Thanks for the reply, PP. The only reason I'm making something with cheap stuff from the internet is just to have a beer to put into my minikegs for the first time. I've always bottled before now and I'm half expecting to make a mess of kegging on my first go. Normally I get all my grain and hops fr...
Hello I want to knock up a wee 11 litre batch to try out my new minikegs. I bought some grain and hops on the cheap from Ebay and I've come up with the recipe below (using the Gregg Hughes book as a reference). Can anyone tell me what it's likely to be like and any changes you might make? I've also ...
Hi Everyone I'm new to making up my own recipes so I thought I'd look for some advice. I'm making an 11 Litre batch to get rid of some of the hops I've got knocking around. I've also got a load of elderflower, do you think it would be worth throwing that in too (if so when)?. Here's the recipe: Grai...
Thanks Bob I had wondered about the break too. I've got be honest the beers so far have been tasting awesome, I'm just trying to get a feel for how other people add their hops and transfer their wort. I presume the that during fermentation the break in the FV just falls out with the trub? Interestin...
Hi Balli It's all leaf that I've been using. I've been putting the hops into what I think are muslin bags up until today (same kind of material that those support bandage things are made of). I'll keep going with that as it was all a bit messy today but I'll try to get hold of voile bags. Thanks for...
Hello everyone I've got three or four BIAB brews under my belt now but there's a wee part that always confuses me (I hope I've got this in the correct part of the forum)... When I'm doing the boil, I've always put the hops in hop bags but still had quite a lot of sludge in the bottom of the kettle (...
Hello I'm living in Edinburgh in Scotland where I work in education. I've done two 11 litre batches of BIAB which was suggested to me after I was having a moan about kits to the chap in the homebrew shop. It's MILES better!! I'd spent a year before knocking out the kits which never ever turned out p...