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Hey TL,

I made your SNPA clone for my first all grain 2 weeks ago. I am drinking it right now and it has turned out great. Its definately on the bitter side, but a damn tasty beer. I guess time in the keg will settle it down. Not sure if it will last long though. Im really enjoying it and will be ...

Thanks Drsmurto. Thats pretty much where my heads at. Just needed someone to back me up.

Cheers, Jim

I was thinking something along the lines of starting with 18l of wort and boiling for an hour, then diluting to achieve the desired volume/sg. I believe this will effect hop utilisation. Are there any other flavour impacts? The reason I ask is that Ive been doing partials that are about 1kg of grain ...

Just curious if anyone has done a concentrated boil of all grain wort and then diluted it to achieve the required sg? Is there a reason why a full wort boil is so important with all grain?

Cheers. Jim

Thanks for the help guys. Im going to leave this one in the primary at 20 degrees for 2 weeks so that should take care of any diacetyl issues. This is the second liquid yeast Ive used so Im keen to see how it turns out.

Cheers, Jim

Hey everyone, put this one on today.

2kg Ale Malt
1kg Light Dry Malt
230g Light Crystal Malt
120g Caramalt
20g Amarillo @ 8.6% (60min)
15g EK Goldings @ 4.7% (30min)
15g EK Goldings @ 4.7% (1min)
1 x Whirlfloc Tablet (15min)
1 Package Wyeast 1968 London ESB
Mash at 67 Degrees for 1 hour. Ended ...

Ok cool. Thanks for the quick replys.

Hi guys. This is my first post. I have been brewing for about 8 months and I am currently brewing partial mash ales. I have just bought a temperature controller to run a fermentation fridge. I was wondering if temperature control is as essential after primary fermentation has completed and the beer ...