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I’m in the process of brewing a Tripel, and it’s my first time using WLP500. I got the yeast from a reputable source, and it was well within date. I typically overbuild all yeasts, so made a starter. The first thing I noticed was the slurry from the pouch was dark brown rather than creamy, a...

Long story short, a year ago I was planning to move and packed up all my SS brewing kit. The move took a lot longer than planned, and I had to build a brewery at the new house. All brews so far have been in plastic fermenters but I declared to dust of the SS conical. Today I kegged a NEIPA, and...

In July 2018 I made a Brett pale ale. The grain bill was Maris Otter and Pale Wheat, and I chucked in a small amount of Citra and Simcoe at flame out to keep the IBUs low. It was fermented using US-05 and Wyeast Brett Lambicus. I tasted it in March 2019 and it was dull, a bit like an insipid...

Hello from a very cold village about 30 miles outside London. I was sitting here, drinking the first bottle from a batch of Death by Dunkel (I don't normally call it that, but due to some clumsy measuring - okay, I was brewing while enjoying a previous batch, as we all do - it turned out at an...