Hay thanks for the replies folks (just incase any of the respondants were ladies ) I did chuck the hops straight into the boil but I poored the brew threw a siv and even though I put 75 grams of pellets into the boil it filled the siv and some . I ended up with the hop cloud in the bottom 5 litres ....

Hi folks , well I've just done it !!! No not that , I just brewed my first all grain beer . I choose a SMaSH beer to keep things simple . It's the forth beer I've brewed the others were 2x kits and one partial extract I used 6 kg maris otta Soaked at 70 for 90 mins in as much water as I could gettin...

Hi guys Steve here , I'm from little ol NZ , I've just started brewing about to tackle my first all grain ( it's my forth brew ) and it's going to be a biab . I've chosen to do a smash ( why do folks type it SMaSH ) . I've got 5.5 kg of Maris otter malt and citra for the hops , and I can't wait . Wo...