Your Favourite Recipe

[DarloDave]

H&G really should change the text on their website saying that the wyeast/whitelabs are directly pitchable.

[ADDLED]

This is a favorite of mine, it was very popular on new years eve too viewtopic.php?p=104205#p104205

You can make it a little chocolatey with around 180g of chocolate malt, don't use it with styrians though, i've found out why they never made a Cadburys Chocolate Lemon

The SL is bubbling away nicely now. Tks for the Witchs Brew link, i might just give it a go. Wheelers book says its a pale ale, so how pale is it? (i cant see your pics on the link you posted, theyre all red Xs.

I dont have wheat malt, but i do have these; Chocolate Malt, Caramalt, Roasted Barley, Torrified Wheat, Black Malt, Crystal Malt, Flaked Maize (without honey, nuts and fortifying vitamins) so can i sub any of those?
Also, does the addition of the Choc malt replace any of the other ingredients or is it in addition to them all?

cheers!

[ADDLED]

Nice one, I'd best get busy.

[confounded]

Did you make a starter ?

I made a starter from a bottled beer made from my first batch, so second generation. The starter seemed to go well with the yeast from the bottle getting going pretty quickly after pitching into the starter solution . I only made a 300ml starter recommended in GW book. The head is still not that thick atm as when made with first batch but the gravity seems to be ticking down OK although slower than when I used the original pack. Our house is only 18 degs atm where as when I last brewed when the heating heating on it was closer to the preferred 20 degs so this may be a factor. House is heating up with the warmth today so may start speeding up.

[Parp]

I made a starter from a bottled bear

Way too cool!

Not like lifting the masts on a ship in a bottle but still cool!

[confounded]

I made a starter from a bottled bear

Way too cool!

Not like lifting the masts on a ship in a bottle but still cool!

oops, wrote in a rush and was getting agro form the misses so did not proof read very well!

[confounded]

Drinking my first proper pint (rather than sneaky tasters) of the Summer Lightning recommended on this thread and it is gorgeous. I remember people commenting that their kit beer was as good as many pints they have had in the pub but I could never get to that level although they were drinkable. Well this Summer Lightning clone may well be one of the best pints I have had in a pub or anywhere.

I am afraid I have opened pandora's box getting into all grain.

[Dennis King]

Think of the fun ahead

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Drinking my first proper pint (rather than sneaky tasters) of the Summer Lightning recommended on this thread and it is gorgeous. I remember people commenting that their kit beer was as good as many pints they have had in the pub but I could never get to that level although they were drinkable. Well this Summer Lightning clone may well be one of the best pints I have had in a pub or anywhere.

I am afraid I have opened pandora's box getting into all grain.

Hey well done confounded, I did the same brew and its turned out really well. Mebbe we can swap a bottle to see how they compare, unless yours is all gone!
I think you know the truth about kit beer now; you can brew fine beer with kits but AG is miles better and a lot purer for just a little more effort.

[confounded]

Hey well done confounded, I did the same brew and its turned out really well. Mebbe we can swap a bottle to see how they compare, unless yours is all gone!
I think you know the truth about kit beer now; you can brew fine beer with kits but AG is miles better and a lot purer for just a little more effort.

Hi Addled

It is quite a bit more effort but I enjoy it and if you are well prepared it does not take up as much time as some people say. I did measuring and prep last night and was up 6am this morning (I have young children) I was fermenting by 11:30am. I work from home and was still able to get work done in the lulls. A good day and this my 3rd AG brew is the first that hit the OG and volume without any extra sugar adjustment. TT landlord that I have adjusted a bit, looks very promising and the yeast is already forming a head.

My summer lightning is only in the keg, I bottle some of my first batch so I could recycle the yeast. Think I will bottle some of this latest one, always nice to have a variety.

Do you bottle all yours or do you mix?

Also did you make the London Pride AG? I like London Pride but have been put off by the number of different hops needed to recreate it and given how the Summer Lightning has turned out with just the 2 hops I am not sure it is worth the jump?

[ADDLED]

This is a favorite of mine, it was very popular on new years eve too viewtopic.php?p=104205#p104205
You can make it a little chocolatey with around 180g of chocolate malt, don't use it with styrians though, i've found out why they never made a Cadburys Chocolate Lemon

Hey this was a month ago and Ive been tasting it a little over the weeks. Last weekend it was ok-ish, but 3 days later (tonight i poured the first full pint from the cornie) im dumbstruck at how good it is. All i can say is thanks Chris - i dithered over this recipe in the book, dismissed it cos it had sugar in it, and quite possibly might never have bothered to make it, but i followed your advice and suggestion. Ive made around 10 AGs so far and theyve all been good in their own way, but this.... this is 10 times better than any other recipe Ive done.
It seems everyone else whos brewed it says its a good brew and i see why. What a great recipe - GW deserves an award!
tks mate
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[rick_huggins]

I'm loving everything I'm making recently.. Must the the AG effect!

[mysterio]

I've been looking for a beer to use my British Ale yeast and Fuggles, the Pendle Witches beer looks perfect, bookmarked for future brewing!