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I see that Austin Homebrew claims to have the REAL Wormwood. I was just contemplating getting some and using it in a beer. I understand though that wormwood is very bitter so I was thinking about using no Hops or very little Hops and make the wormwood be the major bittering component. My...

I only had four shipped over from the States and those were gone very quickly. I will be moving back to the States Next week so I will just wait until I return. I do live in the Westminster that is in the London City Center so I will try the beer again when I return home to the States. If...

Thanks everyone for your imput. Replying to a few posts back. This is the first none Stout I have brewed with this system. All of my stouts have had brilliant heads. There is 12 lbs of grain in my recipe out of which, 3 lbs are Caramel malts so I figured I would be fine on head retention...

Yes, the glass was clean. I had three shipped over so I tried pouring both gently and violently with a little difference but not much to get excited about. There is plenty of Protien in my Brew My base grain is 11.70% Protein while each of the Caramels used are 13.20% protein.

I brewed the best beer I have ever made back in September. I am living in the UK right now temp. so I have been letting it age while I was away. I figured it was ready so I had a family member send me a few by post. I have to say, it is just great! If I had to critisize it though, It would...

Sorry for the double post. Having problems with my internet connection all of a sudden. Admins, please delete the other. Thanks

I have just created my best beer ever!!!! It is my own recipe ESB. It was so good that I just had to make a label for it and give it a name (even though I suck at this art stuff). I had to leave it in the States when I moved to England but I have it looked away in my storage ben to which only...

No, I am not the same Forrest that was at AHS. But I have been a member of these forums for a while. I formally lived in Georgia, USA. I will be in Westminster till mid December which will be here before you know it the way time is flying now.

Hello, everyone, I just finished my temporary move to the Uk. I am living in Westminster. I have been hitting the pubs pretty hard and loving every minute of it. Great city, and even better Beer!!!!!

No little fizzys on the top but like I said, the top is covered with a thick layer of foam now. It started foaming up the same day I started noticing activity in the air lock. As for the high fermentation temps, I have the carboy in the coolest room in my house, it a small bath room that is...

Edwort, When I checked my OG, I assumed my Hydrometer was off or something. According to Beersmith, with 75% efficency, my beer should have had an OG of 1.067. But when I took my hydrometer reading, it said the OG was 1.093. I checked to make sure there was no bubbles and even checked it...

Well, this yeast that I used is White Labs, plus it is a Platnium Series yeast and is only availble January and Feburary of the Year. This Experation on the Yeast vile was May 2007. I bought this yeast back in April (as I have been wanting to use it for awile) so it was out of date which is...

On the 4th, I did my second ever All grain batch. The Mashing and Sparging went a good as I could have hoped for and the same can be said for the boil. I was using liquid yeast for the first time. I made my yeast starter the night before. When I woke up the next morning, there was not...

I am on 9 right now. I will be moving to the UK temp. coming up in October and I am not going to take any of my brewing equipment with me so I am holding off adding to my setup until I get back. I am looking forward to getting into kegging. Well I guess technically I am on number 10 since you...

Ok, here is my situation. Since High school, I have had this friend that has a gift for art. He has always been good at both drawing and computer graphics and everytime I had a project due in High School or College, he has always done the graphics for me. Now, he is trying to get accepted to...

I have to say I am not. Every now and then, for a change I like to get a nice hoppy beer usually with a meal. I am actualy on the other side of the spectrum when it comes to the balance of a beer. I like really malty almost sweet beers like Spaten Optimator. ummmm Optimator :)

Thanks I always store my beer in a dark place anyway but was just curious. I like the old look of the Cobalt Bottles and I think I will get some of those for my latest batch.

I have read the arguments against the clear beer bottles and the green ones and how the clear and green bottles are the main culprits for the skunkiness of some Coronias and Heinikans. But I have never seen the blue Cobalt bottles mentioned in any of this. I love old things and a lot of the...

I was kind of upset about how long both Hoptech and AHB took to ship my order but, the big thing that made me mad with AHB was the fact that they charged my credit card the day after I placed the order and did not ship it till four days later. Maybe it is just me but I think that the card...

Just got an email from Austin Homebrew saying that my order has shipped. Looks like my call did do some good after all. :mug: