Search results

I thought I was opening a research beer, turns out I needed to have done more research before buying as it’s the wrong type of bock! Not a fan it’s rather cloying and made with hop extract like the cheapest macro lagers.

The only question I can answer is that the more you load in the lower your mash efficiency will be - and a brewing calculator won’t account for the change. My question- does it make a difference to the end result if you blend before fermentation compared to both making your own product and...

I have always just mashed everything together - but with hard water it all helps. You can't always tell if a method is fine or maybe I am just not sensitive to the taste. Interesting thing I learnt from the Brewing Elements series Malt book is that if the maltster takes black too far it loses...

This gave me a big headache so that's off of the brew planning list now :(

Malt Miller add…

Good stuff - enjoyed that and also the recent Jiddlers Tipple one.

I didn’t think it was called Imperial- it’s India pale lager 🤷‍♂️?

I forgot to say - 2 beers posted on Friday. The keg timing hasn’t worked out brilliantly for lager month and both will have been in bottle for longer than ideal but it can’t be helped.

This is my first Alt that I didn’t make myself. Maybe a subconscious thing going on but it tastes exactly like Utopian pilsner. I was expecting malty or bitter? This was the only type available unfortunately.

Last beer bought from Thornbridge in the summer. This is good very much like the Belgian sours.

Rare treat for me having a comparison beer of the clone brew. Both September brews, mine has HBC431 which is described as peach, red fruit and tropical, theirs has Columbus which is herbal and citrus. Mine has a weird aroma that is hard to name. Kernel has a hop pellet aroma which is also...

The author is thinking that the fermenter is bigger than the boil pan and therefore easier to mix in - and they probably have steel available. Do the reverse and mix the extract into the hot wort then transfer, when you have made up with the cold water you will be about pitching temperature.

What is your batch size? The consensus would be cool as well as you can - no chill is an option if it’s forced on you or if you decide to try it, it isn’t the default choice.

Look out for them locally on eBay…you can get them for very little money if you can collect.

Not safe - there will be a limit depending on the type of plastic but the best practice is to cool as quickly as possible post boil. If you can’t cool by moving it into the sink for example then leave to cool naturally.

This is one of the beers in Mark Dredge’s tasting book. Going for tropical fruit, lemon zest, grapefruit…

My impy in my new Tynt Meadow glass. Hadn’t seen these before but Trembling Madness had them.

This is the Sussex old ale from the new Modern Homebrewer book. I don’t think the recipe is great, it’s a bit of a mess of crystal and not delivering a lot of flavour. I have put it on a 5psi secondary regulator and an unrestricted short line direct to tap though which is working well and will...

This from Waitrose. I am not mad keen on it, went down easily, a good dinner beer I suppose.

Eg https://brewkegtap.co.uk/products/8mm-5-16-push-in-pressure-gauge-0-40psi-duotight-compatible?_pos=1&_sid=dc57fcb3d&_ss=r On a T piece on the line?