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Beer details are generous with information :- IPA session 3.9* Uses Golden Promise malt Gluten free Citra and Ekuanot hops in whirlpool and dry hop London Ale II yeast (another site says London Fog ale yeast) I've got Lager Malt and Maris otter plus a small flavouring selection of other malts...

I gave my nephew a demi, some grain and yeast to make a simple smash beer to get started. His first brew seemed to go well using Muntons dried yeast. (Better than mine using so4 actually). However he tried another (of which I'll obtain further details of) and it was very syrupy after the boil...

Some nice suggestions here. Especially the idea of boiling the beer to a concentrate. No affiliation with anyone or products.

Bought a batch of hops because they were in a half price sale so couldn't resist. Would love some guidance on which beers they play best in. Any good ideas for styes of beers using these hops would be welcomed. Amarillo Cluster Fuggle Golding Jarrilo (few pellets left) Magnum Mount Hood Saaz...

A long second mash still seems to get a good amount of sugars out of the grains even when they've been rinsed twice in a first brews mashy type sparge. I'm doing a triple small saucepan lot as we speak from our largest brew to date, a 20 Litre batch. It is a nice way to play with more...

So, I'm ratting on my husband... I've just spent two hours preparing a lovely one gallon cream of three crops wort as a likely candidate for a competition entry idea.... and he's just watched me change the water in the sink twice to cool it down.... so what happens next? ... He washes up his...

My recent two batches of beer just refuse to clear and I don't know why. One is a 'golden ale' and the other a 'cream of three crops'. I might not have quizzed this cloudy issue if they were newly tried recipes, but the second beer is identical to one I'd made previously that cleared...

I was spring cleaning the very neglected area for warm ferment above the cooker stairs. There were numerous demijohns there and some unspeakable bottles of mystery mould etc etc. You know the sorts of things. Covered in kitchen greasy dust and all the airlocks dried out, so they've been ignored...

Another mini mash experiment. My friend and I were discussing making some trials of historical beers because yarrow grows freely around here, as does mugwort. She arrived today bearing both herbs so this beer jumped the queue of intended learning beers. I don't have many ingredients yet but...

I know it's a funny question to want to clone a kit. However it's because I used an ancient Coopers kit for a first beer, but want to do the same-ish thing using all grain so I can adapt the recipe to where I want it to go. Does anyone have a clue as to what grain or hops might go into the...

It's been bothering my brain, and indeed my stomach, that beer drinkers don't seem to mind unclear beers and sediment. Yet coming to beer making from a wine angle, winemakers wouldn't dream of drinking wine sediment or unclear wines. Is the yeast actually dead? So does it matter? I decided to...

My friend had me round this afternoon to help her pick some grapes (in a UK garden). There were more than we thought. 19 kilos+ (42.5lbs) of Müller Thurgau very ripe grapes. I'm thinking Lalvin QA23 to bring out the fruity flavours and enhance the Germanic aspects. I've looked them up to see...

Real newb at this. So be kind if I'm doing anything truly daft. Final choice for an all grain attempt is a really simple recipe, cream of three crops, to begin with so it doesn't use up tons of grain whilst I learn. The only bit of apparatus I own that can keep water under consistent...

https://www.brewersfriend.com/mash-chemistry-and-brewing-water-calculator/ Hi, I'm looking at water profiles. I found this site online and fed in the water profiles from my local councils website. It came up a red warning sign for the Calcium saying: Harmful. Do not brew at these levels...

Just asking truly ridiculous things... but just have to ask. You can shoot this down in flames and get no complaints. I've read loads. I've looked stuff up that I don't understand. However, there are a few things still to grasp properly. I don't mind if you are really harsh. Just say why. Why...

I've posted in the hop forum about some wild hops we found. I'm now drying them and wish to attempt a beer using them. Maybe just a small batch to try and enhance the character of this hop just to see/test what kind it might be. We've picked 16 uk oz so far before drying, but there are more...

I was foraging for blackberries and sloes on a dog walk and whilst happily walking home with them, my eyes settled upon some interesting green vine like plants with bright green flakey buds. I suddenly realised they were hops, so I picked a few to bring back home and do some internet research...

I've recently brewed a bitter beer using jaggery instead of white sugar. Jaggery smells wonderful, like fudge/treacle, so have started some trial sized tea and left over fruit bowl wines with it. I have been waiting for the cheap supermarket overripe bananas to be on sale to try some banana and...

With a beginners enthusiasm after an elderly Coopers kit, we would like to brew something more akin to my husbands favourite beer, Fursty Ferret. Found some clone recipes here, here, here and here, but they seem to be made of totally different ingredients to my inexperienced eyes and knowing...

Hello beery people. I normally make country wines so I have a basic winemakers knowledge but no beer experience since a single bin batch many moons ago as a poor student. I found an ancient Coopers real ale kit in the shed from 2011. I've set the yeast off in a starter bottle to see if there...