This is a very good point. I offered my Mother in law my NZ Pilsner with Grapefruit and she said she wasn't allowed any grapefruit at all. She was on High Blood Pressure tablets and grapefruit could increase the potency of the tablets by 200%! Which could be very dangerous. I suggested she not...

More the sweeter for being a kiwi living in Melbourne.

I am loving them. Averaged about 80%, they are a bit plumper than other malts I usually get, Briess, Wayermann etc so I had to open up the mill a bit as I was getting a lot of flour in the crush and a couple stuck sparges with the grainfather. The pilsner I just made (Raro lager) was the first...

Got to admit brewing in the Grainfather then no chillin was a pretty easy brew day. My preference is to cool and pitch same day, but on that occasion time constraints, yada yada, which is why i fell for the no chill setting on this recipe ;)

Ahha ! SOLVED! Thank you Trialben, I had copied my last recipe to keep the mash setup and forgot I no chilled the last one. It now shows 27IBU total. Cheers mate!

So I am trying to build a recipe and the hop ibu calc seems to be going mad. 83IBU for end of boil aroma hops?? 20g for 5 mins similar to 20g for 30mins? Not sure if I have done something wrong, but I can't work out why it is so high.

I know that I have had issues with making starters in the shed at ambient temp then dropping them to ferment at a lower temp seems to stall them. I think the last was where my temp in the shed was around 24c and I was brewing at 20c. I warmed the wort up to 24c and the yeast kicked in and I...

Hi Peacemaker, hopefully this isn't telling you to 'suck eggs'; but are you sure your yeast starter actually 'started'? I recently had a pilsner yeast on the stir plate and there was a foamy head on the wort for a couple of days of stirring, but when I turned it off and checked the FG it was...

This is a great question and something that I hope another user will be able to answer.

When people ask me about my kegerator I have a standard answer; "Coming home from work on a Friday and pouring yourself a cold draught beer never gets old." .....especially when its 110f outside.

Those two actually work well together. I have always been a fan of Amarillo in my IPA's, but have recently started to use Galaxy more. Especially when brewing for hot weather. I find the galaxy adds a little more fruity flavour to the mix than straight out Amarillo, so combined they add a nice...

Thought I would report back in Siam update. I dropped the dextrose and ran with the recipe outlined. After two weeks in the the keg I had my first glass and it nearly knocked me over. Tasted more like a 12% beer and the viscosity was very thick, but not heavy, if that makes sense. More like oil...

Hi Ozarks. I was under the impression that making an APA dark by adding colour and calling it a Black IPA wasn't regarded as the thing to do. Adding the maltyness was part of the appeal. I don't know, I haven't actually tried one yet :) Brewing blind so to speak.

Thanks Nosybear. I must admit to getting a bit loose with this grain bill. I have already crushed the grain, but after reading your comments, if I had a choice, I would have probably cut out the wheat. I am not wanting a beer with too much body for this brew. So then, would the wheat and...

I haven't used spices in brews before, but I imagine that licorice root is pretty strong eh? Not sure If that will drown out the Chamomile and Rosehip. I have no idea what Rosehip will add to the beer :?: I hope you post back your tasting results as it is certainly something that I find...

Hi All, First post in the forum. I am a APA fan and love the style. I have been reading with interest the black IPA's APA's styles and whilst I still haven't tried on yet, I am keen to make one with my own recipe. From my understanding, it isn't about making a IPA and just making it dark with...