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OK, so my batch wont be ready for 2 weeks yet, but I tested a botle of this with my Polish neighbour and I couldn't believe how good it was - He even asked me where i bought it! Its got a great flavour, nice head retention and I think as i used Brew enhancer, its developed a nice rounded...

OK, so this was bottled last saturday and seems to have come out about 4.5% from what i can see. I got restless last night and cracked open one of my smaller bottles (I've re-used some old 330ml bottles to give away). Wow! even with just a weeks bottle conditioning its cleared up amazingly, had...

Im flying off sunday as it happens- not off to the US by chance? My probkem is working out where this sits in terms of 'style' - the kit says a belgian style blonde but the calculator I found only offered suggestions for engljsh ale or belgian ales and they vary in terms of carbonation...

Wow! I can imagine what that's like ! How do you think that will affect the final ABV? I've had almost static readings for 3 days now - 1.014/ 1.013/ 1.012 tonight. If it keeps on like this I might not get to bottle before I go away at the weekend!! Plan to batch prime this for bottling with...

Thanks very much for taking the time to reply! I live n vancouver and Whistler for a year back in 2004 and that opened my eyes to craft beers.. The redhook was part of birthday present from a friend - bought from Beer Merchants - well worth having a look at their store for all sorts of odds and...

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Mine's slowing down - today's gravity was 1.013, yesterday 1.015 Noticed a few white and brown lumps in the bottom of the sample tube - I assume these are lumps of Yeast and sediment that were falling to the bottom? I'm looking to batch prime this, but don't know whether to add finings to hep...

Nice looking recipe and great taste in beer - I've just finished the last of my bottles of RedHook IPA and its already sorely missed! If I had the time/ money to invest in an all grain set up (and a more understanding GF), I'd be recreating this next weekend! Sorry to sound like a complete...

I'm looking at the same sort of thing, working out what hops to buy for my next brew (Either a Czech Pilsner or American Pale Ale), but thinking of going off piste somewhat and NOT using Saaz for the Pilsner.. Maybe Sterling? I found a useful chart giving hop name, substitutes and attributes to...

Hi All! New member here - have tried writing this several times, but keep being told its too spammy for a new user? Anyway, this looks like a great forum and I've already learned loads! J

Made a batch of this on Tuesday - My first ever homebrew! Followed the instructions to the letter but the fermentation seems quite slow to get going (however temps havent been great 17-18C) - Its now 48 hours later and it seems to be going nicely! I managed to break my Hydrometer whilst...