Recent content by Barry cranston

Good Day If it meets the style guidelines then it is to style. Using traditional ingredients makes it easier to meet the guidelines. Yes I use caraAroma for all my crystal requirements because I like it. All the best, Barry.

Good Day Well I am going to bottle a trippel today and the foreign stout I bottled several days ago did have 100 gms of rolled oats in it. All the best, Barry.

Good Day Wild yeast infections give a very clear beer that is phenolic. All the best, Barry.

Good day When I first started brewing I opened the fermented and took a deep sniff. I expected a rich beer aroma. What I got was two daggers of pain up the nose from the carbon dioxide. Taste the beer before you do anyhting drastic. If it tastes good , it is good. All the best, Barry.

Good Day While not the same melanoidan malt can be used instead of honey malt, from what I have been told. I use melanoidan a lot especially for lagers. All the best, Barry

Good Day I broke two when I started brewing again in 1997. I know this is tempting fate and Murphy but I have had the current one for 7 years. All the best, Barry.

Good Day Sosman I noticed with your APA recipe that your 15 minute hop additions are giving you 50+% utilisation of your 60 minute additions. Is this from your research, reading or experience. I have always just divided the utilisation simply by time ie. a 15 min boil will give you quarter the...

Good Day All this talk about dubbels got me interested so yesterday I brewed a dubbel and trppel for the first time in 3 years. I felt great making something different for a change though the stickiness of homemade candi sugar remindered me why it has been 3 years. So thanks for the inspiration...

Good Day Brew a few really good English bitters. Love this style but most of my many, many attempts are too ordinary. Try to brew a few different styles for the Bathurst Comp but running out time for the new early Feb deadline. All the best, Barry.

Good day My favourite yeast is WLP San Fran for all lagers from a Bohemian Pils to a dopplebock, best at 10-12oC but good up to 16oC for us winter garage brewers. I have never had a "green apple" problem with this yeast so your experince has me wondering/perplexed. One thing about home brewing...

Congratulations Doc, Mum and baby. I will toast you all tonight. All the very best, Barry

Good Day For twist tops I set the capper so the bottle just fits under it and this gives a firm seal ( you can feel it when you lever down). All the best, Barry.

Good Day Must be my Old Dark, foreign stout. All the best, Barry

Good Day Snow Sorry to take so long to get back to you, been working. It is a bit hard to tell you about the contribution of flaked barley because I use it in all stouts. It is suppose to add a smoothness/fullness, a grainy flavour and aids head retention. A few kit stouts I have had the...

Good Day Doc Gee, I must put the IRA on the list of brews to brew ASAP. Thanks for reminding me. All the best, Barry.