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Hi I'm a newbie K+K beer enthusiast who's come to this site because I want to make a better beer. So i've only made 8 or 10 beers over the last year, got one fermenter, no fridge and no real idea. But, I repeat - I found this site because I wanted to make a better beer . My first post I trod...

Well I brewed my first dark beer! Made up over xmas 04 so it's only 2 months old but very drinkable - very very dark almost black but with a lovely fine head - disappears down to a couple of mm thick. chocolatey with roasted grains finish. light in alcohol 3% English Brown Mild style from...

Sosman, It took off like a rocket - half an hour after pitching we had it bubbling away. Also got static readings for 3 days straight at FG so I'm sure it wasn't going to go any lower - temps for fermentation was 18 to 21 throughout. Only reason I'd think about doing another starter with...

Hi guys Thanks to BradMCM - Well I put on a mild brown ale - following his recipe posted in the Newbies First Mild forum.... 1/2 can Coopers Dark Ale 1 can Morgans Dark Unhopped LME 50g black malt - steeped in 2 litres Also did 20g of Goldings hops in 2 litres - boiled for 5 mins - cool...

Thanks Jovial Monk I'll probably end up using the can I've got sitting there waiting to use up, and do the extract version later. Do you ever need to 'sparge' specialty grains if you've steeped them - by this I mean pour a couple of extra litres of hot water through the sieve? Matt

Hi from Matt - been lurking around here a while, but this is my first post... Okay, I want to do a Kit version of a Mild Brown Ale. Only got into homebrewing a bit ago, and perfecting the K+K versions before moving onto Extract. ************************ (great site too) has a recipe for Brown...