Recent content by Neill

Use the nottingham. There are 100g of fruity hops in there late in the boil. It won't be under hopped.

Regarding yeasts, I have always found that US-05 scrubs more hop flavour and aroma out than the notto? But I only did a few batches with US05 so my sample size is small..... muthead; your hydrometer is probably a bit off, or the temp of the liquid you sampled was higher. Don't stress.

Disregard the packet. Rehydrate the yeast in some 25 degree water (I use a beer glass) for 30 mins before pitching. One packet is heaps!

I still make this every third brew or so, it's just that good. My mates can't get enough of it - a few are offering me $40 for a carton of it! I should go into production. It's a classic that's for sure - discovered by accident!

nearly at 20 pages guys, glad to see everyone is liking this still. I have a few in the fridge for tonight :-)

I use white table sugar because it doesn't affect the flavour of the beer even slightly, which is what I want out of a carbonation sugar really. Shaking is not necessary, the sugar (granulated sugar) will diffuse in time, I guarantee it. A carb drop might be a different story, the surface area...

could be yeast shock, could just be a dud batch? who knows what happened between the yeast production place and the brew shop, it could have gone through the namibian desert on a camel for all we know. this happens every now and again, the best thing you can do is have a spare yeast packet...

good to see people are still making and enjoying this one! I do it about every fourth brew now and I still love it each time. Fodder: I usually rehydrate my yeast by getting a sterile glass, putting some 20deg water in with a teaspoon of white sugar, pitch yeast in. I do this while i'm boiling...

Lynchman: IanH's spreadsheet mostly. I do small boils of 5L so the hop concentration factor needs to be taken into account if you do larger boils or your bitterness will be way off. Aim for 30-40 IBU and adjust your boil times as needed. Chookers: No. it will just make it darker. Use 2 tins of...

sorry missed this. do the centenarillo. it's awesome! this one is awesome too but not quite *as* awesome IMHO

Just as a heads-up, this needs a lot more hops to resemble LCBA. I made versions of this recipe about 5 times before i got it right. If you like it full of flavour, use this schedule: 10g of each at 45 min 20g of each at 15 min 20g of each at 10 min 20g of each at 5 min dry hop the other 10g of...

Lodan: sorry mate i had a look through the bin but i've thrown the hop packets out! I think the b-saaz is around 8.2% and the cascade is 9.something? I think you're aiming for around 30ibu or so, it's not a very bitter beer but this combination of hops and times is just right. I had a bunch of...

looks like i won't be sharing any more recipes then if you guys would prefer to save the server space. should i go and delete my other thread as well to save you all the ardous task of reading threads that aren't of intense interest to you all? Lodan: it's like LCBA but much more hop...

damn i should come to the next one - when is it? that was a good arvo of drinking! hold on i'll see if i can find a thread edit: ah bugger i'm busy that weekend. i'll try and bring one of these brews to the next one!

hahaha you guys crack me up honestly how boring would an internet forum be if stuff like this never happened? my next thread will be entitled: "If you refuse to make this brew, I will hunt you down" or "this is a terrible brew, I urge nobody to try it out" :lol: