Are you using gypsum or calcium chloride or just lactic acid?

I read somewhere, probably here, that lactic acid should be kept under 5% or you begin to detect the taste.

My Kolsch came out crystal clear after 4 weeks of lagering so that length of time would have helped with the clarity, although I did use gelatin after cold crashing. I've tended to steer away from mimicking water profiles for all beers I brew, as Mark said, the breweries may have their own wells...

I've been successfully brewing IPAs, stouts and pale ales for around three years now and much of the credit must go to taking advice on this forum. Recently I've also had some good results with hybrids such as Kolsch, but at the weekend I decided to brew my first lager. I based it on an...

I also found other recipes working and some not when it came to editing. Strange.

I'm having the same problem. I have cleared my cache files on Chrome and rebooted my computer but still no luck.

Hard to comprehend, by those in hotter climates but Scotland is now producing hops - in poly tunnels! I just dry hopped an American style pale ale yesterday with mosiac, simcoe and citra. I doubt very much these home grown hops will smell as good as these did.

Thanks. I love your website - very interesting recipes, particularly the Belgian Blonde with Amarillo and Saaz hops. I'm planning a Belgian ale next week but was going to use Halleratauer and Saaz. I might tweak it and try the Amarillo which I love anyway.

I think it is I think you are right. Braggot style is when you brew without hops? Hops are hard to grow in Scotland due to the soil and climate so in ye olden days they used what came to hand to bitter the beer. I think this is why the Scots made beer sweeter and maltier their English cousins...

I've been brewing since I was a wee nipper, mostly extract but I took the all-grain route two years ago and I will never look back. I love this website and have found it so useful. I hope I can learn more from all your wealth of experience. I specialise in American Pale ales styles - the hoppier...