Cheers for the responses everyone, I've done 4/5 One gallon batches from kits before which where BIAB so I'll take a crack at your 'Wee Heavy 8 liter' recipe. I can't get Whirlflock but I've got some irish moss for an alternative. I'll try and take lots of notes :P

Aaaah, alright, So is this for if I'm adding water to the wort to make up volume? Sorry for all the questions here, and thanks to everyone for their replies. Probably another stupid question, but @J A you have Edinburgh in your water profile, I'm assuming as I'm literally in Edinburgh, I'll...

I'll take a look, Thanks! What is it about my setup which prevents high-gravity beers without extract?

Thanks for all you're encouraging replies :) Unfortunately it's my only brew show I have access to, TBH I think it just depends on which staff member's there, some are really chatty and helpful and others pretty quite. I was wanting to make a Scottish 'Wee heavy', one of the 90 shilling ales...

Thanks for the reply, They're pretty protective of their kits, won't tell me the recipe because it's cheaper to buy the components from them than the kit. The kit's for helping noobies (like myself) I have the size of fermenter I do because of space mostly, but also because I don't really...

Hey, So I've got a bit of a mix of equipment, but I'm trying to adjust things to fit and I'm not sure how to go about it. I usually do a BIAB and I have: 7L Kettle 11L Fermenter Now my Local brewstore sell grain kits with all the ingredients, and they're being annoyingly unhelpful saying...

Hello all, I've been brewing for a few years now, moved over from extracts and really got into BIAG. I'm starting to look at playing with my own recipes rather than getting pre-prepared ones and trying out new flavours!