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Just like the Murphy's "I am bitter!" I must have one!

That's a great idea! You may need to keep some of the original if you are going to keg it with sugar. This would be used to Krausen the beer. You can just just chill and gas for two days which would mean you don't need to Krausen. If you boil I personally would late hop with a low...

Is it done with a top fermenting ale yeast?

I find it leaves an ice sugar and flour taste but I believe others swear by it. Probably a palate thing. It certainly builds body and promotes head. I personally prefer a combination of powder malt, wheat malt and a really good sugar such as Demera, Raw etc... (Dark is good but has molasses...

Like the Guinness add would say, Brilliant! Give them to dad to age, brilliant!

It really is a masterpiece!

I find Northern Brewer in small doses are beautiful in stouts and brown ales as a finisher.

Bottled conditioned beers have sediment on the bottom unless they have been shook up. That's a great question about yeasts, one I don't believe can answered in a few lines. I believe all brewers, including Trappist Monks are constantly clarifying it. That's why brewing is addictive! Best...

What style are you making? Is your brewing water chalkly? Boil about 4 litres for 15min to see if it leaves a deposit or film on the bottom. If yes it's chalky.

Lactose may work, used in milk stouts. Non fermentable sugar which you may be able to chuck straight into the beer without any further fermentation. Not 100% though. I would add some lactose and some fermentables probably dark sugar for molasses and more yeast and ferment it again. Then...

Thanks for those! Water treatment is critical for nailing the style. I follow Dave Line's recommendations from his book "Brewing Beers Like Those You Buy"

I've found that the hops do drop out, eventually even without finings. If this were my brew, I would definitely age this one as I find highly hopped brews benefit from it. By this I mean the hops run through the taste smoothly when aged, young they tend to hit you in a "blurt". The "blurt"...

I do the cooper's lager with a lager yeast, which I buy form the brewshop. This goes outside in winter to get "some" lager qualities. I would not do this for a year or so until you lock down the basic process. Just my opinion. The cooper's draft makes a good easy drinking light ale good for...

Mackers you would be able to really dress a can up with a partial mash. That way you get the flavour enhancing enzymes. I'm just learning this technique as a stepping stone to full mash. I will always do some cans because they are convenient, good quality and great to experiment with. The...

I discovered most of this knowledge in an old Homebrewer magazine NO 7. There was a great article about sugar by Jeff Frane who was associated with Zymurgy magazine. It said he is a Certified BJCP judge and has a growing interest in Belgian Ales and the practice of using sugars and other...

I just purchased a can of Coopers Real Ale for $9.50 from a brew shop. I have paid as much as $12 for the same kit. Good value to be served by someone passionate about beer and to recieve "free" advice. I also purchased a 3kg ESB kit, which the super market is very unlikely to stock. I...

I would do a couple of cans with the basic sugars to get your head around the process. These will be quaffing beers if you age them a bit and with the money you save go buy a few bottles of London Pride etc... That's what I do. Then try half malt, half sugar, with a finishing hop. The 3kg...

You chave the opportunity to go 1kg of powdered malt and buy a $3 "safale" yeast or buy a $1 coopers or morgans yeast then go 1/2 kg powdered malt 1/2 kg of raw suger. Always buys 1kg of powered malt and use it as two lots of 1/2 kg of powdered malt. Clean and sterilise bottles and equipment...

Yes, I saw that and I planned to rip off your recipe. They say it's the best form of flattery :) Did you read the honey and saaz hop one? I prefer that recipe bottled. Good for the person who likes a sweet real ale. I find it best bottled with a full 6 grams per 750 ml bottle and served...

I love this kit and regularly do it with 1/2 kg of raw sugar and 1/2 kg of light dry malt with a pinch of goldings. I also do the above with 1/2 kg of honey instead of the raw sugar, 1/2 kg of light dry malt and give it a good whack of Saaz hops flowers that I get from a brew shop in called...