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by Marshbrewer
Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: How much Caramel ??
Replies: 10
Views: 1003

Re: How much Caramel ??

I used to think that, but then I read somewhere that it's slightly different, in that it won't drop out of suspension. I did colour a historic brown ale recipe with gravy browning a few years ago , and it was completely fine in terms of not adding any taste component and coloured it up perfectly, bu...
by Marshbrewer
Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: How much Caramel ??
Replies: 10
Views: 1003

Re: How much Caramel ??

Hi guys, I am trying to make a clone of 'Marstons Merrie Monk Mild' long since discontinued. Rumors say it was Marstons Pedigree Bitter with Caramel in to darken it. Could anybody tell me how much Caramel I should add please? Cheers Andy You can use black malt instead. Using caramel imparts an off ...
by Marshbrewer
Mon Apr 17, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
Topic: Slightly hard water? No rinse sanitiser? What should I be using?
Replies: 26
Views: 4901

Re: Slightly hard water? No rinse sanitiser? What should I be using?

My water is so hard, that it jumps out of the tap and challenges you to a fight. I completely descaled my hlt before my last brew, and after heating two lots of water, about 15L each, to around 75°c, there is a circle of scale where the heating element is at the bottom. I also have to use lots of ac...
by Marshbrewer
Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:16 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Ind Coope Long Life
Replies: 9
Views: 3005

Re: Ind Coope Long Life

Yep, it's in Dave Lines book. For 25L Pale malt 3kg Flaked maize 750g Wheat malt 125g Brewers caramel 5ml Irish moss Hallertau hops 60g Hop extract 30g equivalent Lager yeast Mash 90 mins @ 66 90 min boil. Hops and extract in at the start. Like all of Daves recipes from this time, if you use that am...
by Marshbrewer
Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:02 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Ind Coope Long Life
Replies: 9
Views: 3005

Re: Ind Coope Long Life

Is it in Dave Lines Brewing Beers Like Those You Buy? I'll have a look when I get home, it's about the right vintage. Ron Pattinson mentions it on his blog: " It reminds me of Long Life, an Ind Coope beer. I can remember them advertising it when I was a kid. I now know what it was - a mixture of nor...
by Marshbrewer
Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:51 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Phosphoric acid - supply
Replies: 57
Views: 9347

Re: Phosphoric acid - supply

APC Pure in Manchester used to do food grade phosphoric acid, and it worked out good value, however its disappeared from their website. The product code is below if you want to email them to see if they still do it:

GPC9312-E Phosphoric Acid 85% ACS,FG

Is was just under £8/L in 2020
by Marshbrewer
Tue Dec 13, 2022 12:27 am
Forum: Malts and Grits
Topic: Chevalier malt addition.
Replies: 14
Views: 2957

Re: Chevalier malt addition.

I get a sort of honeyness; I love the stuff.

Needs a good long mash in my experience; 90 mins or longer.

It really shines in historical recipes which isn't exactly surprising!
by Marshbrewer
Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:41 pm
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Bitter or Mild with T58
Replies: 3
Views: 1675

Re: Bitter or Mild with T58

Great video!
by Marshbrewer
Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:01 pm
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Bitter or Mild with T58
Replies: 3
Views: 1675

Re: Bitter or Mild with T58

I've done a dark mild and used CML Belgian yeast. It wasn't unpleasant, but I'm not planning on doing it again. It didn't seem to "pull together" as a beer, if you see what I mean. The recipe was otherwise unchanged from my dark mild that I usually brew with ale yeast, which I quite like. You are co...
by Marshbrewer
Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:05 pm
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Yeast blending
Replies: 13
Views: 3120

Re: Yeast blending

I would love to be a "wettie" and have the time and schedule that would allow me to know for certain when I will be brewing, and thus give me the time to make a starter, etc. But I don't. I grab time to brew whenever a busy home life and very busy job allow. :D So my mission is to find a blend of dr...
by Marshbrewer
Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:55 am
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: Yeast blending
Replies: 13
Views: 3120

Re: Yeast blending

I get my yeast from Crossmyloof, but have had success with House + BEòIR, which apparently is equivalent to S-33 + Mauribrew draught.

I'm presently experimenting with House + HøG-NORSK - not sure it is much of an improvement.

I pitch a full pack of each at the same time.
by Marshbrewer
Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:45 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Pyknometers (what hydrometers emulate) revisited!
Replies: 53
Views: 65504

Re: Pyknometers (what hydrometers emulate) revisited!

The reason there is no need to account for all the suspended yeast in a fermented sample is because of the nature of the yeast - it's suspended . Like submarines, they share the same overall density as their surroundings, so there is no need to account for suspended yeast at all. Yeast must have a ...
by Marshbrewer
Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:28 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Pyknometers (what hydrometers emulate) revisited!
Replies: 53
Views: 65504

Re: Pyknometers (what hydrometers emulate) revisited!

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but I still don't understand how you account for the weight of the yeast in a fermented sample.
by Marshbrewer
Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:10 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Pyknometers (what hydrometers emulate) revisited!
Replies: 53
Views: 65504

Re: Pyknometers (what hydrometers emulate) revisited!

I can see how this works for solutions of alcohol in water, but with beers, how do we know what part of the weight difference is caused by alcohol and what part by suspended yeast?
by Marshbrewer
Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:19 pm
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Brew kits in the 80s
Replies: 23
Views: 10307

Re: Brew kits in the 80s

I remember my first home brew attempt (if you ignore doing ginger beer) was a Boots Lager kit, probably aged 14 or so in the mid 1980s. Bottled into old Newcastle Brown bottles using the plastic caps - whatever happened to them - they were a good idea - popped off before the bottles exploded and wer...