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Thanks all for your replies.

Hi all, I currently have a dark ale in my fermenter, its a few days in and now im wondering / considering adding some brown sugar to it to give a bit moreflavor to the brew. Being new to brewing im looking for some advice on if this is a good idea or should of it gone in at the start. Another...

That sounds brilliant id love to try that. Thanks for sharing that recipe. Im not sure which brew to put on next, debating if to buy a coopers stout kit or have a go at making one from scratch. Undicided.

Got a few on the go then, im starting a porter next with one of these recipes thats been posted on here, then once i get learning the ingridents and the processes etc.. I'll have a gok at making my very own porter. Found this forum very helpfull and some great advice. Just took the first...

ok cool, well i think everything is going ok, got a nice beer smell coming from it. Will be doing a hydrometer test tomorrow evening

Just a quick question guys. The krausen has gone off the top of my brew, is this normal or do i have to start worrying ?

Interesting, i would of never thought a pale base to start a porter. Going a little off subject here guys..... ive got a brew on the go at the moment.... started last monday and now its coming to the end in the fermenter (i think tuesday maybe wednesday itll be ready for bottling) the krausen...

had a read of that recipe, sounds really good, What brew have you got on the go at the moment ?

So let me get this right........ as a base for a porter i need a good pale base ??? pale as in a pale ale ????? then the malts, grains etc to that ? Forgive me for asking sooo many questions... im new to this....

I'll gve this a try next weekend, going to go price these ingredients up today when i go buy my cleaning stuff. Ithink once ive learned the basics about making a porter i cant really see me brewing anything else to be honest. Thanks for that. :beer:

Thanks for that, making my own would definitely interest me. A cascade kit would be nice, i like the stout from cascade its my best one. Keen to get away from using kits soon and start making my own. But we'll see how this kit im currently using goes.. Have you made a port before ?

Can any one point me in the direction of any websites that sell a porter home brew kit.

Nice , did you end up having one ?

Checled the brew again last night when swapping the cool blocks ove, the krausen is really developing now. Cannot wait to try this atout next week...

Thats good to know, its just starting to get a small krousen now, i used a mangrove jack irish stout kit with craft series dark ale yeast. Will look at other stout/porter kits after this brew.