goatchop41 I'm glad I didn't put you off with my rambling. I get a bit long winded on occasions. :sleep: Adding sugar depends entirely on what you want out at the end. More fermentables i.e. sugars, tend to dry the beer out. Conversely less fermentables will give you a maltier mouth feel. It's up t...

Hi majorphill, thanks for having a look at my post. I knew after looking through this site before I posted that I would be told that the recipe integrity was a bit lacking :think: Ignore the random number that I put in for the recipe's VAW, it was just a number I put in to play around and see how it...

Hi all, just looking for some confirmation on this scaled recipe. I'm looking to make a SMaSH Maris Otter/Galaxy IPA (but I guess it is more of a hoppy APA because I've lowered the ABV to ~5% to make it more session friendly), based on this recipe http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013" onclick="wi...

Hi all! I'm a fairly green brewer from Bendigo in Victoria (I've seen a couple of others from around here on the site already). I've just bottled my first batch of extract + hops (a Little Creatures Pale Ale clone). My brother and one of his mates brew all grain, and do a bloody good job of it, henc...