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I have to agree on Nelson. I think used properly it's a great hop. For the nelson haters, try the Regal Pale Ale recipe from Big Brew Day. It's fantastic, and well balanced. Personally, I don't HATE the noble hops, I just prefer something with a bit more flavour. They definitely have their...

I have a clone of Heady Topper on the last dry hop at the moment too. Equally as good, and very heavy on the hip pocket in terms of having to buy a load of hops! Thankfully I had a big chunk of them on hand as it was, from Pliny, but this is the Heady clone: 23 litre batch @ 72% total...

I found the Electric Brewery version of this as well. It's similar to the first one posted, I will probably give it a go on WY1217 if I can be bothered saving the yeast from the SNPA I've got on it at the moment. http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25406

Well I'm 24 hours in from pitching (about 1am yesterday, as I work late nights while I study) and there's a solid 4-odd litres of krausen sitting on top of the beer. Mine went into a 1.055ish Sierra Nevada Pale wort kit my local store does, it's a great beer they do and I would rather pay the...

Mainly due to the difficulties I had last time I tried to heat in the urn - I did a step mash on a Helles, and on the rise from protein to sach rest it stopped heating. Had a ton of black **** burnt to the element cover, so I decided HX Herms was the way to go. I will be recirculating but all...

Hey guys, Just thought it might be of some use to someone to write this up. Basically after big brew day 2014, I decided I wanted/needed a semi-automated HERMS setup, but on the cheap(ish). So here's my build! First off, we started out with the basic 1V BIAB in a Crown urn. Mine had a ball...

Hey guys, I'm dumb and didn't read stuff before buying. Basically have two of these http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20_15&products_id=249 That I bought brand new. With the standard cable. Selling because they don't work with my BCS-460, which need NTC not PTC...

Did you use kit dextrose and grains? Or just kit and grains? It may be that the combo of grains you used alongside the dextrose was the thing here, but I moved very quickly to AG so I couldn't really say. Most kit and kilo have a certain taste that I can't describe but it's not what you're...

Anybody use a BCS460? I'm about to rig one up with my 2V Herms BIAB system. Trying to find the right probes is an absolute prick!

Hey guys, Just outa curiosity, has anyone used this wee beastie? I picked up one from my LHBS, as it had just arrived that day. From what I can read he's a potent little goer - good mid to high floc, medium to high attenuation. Will be using it in our local store's Sierra Nevada clone (pretty...

I'll be entering for the first time. Will be taking a few of my entry along to our local club meeting the week before for critique. Most likely a double IPA and a belgian dark strong. Maybe an APA as well. Cheers!

One of the nicest beers I had was a kit beer, probably the second beer I did - if memory serves correctly: 1 tin of Thomas Coopers Heritage Lager 1/4 tin of Morgan's Caramalt Boiled for 15 mins, then 20g each of Citra and Mosaic steeped for 5-10 mins. Topped up as usual with kit instructions...

For those interested, slightly off topic but I've been using worm farm runoff for my chillies to... painfully good results. Chocolate brain strains coming in well over the 1.5m mark (est) Maybe an idea for amping up the fertilising? Some places will sell it by the litre

nah im certain he used pellets - thats what i used (i reckon flowers or leaves would be amazing in it though) also +1 to leave topaz out, its great in summery lagers but afaik would be dominated in that combo. of course if you just wanna taste hops (heady topper clone haha) 21.20 g...

I made a Pliny the Elder Clone, it was dank and resiny as hell, but personally I think the second one would be more dank and resiny than the one I did. 5.92kg Ale (Maris Otter works well here) 260 carapils 180 caramel malt 345g dextrose US05 7.5ml hop extract @ 90 2.5ml hop extract @ 45...

I ordered the following for myself: Apollo Azacca Buzz Bullets Experimental - Grapefruit, Lemon Zest and Pine Fruit (they must've been out of pine fruit as I ended up with double Grapefruit Jarrylo Warrior ADHA 527 529 884 and 484 I conveniently had been planning a Heady clone (albeit with...

Hey guys, Just out of curiosity, has anyone here used any of the ADHA or other experimental/new strains that Yakima Valley have for sale? I just bought a shitload with the intent to throw them at Smashes with 30IBU and a decent dry hop with the remainder (up to a point - I have 4oz of some of...

I had a regal pale ale that had the cascade omitted and double NS put in. 50g keg hop of NS was fantastic on it. Mine still was good with the 50/50 NS and Cascade though. Definitely more balanced, but NS is a great dry hop IMO

I might do what I usually do - hop sock over the tap and into another fermenter. It catches enough gunk anyway to be of use and it'll be letting enough through

If used well Nelson Sauvin is a great hop! I did the regal pale on big brew day and it was well balanced with cascade, whereas a friend dry hopped hers only with nelson and it was equally good