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I know that this topic has been covered in the past but I'd like to reopen the discussion. The last couple of brews I've done have been AIPAs. Generally I'll use a small amount of hops (15/30g) as a bittering addition at 30 mins, and then use quite a lot of whirlpool hops (around 100g) at...

I'm going to rack to secondary and dry hop today. I don't like to put the pellets in free as I usually bottle straight from secondary. In the past I've used hop socks from my local store but they always end up getting really mangy by the end and arent really re-usable. I was thinking of...

Has anyone ever steeped Munich before adding LME/DME to an extract brew? I've read that Munich can only be mashed but I was wondering if anyone else has tried it and if so what kind of results they got. Cheers

Morning, I brewed an extract batch last night. Had around 12L of boiled wort which I cooled to about 40 celcius and then put it into the FV with cold bottled water to top up to 21L. I miscalculated how much the the cold top up water would bring the overall temperature down. It went down to...

I'm planning on brewing the following this weekend. Its a recipe I've come up with in an attempt to clone the Pirate Life IPA. My specific question is whether I am using enough Munich LME. From what I've read, if you're using 2-row and munich, the munich shouldn't be more than 15% of the grain...

Hi all I love absolutely love the Pirate Life IPA and wanted to brew something that tastes similar to it. I want it to be very hop forward and refreshing. As a bit of background I'm a new brewer and am only trying my hand at extract brewing for the moment. Once I am comfortable that I can brew...

I'm planning on brewing a recipe that an American friend gave me (XPA). This is only my fourth extract brew so its a bit more technical than I'm used to and wanted to ask the esteemed brewers' advice (i.e. you). The recipe calls for Thai Palm Sugar. Has anyone ever used this in a brew before...

Pirate Life have to be my favourite Australian brewers. I love their Pale Ale and IIPA and this weekend I tried the recently released IPA. Its unreal, and probably the best Aussie brewed IPA I've ever had; trumping the IPAs from Riverside, Akasha, Ekim and Fixation (all of which are also...

Hi Brewers, This is my first time posting on the forum and I am new to homebrewing so apologies in advance for any stupid questions/comments. Yesterday I brewed my 3rd batch of beer. The first two were from a kit and this is the first one in which I found a recipe that I liked and attempted...