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Hi all, I decided to boost a Coopers Stout kit with some grains (below) and got an OG of 1.031: for me this seems a bit low for a 21litre batch considering it's got extra stuff in it, albeit roasted and specialty grains. Extra grains: 100g Biscuit malt 200g Vienna malt 50g Roasted...

Nice one all, I put on a Brewferm Grand Cru kit last weekend.... currently debating an EPA/ESB which may suit this water situation. But I'm heading to buy some bottled water now anyway! George

Hello all, I've just moved from near Burton-on-Trent to London... so I've got a few questions for people with London homebrew experiences: 1) Are there any shops in London that supply crushed grains? 2) I've gone from Burton water to what-ever it is down here water, do I need to start...

Started this kit Saturday but was a bit nervous so beefed it up a bit with 250g Vienna and 250g Crystal60 malt, 1kg Youngs spraymalt, and 50g EKG at 15mins. Fingers crossed, after 12hrs it had a bad-ass Krausen!

Brilliant info.; I played around with mash rests for my last BIAB. Think I'll go for cloves next time so will certainly try your rest at 41'C next time! How long do you rest for? 30mins?

Good to know; yeah I really enjoyed this one. Been on the Stouts and Bitters but now the sun's finally making an appearance I shall break out the summer beers again soon. I presume the 15'C pitching temperature is so you have a buffer for when the yeast really gets going and bumps the...

This was my first BIAB after a few extracts and I was pretty happy with it: 3kg Pilsner Malt 3kg Wheat Malt 75g Hallertau hops 3068 Wyeast activator pack 28L strike water at 74'C Added grains, mashed for an hour at 67'C Sparged with 3L 50g Hallertau at 60mins 25g Hallertau at 15mins 23L wort...

So with a coffee stout brewed a few weeks ago I decide to use up most of my left-over grains in a mini-brew. The main reason was the lack of Maris Otter I had left and also wanted to experiment a bit with mash rests as it's only my third BIAB and fifth brew ever. 1kg Maris Otter Pale Malt...

Hi all, Just to update anyone moderately interested that after adding the second lot of yeast and waiting a week it has fermented out to 1.009!! No idea what/how this happened but happy it did :) Racking into secondary today and adding coffee beans, should be fun.

Thanks all, What I might do is re-boil it... maybe add an extra 1kg of pale malt that I could mash separately and add before I boil the rest of the wort? Then re-pitch another yeast starter.. see whats what! One question: When I re-boil the wort should I add all the contents of the fermenter...

Hi all, After concocting a BIAB Stout based mostly on an online recipe I'm having some problems with activity. I made a yeast starter on the day but after pitching the yeast at 25'C nothing obvious was happening (hydrometer reading and no Krausen) after a whole week. So I bought some more...

Brilliant guys, thanks for the information and sharing your experiences. I shall go brew Stouts, Bitters and Ales; it's certainly the right time of year for them.

Hi all, Onto my 4th brew, 2nd BIAB and hopefully first beer that won't need bottling. Do people have suggestions for beers that cope well in barrels? I'm not intending on spending loads for an expensive kit just now, only your basic plastic system to save on bottling time etc. My last brew...

sdsratm, I just did a BIAB after 2 extract beers and wanted to (as Pittsy says) get more involved [also being a scientist/control freak I like measuring / creating solutions / etc.]. As I am on a budget all I got was a 36L pot for mashing and boiling, a big grain bag and used a basic...

After 2 extract kits I did my first BIAB (last night). I went for a Hefeweizen as it involved 50:50 Pilsner Malt:Wheat Malt and 1 Hallertau hop addition at 60mins... seemed to me like a nice easy introduction/transition to mini-mashing before getting recipe books out.