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    Mangrove Jack Yeast (in general)

    I actually think it must be M42, can't see which other MJ yeast fits the profile. Unless he was bull-s******g me. I haven't used M42, but it sounds conceivable that it could be Nottingham, possibly, just going off people's reports..
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    Mangrove Jack Yeast (in general)

    Coincidentally I met a guy last week who worked for MJ until recently in the UK. He said SPL has now been bought by MJ, or something like that. I quizzed him about the yeasts. He was guarded, but said they do re-package yeasts, under licence from Lallemand and Fermentis. He said one of their...
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    I'm not expecting everyone to agree with me. What you can do though is disagree without ridiculing people. There are many experienced brewers who mash and/or boil for less than 60 minutes. I bet I could make two beers with 30/30 and 60/60 mash/boil times that Mark couldn't tell apart. Nobody can...
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    If you were here to help people you wouldn't have responded to my first post with condescending sneeriness. It's all about you innit?
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    Listen to yourself!!! Is this how you communicate generally?
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    According to the the stuff I've read, the farmhouse ales are either mash hopped, or have a hop tea added. I understand that some Berliner Weissen weren't boiled. Brulosophy did a comparison of a boiled and non boiled BW. They were clearly different, but preferences were evenly split. Raw ales...
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    I want to thank you for saying that, because I was aware of raw ales, which are not boiled, and have been reading about them, and it's fascinating. I'm going to do a no boil beer. This is a great article about them, and their long history in Northern European countries like Norway, Russia...
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    "Gentlemen, I wasn't meaning to start a shitfight." ."Neither did I pal, I simply posted to suggest an alternative, which I'm learning works a lot better than I thought it would. Surely a brewing forum is a place for people to chat in a friendly supportive manner, and talk about their...
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    Wow. A fair amount of aggression and condescension evident. Can't we have a civilised discussion? Seriously? Disagree, by all means. If Denny Conn is doing 20 minute mash and 20 minute boils, and is very happy with the results, maybe you could take it up with him? Would you drink his output?
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    Exactly. Mash and boil times required have continued to fall.
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    I'm not getting less efficiency, or higher gravity finishes. That's my experience. I was surprised. Denny has said the same. I'm looking forward to his book coming out later this year. It's a bit much saying I will blame anything but the real cause. How do you know I would do that?!
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    BIAB Mash Time and Boil Time (noob warning)

    I'm doing 30 minute mash and 30 minute boil brews. I know other people have cut their mash and boil times down significantly. Denny Conn is even doing 20/20. And says he is writing a book that will include it...
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    Dry hopping opinions

    Bit late for this one but don't rule out combining UK and Euro hops with US/Oz/NZ hops. I do it a lot now. Love it.
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    Damn Good Stout recipes

    On some of the ingredients mentioned in the thread. Mild malt is still available in the UK. If you can't get it, just sub English pale malt. Not the same but not a huge difference. Maybe add a little of a more killed malt like Munich or Vienna. We have UK produced versions of those here...
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    Adding Fruit to Fermenter

    Check this out... https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/how-to-brew/how-to-add-fruit-to-beer/ It suggests tasting the beer and removing the fruit when you are happy. Did you pasteurise the fruit?
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