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I brewed a Belgian Strong Ale last week, I like to keep fermentation relatively cool (say 17 deg) for the first few days than ramp up to say 20 deg to finish it off. It was 38 deg in melb last week, so I put the fermenter in the fermentation fridge (first time I've used the fridge in the last 6...

Just got latest BYO Magazine - saw an interesting article about no sparge brewing (apologies if this has been already covered - did a search and couldn't find anything). An American brewer claims to have improved the taste of his beer by swithing from fly sparging to no sparging ie mash grain...

I've just made a raspberry beer (added to recipe db today), its not finished yet but tasted a sample from the fermenter - and it tasted good. But my wife said - it still tastes like beer. So the thought struck me - why not make a raspberry cider? Surely the raspberry would blend more...

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What happens if you mash at 57 deg?? Here's what happened this morning ... Making a Foreign Export Stout. Got up at 6am to mash in. Heated my wash water to 77deg, added it to the tun and stirred in the grain to make sure there was no dough balls. Quick temp check before I put on the lid and...

Its a long weekend - and no kid's sport either - so plenty of time for a brew. So I'm planning a nice winter porter. Looking at Fullers Porter in Wheelers book: 4.2kg pale malt 665g brown malt 555g crystal malt 110g choc malt Sounds delicious. But what yeast should I use? I've got some 1968...

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Just when you think you're getting the hang of this fine hobby - you find another way to **** up. I'm brewing an ESB for my Pommy mate who misses his Fullers. I used Wheeler's book for assistance and in particular took note of the instruction to "dry hop with a few cones of EKG". I've never...

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Had a good brew day on Saturday making an English pale ale, everything went to plan - until I started cleaning up and found my late hop addition on the bench :( . What to do? I bittered with 30g Fuggles and 30g Styrian (2 plugs of each) - both FWH. I planned to finish with 15g EKG and 15g...

Hobgoblin is one of my favourite beers, and I've found a recipe by Orfy on many sites - if the number of references to this recipe are proportional to quality then its a good one. Orfy's Hobgoblin - 23L 4.8kg Maris Otter 0.25kg Crystal 0.25kg Carapils 0.15kg Chocolate Mash at 69 deg for 90 min...

had one of these at Mrs Parma's recently, and really enjoyed it. http://www.templebrewing.com.au/beer/saison.html This stuff is bottle conditioned - does anyone know if they use primary yeast for conditioning? If so, would it be worthwhile cultivating some for my own saison (number 6 in a...

I'm currently fermenting a Black Sheep clone, recipe courtesy of Dr Smurto. I brewed last Saturday, and was expecting an OG of 1052, actually got 1060! I added 2L of water to the fermenter (total vol 25L) and finished up with OG of 1057. I had previously put a smack pack of Ringwood yeast...

While I was at G&G on Friday buying some grain, a bottle of Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout caught my eye so I bought 2 stubbies. Just cracked the first one - this may be the best beer I've ever had!. Mouthfeel is thick and creamy, huge chocolate/ coffee aroma, a smooth roasty taste. I'm loving...

I've just started AG, now want to take the next step and think about water treatment (yes, i did try the search function!). I understand that hard water is good for pale ale - eg Burton Ales from North West england. On other hand, dark beers are best made with soft water eg London Porter or...

I'm brewing a stout at the moment, and trying to get close to real guiness taste. I have heard that a way to get the guinness "twang" is to put aside a litre of wort following the boil, let it sit in a cupboard for a week to go sour, then pasteurise and add to the fermenter. I brewed a week...

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I found this site on the internet, with recipes for old (19 C and earlier british Ales. http://www.countybeermakers.org.uk/oldbeers/book2-list.php There is some interesting recipes here, but main thing appears to be - they sure drank their beer strong in those days. And hoppy. #27 - a mild...