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Hi All, I have two on go at the moment: First one, brewed on Christmas Day and just about to be kegged, is a recreation (or attempt thereof) of the near-mythical Robinwood Best Bitter. The Robinwood brewery produced some outstanding beer between the years of 1988 and 1993 - a fairly short...

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Scotland's best kept secret - anCnoc, from the Knockdhu distillery. You'll need to get it either online or from a local wine shop. The supermarkets don't have t because they don't make massive amounts, and they like it that way. Bottle will set you back 30-40 quid, but it's well worth it. j

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Looks like a brett infection to me too. Horsey / leathery smell? J

So I just kegged it and had half a bottle left over to sample. Out of all the weissen i've made in the last 20 years, this one is already sublime! God knows how i'll replicate it. J

So, it had a frighteningly fast fermentation - barely three days. I tasted the hydro sample and, frankly it's beautiful. No sign of any scorching and it has lightened quite a bit. I'm a little confused but not going to lose any sleep over it :) J

oh! I'll give that a try! j

Exactly so. i can't really complain - I've been brewing for about twenty years and it's at least fifteen since I made a serious cockup, so I'm due one :) j

As it happens, the colour is lightening already during the primary. I suspect the burned residue on the element is maybe settling proteins rather than the wort itself. having a hard time getting it clean, though. j

Ha - that was my thinking. The sample tasted fine and the gravity was spot on. How bad can it be? :) J

Hi all, So i made a booboo. I'd just finished my boil (in an electrim bin with a heating element at the bottom) and had to dash out for an hour. yeah. I left the wort in the boiler. So, my resulting wort is several shades darker than it should be and the heating element has a nasty black...

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+5G Dark Island :) =1403

Well i'll just have to shell out then :) Thanks for the info J

Ohh that sounds good! Any chance of a recipe? J

A range of very white hills, a really messy garden and my neighbour's shedzilla. J

So far this year, i've produced: 5 gallons of ESB 5 gallons of christmas ale (to set aside) 5 gallons of Double IPA Another 5 of ESB Finally, 5 of summer lightning :) So, total is 1199! So close... :) John

I have iBrewMaster (on the Mac) and it works very well - really helpful and friendly support too. It's great for keeping everything together and handy for seeing the colour changes that a change in the grainbill will result in. Also very good at automatically doing all those annoying...

No such thing as a beginner question :) Last thing you want is a magic-carpet for nasties to get into your brew. I'd get a new bin - for all the cost of it. Choobs