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From what I've read and been told so far - there's Racking, and there's Bulk Primeing. and they are different and achieve different things I think?

Racking is after fermentation has finished, and means you have less sediment in the bottle.

Bulk priming is just the mixing of sugar/dex in bulk so ...

If you wanted something lighter you could do a wheat beer? You could use the Safwheat, which I think brews at the same temp as the Safale?

I just put down one with orange and corriander. For the same thing - chrissy.

Could someone confirm that?

I've heard of the teabags, but not tried them. I've tried the Saaz, but it was loose. It worked relly well, and I havn't noticed any hops in the bottles - I used safflager yeast thou, and that helps glue the hops into the fermenter not the bottle.

My brother put me onto the summer ale idea- he and ...

Forget Origional Ale - the real showstoppers are Summer Ale, or The Raddler. These are 2 really origional brews I'm trying to work on.

As for the origional - you'de probably start with a Black Rock - and perhaps go with some of the local hops (green bullit?)

As for Summer Ale, try a pale ale, 1kg ...

Thank you very much both of you - I am starting to get a few things now.

I'm going to give it a go like this after your informative replies.

1. Brew beer in the fermenter, and leave for 2 weeks.
2. Make up 180g Dex in hot water, and let cool for a bit.
3. Put Dex Water from step 2. into the ...

ok - couple more things.

After I have racked - how much clearer is the beer going to be, and can you bulk prime in the same jerry-can that you've racked into? (thus avoiding racking 2 times)

What would be people's preferred method of bulk priming? Boiled water with the dex in it? Do I let it cool ...

Hi - first post here, although I'm not new to forums, as my other love is roasting your own coffee. I suspect there'll be a few of us lurking in both places.....

anyhow, on with the question:

Does this sound like the correct steps to follow to rack and bulk prime:

1. Brew beer in fermenter for 1 ...