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This might help for starters, medic. https://byo.com/resources/troubleshooting Congrats on your first brew!

Having had another of these, on reflection I think the quantity of elderflower was about right. I noticed a much more pronounced elderflower aroma. In terms of the broader recipe, next time I would probably just add more base malt to increase the ABV but reduce the bitterness ratio, as the...

I used the process VincentxH described on the first page of this thread. Seemed to do the job.

Yeah, I heard that the pros are hogging it all at the moment. No Jester on there at the moment. Might be able to pick up some of next year's harvest... I haven't had anything from Tiny Rebel yet. Might give them a go... ^_^

By "over here", do you mean Wales, JKaranka? 'Cos I'm only just over the bridge from you! :mug: Haven't been able to find any Jester hops on the interweb. Do you know where I can get some?

Quick update for posterity. I used 25g (0.9oz) fresh elderflower at flameout, and about the same amount in the priming syrup for bottling, in a 10l (2.5 US gallons) batch. The beer itself is a very nice ordinary bitter with a lovely balance. Whilst the floral aroma is present, it is muted. I...

Thanks, guys. Doesn't seem to be much experience of these. All the better! Obviously the most scientific approach would be a bunch of SMASHes / hop teas to really understand the flavours and aromas. As it is, though, I'm probably gonna just chuck them all in an IPA and see what comes out. Will...

OK thanks. How did you calculate your IBUs? 'cos on the recipe it looks like 89.5 IBUs with your two FWH additions, but you have put 54 in. Sorry if I've miscalculated somehow. Anyway, if it's 54 IBUs, that would be a bitterness ratio of 0.74, with 0.85 being typical for an American Barleywine...

Hi all, Does anyone have any experience of using the following recently released English hops? I want to make a "transatlantic IPA", celebrating both the American and English IPA styles. I plan to use some of all of these hops. As a side issue, do you think WLP007 (Dry English Ale Yeast)...

1) Please tell us the estimated OG, FG, ABV, SRM and IBUs. 2) What style is this? American Barleywine? 3) What temperature will you mash at? 4) What are your plans for fermentation? I like the look of the recipe, overall. 23% rye malt will give a lot of rye flavour. Is that what you want?

Rhys and Badlee - thanks for the ideas. My thinking was to steer away from the full citrus explosion, but perhaps that's not right. I like the idea of the combination of the pungent, resinous columbus and the clean, spicy rye. Refreshing, crisp and bitter, like a slap in the face... Perhaps...

Hope this isn't too much of a hijack. I'm gonna make a 5%abv APA with 80% maris otter, 15% rye malt and 5% crystal wheat. US04 yeast. I'm hopping with columbus but not sure what hop to pair it with. Cascade? Simcoe? Something else?

Happy accident for sure! As has already been suggested, upping the sugar and mashing long and low would give you the best chance of balancing out the strong malts. Maybe check the attenuation of your yeast as you'd want this to finish as low as possible.

Yes to cold crashing in primary. No to other rationale for secondary that I can think of. I have also dry hopped in primary perfectly well.

Secondary is becoming less fashionable as far as i can tell. You ale can happily sit in primary for a few more weeks if you like. At 1.042, though, i wouldn't be too far off bottling up after 2 weeks. If you do want to do secondary, so long as your krausen has fallen and you airlock has gone...

Update - I brewed this today. Went for an early morning run and picked some elderflowers on the way. It was a lovely sunny morning, but with a gentle cooling breeze. They elderflowers smelled super-sweet, kind of citrusy (orange) and floral. I threw a conservative 25g of flowers into the wort at...

When I sparge (which is rarely) I rest my grains in a big colander resting on the top of the kettle, and ladle the hot sparge water (165f sounds about right) over. Then I give the bag a little squeeze and discard the spent grains.

Brewing up a nice little Ordinary Bitter right now. Expecting it to come in at around 3.6% abv if I hit my numbers. Then again, I've also got 5 gallons of 10% abv Belgian Golden Strong bottle conditioning, so...

Overall, I think it's a decent recipe. I would take out either the carapils or the crystal, or reduce them both as others suggested. I've got no problem with the 60 minute boil, no designated bittering (60 minute) addition, and a substantial 30 minute hop additions. This will allow lots of hop...

Thanks for the heads-up David!