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Hi all,I have been making cider with all different brands of apple juice using a cider yeast but I still can't seem to get anywhere near a commercially branded brew. I have tried the kits but they lack in taste and body and I have tried the pear juice to take the edge off the dryness. The best...

Hi all great bear minds, I have a question in regards to placing hops in the fermenter for flavour and re using the yeast. I recently brewed a dr smurtos landlord ale which tasted fantastic i followed the recipe all the way placing the final hops into the fermentor. The problem was when i made...

Hi fellow beer drinkers, Being new to all grain brewing i have tried a couple of recipies those being doc's golden promise and landlord ale and was blown away by the taste and aroma of a fresh all grain no preservative, pasturiser free beer. i am looking for different recipies to try, i live in...

Hello to all, My Question today is about hops used for the bittering of beer, the question is on the first addition of hops in a boil to add bitterness to the beer does this first addition add to the flavour as well? if not then will any hop pellet do the same job or do they have stronger and...

Hi fellow brewers, i'm still new to the all grain and looking at recipies and am wondering what difference mashing and boiling for 60 mins is as opposed to mashing and boiling for 90 mins. Does this convert more sugars from the grain and does this increase the bittering of the beer to boil...

Hi all, I am looking forewards to filling my first keg with DrSmurto's Golden Ale but i'm not sure on the perfect method of getting the correct carbonation. I have the standard 19L kegs with a co2 bottle and reg. Any tips guys cheers, beermonster17.

Hi all, After getting advice on basic recipies to start my first all grain brew i decided to go for the DrSmurto's Golden Ale. I now have all the ingredients but am not sure what is meant by 0 min hops are dry hops in secondary as of the brewers notes. Does this mean dropping 15g of hops into...

Hi all, I have just started out in the noble art of brewing form the grain instead of from kits and am all ready to go except for a few decent recipes. I have looked in the recipe database and it is hard to find a simple recipe involving a couple of base grains and one type of hop for flavour...