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A cheeky clone of Hop House 13 which after lagering should be ready for the spring...

Triple Hop Double IPA as below, brewed in November. I usually just have one on a Friday night each week after work - any more and i usually have to go to sleep for a bit. Its a bloody wonderful beer, i have compared it directly with other Citra based IPAs and double IPAs and it outdoes every...

Blichmann Beer Gun v2 and custom built 3 tier brew stands.

I bought the paddle online, think it was around £20 from Brew UK. I can cool from 100 degrees to 20 in 16 minutes now using an immersion chiller and using the drill on a low spin setting. When it gets to around 22 degrees i create a whirlpool on full power put the lid on and leave for around...

Still trying to perfect my go-to House blond/pale ale for constant availability on my beer engine. Comments welcome please.

In my opinion after successfully eliminating the HB twang, it is down to one or more of the factors below: * Treatment of water with 1/2 campden tablet * Addition of gypsum to mash water * Removal of air contamination in all 3 of secondary / keg / bottling transfer - keep them all surrounded in...

Looks superb, great job

So after my 5 year break from brewing I decided to invest in some new gear to really try to eliminate any hint of "home brew" tang from my AG brewing. * Glass carboy * Screw cap ball corny keg connector * 2 x corny kegs * heat / cold regulated fridge for fermentation & cold crashing * Campden...

Hi all, I am looking for a bit of advice regarding whirlpooling at the end of a boil whilst using a copper immersion chiller. Specifically * Should the whirlpool be created whilst the chiller is running? * If so should the paddle be spun inside the chiller? * Should it be done when the wort...

Good morning all, I am back after a 5 year break when my second child was born as he was a bit of a handful. I attended the Spring Thing a good few years ago after just getting the bug for AG brewing. I have upgraded much of my gear and now have a beer engine, fermentation fridge, corny kegs...

How old are your grains? When I first started AG I bought a 30kg bag of maris otter to save money, the first few batches were lovely but then they had an off taste all of a sudden when I got towards the bottom of the sack.

I love homebrewing but I hate bottling, I don't know how you could do 4 batches at the same time. Corny kegs are the future...

Hi all, I have been out of the brewing game for around 2 years due to the birth of our second kid and also due to developing gout which scared me off the homebrew for a while. Anyways I am now back on the wagon so to speak, have moved house and have invested in a brew fridge (temps were always...

Financial Controller here

Hi all, i am back on the scene following a busy couple of years due to having a new little boy and moving house. I now have a dedicated brewing shed, garage and sheltered outdoor boiling area. Have spent an absolute fortune on beers in the last 2 years and have really missed my hobby...

1. Looks expensive for what you get - i would go with a 50l (min) stock pot converted for around £80 and a converted cool box for the mashtun for around £80 - get yourself a 19kg propane tank and get some fresh air while your brewing. 2. Costs around £13-£15 for 27-28 litres of cracking HB...

I would just add something to the finished cider - I put around 30ml of Bundaberg Ginger Ale in the top of my home brewed cider to sweeten it up a little. Other than that you can use fresh apple juice or pineapple juice. I used to sweeten with Splenda while bottling but was never happy with...

One important way to save money if boiling is to ditch the kitch - a 19kg gas cylinder for £25 lasts around 18 brews, this would cost much more via British Gas. On the fridge debate - we have a fridge freezer in the garage which stores food in the freezer - my use of the fridge for...

Hallertau Hersbrucker Saaz Simcoe EKG Fuggles Then again there are soooo many still that i have not experimented with so this list will probably change by the week going forward