Kinda interested as to how your gonna judge these, you gonna brew them up?

Really not too bad, it's having a lot of fruit in the house that bring them in though. Gone from a peaceful hippy "hey man please leave" to a "Die Bast%%$ Die" approach. Literally only one in the house but I will hunt that bleep down lol

Every tiny fly in the house MUST die!

Exactly! Wish I could buy more of this quality, still don't trust it entirely though. Sitting in a deep tray with a sack over it atm.

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Let me first begin by saying that neither of these ideas are good, if you hurt yourself by copying me then I will laugh at you, If you try to sue me, your lawyer will laugh at you for trying to sue a man with so little that he has to try this. With that said here are the chronicles of such a...

Thanks for the tips, will deffo look into it. Been tasting (early) a batch with just Marris and crystal in it, I can see what you mean about the Marris, there is a toasty flavour to it all on its own. It's subtle though, I'll look into the malts you have mentioned to bring it out more. Enjoying...

Not too much I hope, still my go to book haha!

With that kit I'll bet you will make wonderful beer :-) On a shoestring myself but still making better than I can buy, take a look at brulosophy.com lots of interesting beersperiments.

Hello from a fellow noob :-) Good luck on your first brew!! God I miss Australia going back next year, can't wait.

I was pretty young when I got started, dad said he wouldn't buy me alcohol but he would let me make it. The farmer next door used to tell us when he had picked his quota of what he was allowed to sell on his strawberry fields and let us have at it. Made awful strawberry wine, it was that bad...

Thanks for the advice, I can feel batch #3 brewing in my brain already. Not really into darker beers, I don't like high roast coffee and too much time on the grill tastes like a mistake to me. Not sure if it's just my imagination but there seems to be a difference between the bitterness added...

Interesting and good, as I have been using Marris as my base malt so will probably buy a sack, the Vienna is a bit more pricey for me so if I can ditch it, it's good news. With the crystals I think it's that the ones I have used so far have been a bit dark for me, having said that it's more...

Thanks man, good to know. I wanted to use Golden Naked Oats originally but they didn't have any in stock at the LHBS. substituted oat malt for body, haven't used Carabelge or honey before, thanks for the tip. Been wondering about adding a pack of oatcakes instead, I guess that would be roasted...

Hmm..maybe just a small sample

Thanks W, not sure I'll ever taste what one of my own beers is like "Aged" :-)

On the hunt for a biscuity/nutty ale with nice hoppy character without too much bitterness hiding the malt. Not really into the darker malts at the mo so tried caramalt instead of crystal. Brewed this yesterday, a recipe of my own creation but I'm wondering if I have overdone the hop's a little...

Planning brewday and fitting under-sink carbon filter

Thanks guys, good luck with your brews okonncenterad. Tasting day is still a while off for me, brewing like crazy to get a rolling stock.

Yeah, not bad. Brewday tomorrow so getting excited :) Didn't keep records before so this site looks pretty handy.