Recent content by jhay

Thanks for the replys.Another lesson learnt.

This is the Brewmate calculations are as follows: American IPA Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 23.0 Total Grain (kg): 3.750 Total Hops (g): 70.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.050 (°P): 12.4 Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (°P): 2.8 Alcohol by Volume...

This was my last brew . Boiled on electric stove with what I would say was not a rolling boil but a gentle boil in the middle of the wort. The taste is very bitter and although I've become used to the bitterness others find it hard to drink. Is this caused by the bitterness hops or by the boil...

Sorry,I didn't read it closely enough.

Seen this item on Ebay.Seems cheaper than purchasing Crown or Birko 40 litre urns.Is this the way to go?or is there traps I'm not seeing? BRAND+NEW+STAINLESS+STEEL+46LTR+BREW+KETTLE%2C+SANDWICH+BASE%2C+HLT%2FMASH+TUN%2FBOILER&_sacat=0&_from=R40

I pulled this recipe from Brew Magazine's 250 Classic Clone Beers. The only change I made was to include the Dry Wheat Malt to assist in the head retention. It's an extract with grain and nearly finished in the fermenter at 1.012.Will leave it for a few more days to clear and bottle on the...

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I have just put down my 3rd (9th )partial mash in a bag using a 20 litre boiler. I use BREWMATE to design the recipe As my mash has only two grains and steeping of two specialty grains I've only a small amount of liquid. .Unfortunately I don't have enough liquid for the hydrometer to stand...

The malt I'm using is Barrett Burston Wheat Malt and in the previous 2 brews was Briess Wheat malt Extract.The combination of both has allowed a creamy head which and lasting head.

Just cracked a bottle of my 7th brew which was an extract with grains. It include 250g of wheat DME & 250g of wheat malt both being 6.67% ea of total ingredients. The head and taste out of the bottle is great , certainly the best head of any of my earlier brews.Could probably age a bit in the...

great delivery Yob. Ordered Centennial and Cascade on Tues pm and arrived today.Very obliging when I stuffed order and corrected. Can't ask for better service than that. many thanks

My very first brew was a Mangrove Jack Blonde Bitter. Turned out OK

I've just received the 250 Clone Received from Home Brew Magazine from US.All the recipes are 19 litres and I want to covert to 23 litres .Should I just up the ingredients by 23/19?Or is there another method? .All recipes I would attempt would be extracts with grain.

Well the brew has been in the fermenter for 10 days and took a SG this morning which was 1.010 and will check again tomorrow. However ,the first pour into the specimen tube was full of what appeared to be yellow crap .Second pull was better but still had small amounts of the same crap. I didn't...

I was I wasn't going to answer this post as I was embarrassed that I followed the suggestion. Tasted like s**** and threw out the bottle.