Recent content by BeerBrain1983

I reckon 3-4 weeks roughly by now in the bottle and I reckon consumed in the next week, so I'm hoping all should be good? (I'm giving them to some friends which is the worry)

Hi everyone, I had a batch that started to look like it had a bit of pellicle on the surface. I bottled it and most were fine but I had a couple of gushers. I put that down to the pellicle. I scrapped those bottles but opened all of them to check and 95% were fine. I immediately recapped to...

Looks a similar grain bill to what I used for my NEIPA, would be interested to see what the honey malt is like though as I haven't used that before!

Hello, I'm adjusting my black IPA recipe. I went with Perle for bittering and Provoak last time around for flavour and aroma. At first the Provoak USA came out nicely but then just became overwhelmed by the Perle with IBUs at over 70. So, I'm going to change things around, mix it up quite a lot...

Hi everyone, suspect this may be a stupid question as I can't find the answer anywhere. But does it matter what DME I use for a yeast starter? For example, do I need to use light for a west coast ipa? Or can I use dark etc Thanks!

Cheers everyone, this was really helpful. I'll let you know how it goes

Great thanks, will check those out

Hi everyone, I'd be grateful on your thoughts on this as I'm still relatively new and I don't want to commit any obvious shockers. Cheers in advance: Golden Promise: 71% Munich: 12% Carafa Special III: 9% Caramunich III: 8% Hops I'm currently thinking: Tettnang as bittering hop with a bit of...