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Just made a K &K batch of Old using Country Brewer stout mix. Left in initial fermenter for 10 days then racked and dry hopped with 12g of Willamette and 12G English Fuggles. In addition I added about 85g of Allens Chicos (chocolate jelly babies) melted down to a slurry. I was trying to add a...

Fellow Brewers, Ive been extract brewing and using a no-chill cube for some time and have found that occasionally the final brew is quite bitter. I have been putting it down to the fact that as the hop additions are essentially in hot fluid overnight, they are allowed to impart more bitterness...

I have just made the following that I posted in the recipe DB: 1 x 1.7kg The Country Brewer (TCB) Wals Stout, 1 x 1kg TCB Stout Mix (600g Dark Malt, 400g maltodextrin (corn syrup)), 200g Malted Chocolate grain (Chocolate 600), 80g Chicos (choc jelly babies) dissolved and added to secondary...

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Guys, I'm making a chocolate stout using: 1.7kg TCB Wals Stout 600g Dark Malt 400g Maltodextrin 200g malted chocolate grain 24g Fuggles in secondary 24 litres SG - 1040 Predicted FG - 1014 Predicted IBU - 18.2 Predicted EBC - 44.1 I've got this in IanH's kit & extract spreadsheet V2.2 and it...

I extract brew and on completion of the boil I siphon the hot wort from my stockpot into a no-chill cube. Normally I leave it overnight then I rehydrate and pitch my yeast after I siphon the cooled wort into my fermenter. When I siphon, I use a hose 'extension' on my siphon hose. This is a...

Fellow Brewers, As I mentioned in a previous post I am trying to get into extract brewing to allow me to personalise my beers more than what can be done in K&K. I have been reading information and asking questions about using the no-chill method to cool the wort overnight before fermenting and...

Fellow Home Brewers, Ive been doing K&K for a few years now and have pretty much got fermentation, sanitation, kegging and the other basics down pat. This year I have been working on flavour and quality improvement and making a few tweaks to the basic kits. I have been reading John Palmers...

Guys, I have already looked through the forum for an answer to my question but can seem to find what I am after... I am doing mainly K&K and at the moment have a JSAA I got form my LHBS. It came with a can of Muntons Blonde. As my addition of 'sugar' I usually use dry ingredients (Dextrose...

Guys I have beenbrewing with kits for about 2 years and have recently started kegging. I am happy with clearing in a cube before transferring into a keg and force carbonating. I have and heard that it might work to use a keg as a 'clearing vessel' and then with back-to-back black beer...

As a complete reversal of the last topic posted.... Just a question on alcohol content I generally brew using cans of concentrate and variants of Coopers 1kg brew enhancer No.2 for convenience above all else. I have had really good results so far (following all the rules of course) but have...

Guys, I am new to brewing and have just started a batch of Coopers Real Ale using closed brewing. I mixed and cleaned in accordance with directions and started the wort at the top end of temps (28-32 deg C). Later I noticed the content bubbling and foaming (normal I guess) and then overnight...