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Thanks for all the info. @gap, I'll stick with clear candi sugar as I've read some sources that say plain table sugar can possibly add some unwanted flavours. I thought about using something darker to give it some extra colour and flavour, but i'll keep it simple and let the yeast and hops...

Hey all, I've got a lot of Galaxy hops that i want to use up so i thought I'd do a relatively simple single malt and single hop. A mate of mine wants me to brew something Belgian so I'll use T-58 yeast (still sticking with dry yeast atm) to make it a bit interesting. Then i thought in keeping...

Finished this Simcoe pale ale tonight. Just pitched a rehydrated pack of Danstar BRY-97. I was aiming for 12L in the fermenter. Brewmate gave me an og of 1.051 with 70% efficiency. I got 1.049 with about 12.5L in the fermenter, so I'm pretty happy with that. 2.4kg pale malt 0.2kg crystal 60...

Northside, did you find the Rogue Yellow Snow extremely bitter? It was my first beer from Rogue and I was really looking forward to it. But it was way too bitter for my tastes. I Didn't enjoy it at all.

I thought I'd taste a bottle of the mild a week after being bottled to see how carbonation was going. It's been cool in the house and they're still hardly carbonated :(. I'll put a sixpack somewhere warm to see if I can get them sorted by next weekend. Even though it was quite flat, it already...

I've read that milds lend themselves to speedy brewing. Fast fermenting, highly flocculant english yeast and low gravities etc.. I read all the time on the web of brewers drinking milds at 7-10 days with a kegging setup, but does 21 days sound unreasonable if I'm bottling (7 days fermenting...

I was going to brew a mid strength pale ale but I saw this thread, so I brewed a mild instead :) I used marris otter, crystal 60 and some choc malt. Hops were ekg and a bit of Chinook at flameout just for kicks. Fermenting with s-04. It was my 2nd all grain batch and only got 65% efficiency...

Thanks Josh! That's the video!

Hey everyone, a while ago I watched a video/podcast all about keeping beer recipes simple, but now when I really want to watch it I can't find it anywhere <_<. I was hoping someone here might know where on the interwebs it is? From what I can remember it was a fairly prominent US homebrewer...

I tried to make a india red ale and found that adding a very small amount of roasted barley gives it a red colour without impacting on flavour. I did a PM and put in 50g in for the last 10 mins. It wasn't super red but a nice amber colour...

Ah thanks, that belgian looks great wagga! I have my first belgian style beer ferming atm. Can't wait for it to be done :icon_drool2: In what way are they different to ferment? From what i can read a lot of brewers seem to leave in primary for 1 month then secondary for a few months. That's...

A while back I bought a Coopers English Bitter kit and 1kg of DME. This is just sitting here and I would like to use it before it I forget about it and it gets old. I was just planning on doing it as a standard 23L batch, but recently I've been doing some PM's and now an AG beer on a smaller...

Here's the first all grain beer I've done. Only a 12L batch, but easy with BIAB and my 20L pot. Seemed to hit my numbers so I'm pretty excited! Still a bit of noob when it comes to holding the mash temps, but i aimed for around 66c and it hovered within a degree or two using the stove to add...

First beer i'm proud of, and first partial mash! ...out of the previous 6 only one was ok, with the rest being terrible, pretty stoked right now :beerbang:. Unfortunately had some siphoning issues so i lost a few extra litres of beer when bottling. It's an IPA with a little citra FW hopped...

Ah thank you! I completely forgot about the mash temp and fermentability. The last beer finished at 1.011 and is just kind of watery so a bit of extra gravity couldn't hurt. I'll make sure I keep the mash temps up. Looking at the recipe it does seem like a bit much crystal esp. with the...

I'd like some thoughts on this recipe. I've made an extract + specialty grains mild before with 2kg DME, 200g light crystal, 200g dark crystal and 200g chocolate. The previous mild was too watery and i feel it would've been excellent with a bit more crystal for body/sweetness (i added a bit...

Thanks everyone for the help! Dicko and Yum beer, I think that's the problem. Too much early Super Pride and then the later Topaz additions. I think without the Topaz it would be better. Definitely too bitter from the early addition, but it wouldn't leave the harsh aftertaste. The harshness...

21L batch. This was a 15L boil with 1kg of DME and the other 2kg added with 10mins to go in the boil. 3kg Dry Malt Extract - Light 300g Rye Malt 200g Crystal 120 25g Super Pride (13.9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) 20g Kohatu (6.8% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil) 20g Topaz (15.3% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes...

Hey everyone! I'm going to brew a nice hoppy ale on Sunday and wondering whether i should try this method. The last IPA i brewed was an extract + specialty grain, and had 25g of hops @ 60mins and the rest progressively at 20mins and under. The beer has ended up decent, but has a pretty harsh...

... and i thought i was being adventurous getting near 3g/L :P . I just primary atm, so they'll go in for a week before bottling at 20C. I'll report back with the results. Thanks for the help.