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Recently I have been experimenting with hops driven fruity flavours (no fruit) in blonde ales. I have achieved mango, passionfruit, apple, pear, lychie, rockmelon and honeydew flavours. This latest brew was supposed to be a mango forward flavour. I wanted to create a drier beer, so what I did...

I have been trying to create a drier beer by increasing the attenuation. Many of the styles that are offered on the Brewers Friend recipe builder suggest attenuation rates exceeding 90%? I often find that my recipes do not fit the style because my FG is too high even when I achieve 80%+...

KegLand offers a range of concentrated natural flavours that they call "Punchy". I'm interested in trying some of the fruit flavours as an alternative to real fruit but I can't find any reviews or testimony from anyone who has used them. Has anyone used these or other products? What are your...

I'm sure that many of you have some funny things to share about beer and brewing. I, for one, would love to hear (read, see) it. O.K. I'll start.. Doh.. the stuff that buys my Beer Ray.. the guy behind the bar Me.. the bloke who drinks the Beer Far.. it's not too far to the pub...

Hello fellow brewers I currently have a brew in the fermenter which has taken almost twice as long to reach FG (after lag period) than it should. I'm hoping someone here might know why. Has any one else had a similar experience? Here is my recipe. I used 1 packet of Fermentis US-05 sprinkled...

I have only been brewing since 14/12/2018 when my wife gave me a basic brew kit as an early Christmas gift. My learning curve has been steep. I keep meticulous records and write my own brew calculators and recipe builder. What I brew today is far superior to that first brew 1,593 days ago. My...