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  1. An Ankoù

    What are you brewing 2024

    Never tried a Kentucky common, dont even know what it's supposed to taste like, but I'm going to remedy that over the next couple of weeks (might even steal your recipe) for the simple reason that I've been using CML (a Scottish company) Kentucky yeast in my light ales and it's frankly amazing...
  2. An Ankoù

    Good old Coopers Yeast

    Thanks, @1_Harald , I'll be on to that first thing in the morning. 👍
  3. An Ankoù

    Good old Coopers Yeast

    Wish I could get her hold of Coopers yeast. Used to do exactly what you do when Saveur Bière were à propret Online bottle shop. Haven't seen Sparkling Ale for years now.
  4. An Ankoù

    Stone and Wood sells out to Lion

    I reckon it could be a great beer with a handful of oats. I might even try it. It's just that when I see the word "clone", it means to me "an exact replica" or as close as we can get. As soon as we start moving away from that, even if we make a better beer, it's no longer a clone. Having said...
  5. An Ankoù

    Stone and Wood sells out to Lion

    It's a great beer, but I've seen some funny recipes, including one with oats! I've no doubt it was good beer but I'm sure they're are no oats in P. A. I used quite a bit of wheat malt in mine, but I'm assured 10 %would have been enough. Happy brewing.
  6. An Ankoù

    How the hell are we?!

    Hi Geoff. I'm Mike, Ankoù to the world at large. Made Pacific Ale for the first time at the end of April and it's all gone. Will be making some more as soon as it cools down a bit. Love Galaxy, and it's cheaper to buy them from Australia especially when Beerco.com have a sale on. I make cider...
  7. An Ankoù

    Bad batches or my mistake?

    Tracking down a problem can be a real pain in the butt. I had a period where all my beers stank like open drains. I tried every cleaning regime under the sun and pitched new yeast every time. It turned out there was nothing wrong with my cleaning, but something causing my yeast to stress out...
  8. An Ankoù

    Bad batches or my mistake?

    Yeah. You're right. There's no need to boil the water twice as long as it gets boiled once. I got the impression that the OP was using extract kits, rinsing out the cans with hot water and then topping up the volume straight from the tank. As for rainwater. I used to use it for lager brewing...
  9. An Ankoù

    Bad batches or my mistake?

    Looks like infections to me. You really must boil all the water that comes into contact with the beer. For your fermenters, wash them in a dilute solution of bleach or a chlorine-based, food grade cleaner and then rinse with sodium metabisulphite (Campden) solution. You can leave the...
  10. An Ankoù

    Total Disaster

    I agree with @TwoCrows . Buy some milled grain while your mill is being fixed, Get to know what correctly milled grain is supposed to look like before milling your own. Learn how to use your equipment one piece at a time then incorporate another bit, in this case the mill. I've been using milled...
  11. An Ankoù

    Total Disaster

    Steady on, old chap!
  12. An Ankoù

    Rats eating the grain

    You need to keep your malt in something like these. Not only does it keep vermin and insects out, it keeps the malt perfectly dry and it'll last for years. A 25 Kg sack of malt will fit, sack and all, in a 60 litre barrel. If the rats have been nibbling at the sacks, that's one thing, but if...
  13. An Ankoù

    Stone and Wood sells out to Lion

    Brewed up the Pacific Ale. Made a 12 litre test batch, which is now bottled and carbing up nicely. Thought I'd risk a bottle after 10 days on the grounds that if there was no hiss, I could cramp the cap down again. Well, there was a promising hiss so I risked the bottle. Poured slightly cloudy...
  14. An Ankoù

    First time brewing need help

    If it's just compacted then ok. If it's as hard as a brick then damp has somehow got into it- it doesn't take much but it's very hygroscopic. It'll be OK, but you'll need to smash it up with a hammer.
  15. An Ankoù

    JAPANESE BEERS - ANY RECIPES ?

    I'm unhumbly proud of this one. Here's my brewing page with today's tasting note added. The recipe come from Greg Hughes' book, Home Brew Beer. Note that I increased the late hops a bit and used Diamond yeast. 15 litre batch and FG was 1003. 4
  16. An Ankoù

    JAPANESE BEERS - ANY RECIPES ?

    And here it is. It's crystal clear with condensation on the glass. Slightly fragrant, which carries through into the flavour. It doesn't taste like 6.3% until it starts warming your stomach. A full bodied beer and it comes across as very slightly sweet in spite of the low FG, but the finish is...
  17. An Ankoù

    R.I.P. Dame Edna.

    Not just Aussie, I think the whole world's forgotten how to laugh. We've been watching some ancient DVDs of old sitcoms, which are very dated now, but you can still see why they were funny. Nothing like that around now, everything's gone dark and serious.
  18. An Ankoù

    R.I.P. Dame Edna.

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/apr/22/barry-humphries-dies-australian-comedian-death-dead-dame-edna-everage-sir-les-patterson Will be sorely missed.
  19. An Ankoù

    JAPANESE BEERS - ANY RECIPES ?

    The problem I have with them is that they're too sweet in spite of the "super dry" description. But I'm not sure they're authentic as they're brewed "under licence" in various European countries. Not sure what you're telling us though, @MHB, it sounds as if you reckon they're not worth...
  20. An Ankoù

    Hello from Victoria

    Welcome Tom. What all-grainers have you brewed and how did they turn out. I, too, like to have a number of beers t choose from so I tend to put half a dozen or so bottles away and forget about the for a few months. It's interesting to see how they develop over time/
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