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by Cobnut
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:05 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Coffee stout
Replies: 3
Views: 215

Re: Coffee stout

Hmm not sure I’d go quite as bitter with a coffee stout.

I made one a few years ago, albeit OG 1040, but only 22IBUS. Turned out good.
by Cobnut
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Kozel Dark
Replies: 11
Views: 3815

Re: Kozel Dark

The coca cola of beers is how I describe this beer, just too nice to drink. My local club went down the rabbit hole trying to clone this beer a few years back. will look up the 2 recpes I did later. Do recall getting Franconian Drak Lager yeast to use for this once, WLP4030. Thanks John Luc. A frie...
by Cobnut
Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: Brewing Videos
Topic: A Fun Time Was Had By All!!
Replies: 5
Views: 255

Re: A Fun Time Was Had By All!!

I feel sure many of us here have had similar experiences…
by Cobnut
Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Replacement Boiler Tap
Replies: 6
Views: 470

Re: Replacement Boiler Tap

When I began BIAB, I used a (cheap) tea urn/boiler I bought off eBay. I replaced the tap with a 1/2" BSP tap (had to enlarge the hole) and a bazooka filter I bought from the Malt Miller. Still working 7+ years later, although I use GF30 for mash/boil and the tea urn now serves as sparge water heater...
by Cobnut
Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: Brewing Software
Topic: Beer Engine gone wonky
Replies: 28
Views: 1381

Re: Beer Engine gone wonky

My guess is it's an old bit of software which doesn't know about Windoze 11 (and so doesn't like it!). I know in older versions of Windoze it was possible to run program(me)s in some form of "compatibility mode"...maye there's a Win98 compatibility mode in Windoze 11... Try right clicking on the ico...
by Cobnut
Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: How Much Roasted Barley?
Replies: 9
Views: 557

Re: How Much Roasted Barley?

Yes, agreed. It’s all about balance. The roast barley will contribute some bitter notes and then adding 60IBU of hop bitterness on top would - in my view - unbalance the beer. If you lifted the ABV to 8%, 60 IBUs would be more appropriate. As DrJim says, around 40 IBU would seem more the mark. But a...
by Cobnut
Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: How Much Roasted Barley?
Replies: 9
Views: 557

Re: How Much Roasted Barley?

Bitterness seems a little high in that recipe.
by Cobnut
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:44 am
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: How much Caramel ??
Replies: 10
Views: 1003

Re: How much Caramel ??

I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that they are one and the same.
by Cobnut
Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Grain Gorilla
Replies: 13
Views: 2475

Re: Grain Gorilla

Resurrecting this thread. I bought one of these from member of my local HB club (he was upgrading to the Grainfather mill). It has been mostly fine in the year or so I've had it (might be longer, but I can't remember exactly). Occasionally, the 2nd roller (which I think is not driven like the first ...
by Cobnut
Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: Fermentation
Topic: ispindle Problem
Replies: 4
Views: 846

Re: ispindle Problem

No experience of the iSpindel, but I have been using a Tilt hydrometer for about 5 years now with no issues. I have replaced the battery at least once; it's a bit of a pig of a job to do, but the seal works well. One the subject of seals. Most types of rubber do not fare well with substances like va...
by Cobnut
Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: Brewdays
Topic: Smoking - Rauchbier Hickory
Replies: 8
Views: 1727

Re: Smoking - Rauchbier Hickory

barneey wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:57 am
Give it a few months & I think a bottle exchange might be a very good idea :)
=D>
by Cobnut
Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Brewdays
Topic: Smoking - Rauchbier Hickory
Replies: 8
Views: 1727

Re: Smoking

Sounds rather similar to the beer I have cold crashing in my fermenter using the smoked malt you kindly sent me over a year ago, except I used Saaz hops and a lager yeast. Very much looking forward to tasting this beer in a month or two.

Cheers!
by Cobnut
Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Commercial Brews
Topic: English Trappist Beer
Replies: 9
Views: 2048

Re: English Trappist Beer

I can't get either of those to work (the FT one is behind a paywall I think) but I searched the BBC website and found this - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-48854460 This article is from 2019, so not sure whether they’re still having issues. A member of our local HB club brough...
by Cobnut
Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:40 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: Kozel Dark
Replies: 11
Views: 3815

Re: Kozel Dark

Resurrecting this thread following a recent trip to Prague where I had several “pints” of Kozel Dark. It’s a lovely beer which put me in mind of a Dark mild, but with a lager like crispness. Just wondering whether any of the folk who contributed to this thread are still about on JBK, and also whethe...
by Cobnut
Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:13 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Dark Mild
Replies: 7
Views: 4957

Re: Dark Mild (Blichmann QuickCarb)

But, as you've said, a fabrication out of "off-the-shelf" bits makes more sense than forking out £280. Luckily I didn't have to fork out at all :D Anyway ... How could you apply such a monstrosity on your beer! A "mild ale" too! Bad Cobnut! :evil: In my defence, I have also bottled 26 x 330ml and 4...