Thanks guys for all you replies here - great to be part of such an active forum ! :)

I added leaf hops towards the end of fermentation - my first attempt at dry hopping - next time I'll use pellets. Anyway I racked off to a second fermentation bin filtering through a plastic/muslin bag I use as a hop spider (I gave up with the cheap metal one I ebayed from China) then on into...

Thanks been sitting now for 4/5 week and looking more firmly packed if I pour very slowly - I'll look into pricing up for some kegs

Oh yes !

I recently - a couple of weeks before Christmas actually - bottled some all grain IPA. I racked into secondary fermenter off all the loose dry hops I had used, added about 100g dissolved sugar then bottled. This has produced just a little secondary fermentation to get things fizzing, and a small...

Hi being a trombone player it was only a matter of time before I got into brewing nothing like a beer after a couple of hours blowing the horn I invested in a machine (ace brewer or Klarstein ) - so heres my first question (sorry if its obvious but) what type of mash sparge am I doing ? mash...