Jim's Beer Kit

Thanks for responses guys. Following the comments I did a bit more searching on Google (perhaps I should have done this in the first place!!) and found the following thread that supports the conclusions gr_baker & Robwalkeragain . https://discussions.probrewer.com/showthread.php?62368-Danstar-London...

Thanks for the reply. My recipe was for Fullers London Porter from Graham Wheeler's book. The grain bill (for 19L) was: 3490g Pale Malt (Maris Otter) 550g Brown Malt 455g Crystal Malt (200) 92g Chocolate Malt The colour of my samples is a lovely deep brown and the taste is a pleasant chocolate/toffe...

Sorry guys, another stuck(?) fermentation question from a relatively novice brewer. I'm brewing an AG Porter and my readings seem to be stuck at 1.018. I undershot my target OG (1.053) a fair bit at 1.047. Not sure why but carried on. Mashed for 90 mins at 66C. I rehydrated Danstar ESB yeast and pit...

Thanks Dennis. Planning to try a pilsner next but that's a Greg Hughes recipe so I've got the yeast for that. Will do one of Graham's after that so will come back for advice then.

Thanks for all the responses (and so quickly too!). This is very helpful. The explanations make sense and I can understand the rationale (I'm glad I didn't miss something obvious in the book). I'll bear all this in mind when I use Graham's (and others) recipes. I'm sure that as my experience grows I...

Many thanks MTW. I'm not desperate to get exact matches to the original. Happy to brew nice drinkable beers resembling some of my favourites. I just wanted to ensure that I didn't completely stuff up a brew by using an inappropriate yeast for the recipe - this is where my lack of experience shows! I...

My apologies if this is a silly (or repeated) question but I have a query regarding Graham Wheeler's Brew Your Own British Real Ale book. I am a relatively new AG brewer and need all the help I can get! :? To date I have used Greg Hughes book for recipes but received a copy of Graham's for Christmas...