) in this they use black treacle, no idea how much though, sorry.

Or make one of these, 2 Tesco elements and it sits on a large gas ring, therefore faster to boil and if there is a power cut i've still got the gas, and being stainless it should last for ever, or near enough.

I thought the yeast in the bottles to condition the ale is a different strain to the one that's used in primary fermentation!

In Beckitts Banks yesterday to escape from shopping, had a few Leeds Best, cracking stuff, as is Midnight Bell

Try your local micro brewery for a sack of pale malt; i did this a few years ago and since then have been back a few times to restock, give it a go, worst that can happen is they so no!

Brew shop in Wakie is too expensive for me, I can get stuff cheaper on line even with postage, I don't how the shop keeps going as it only opens 3 days weeks.

I bought 2 hop roots/rhysomes from Aplus Hops in March of this year, they both have shoots of about 6". I've been growing a wild hops for a few years now, but they produce loads of stragly green shoots but very few hops, so i've dug em out.

Get into your nearest Wetherspoons and try a bottle of Tucher as good as Paulaner/Erdinger, and it comes in the proper glass.

Blimey! thanks for the input chaps, my intention is to recreate Osset brewery's Citra, described as having tropical fruit flavours, mango and pineaple may be detected. Doesn't mention cat **** though. I'm hoping to meet the brewer this saturday at Fernandes bar in Wakefield and get some inside info.

Yeah, that's the one.

I've just ordered Citra hops from Ebay, (£4 for 100g free post), anyone out there with any experience of this variety?

I've allways done that in the past, but this time I did it with sugar and it turned out really well.

I brewed this about 6 weeks ago, taken from G.W.'s book, and it's a cracking pint. On recent brews I've meddled/tweeked the recipes or made my own up, but on this occaison I did it exactly to the book and it's turned out a treat!

Nice one. Me and my boy going saturday afternoon, then to the hop.

Beer fest in Wakefield at Fernandes Brewery tap, 27th to 29th of this month, 50p off pint of beer for Camra members. http://www.ossett-brewery.co.uk/NewsCom ... fault.aspx