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Hi Maeldric Palmer says that in order to get the right hop utilisation (he might call it isomerisation or something) the gravity of your boil should be similar to the gravity of the final wort. I am doing a similar thing to you, except I am doing 22L batches from a 15L pot. So in rough terms...

From post #94 Hey Jimmy... did you ever get an answer on this?

Thank you everyone for your advice. I am humbled by your interest in my plight. Will digest everything that's been said and come up with something....might even post the results - if they're post-worthy :chug: I've been teetering on the brink of doing an extract brew for a while. Had a...

thanks robbo, yes a yeast upgrade is a given. I've not used more than 100g of crystal before, I'm sure I read somewhere that too much crystal can make the beer sweet?? also, I note on the tbh site they talk about crystal 20, crystal 40 and crystal 60....what's the go there? are they different...

Howdy Found an extract American Pale Ale recipe on thebrewhut.com. it includes the following ingredients (i have converted pounds & ounces to kilos and grams; 2.7 Kg light malt 340g crystal 20 (30 min) 225g carapils (30 min) 60g cascade (60 min) 60g kent golding (10min) My question is....what...

Nice one Tony. Is that what you would call an extract recipe?