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Hi Ralphie - pleased to report a light krausnering is now visible! It got up to about 18 C with the fridge door open so I've now panicked and turned the fridge back on to get it back to 10C. Mash temp was 65C (although it started off about 72 - strike water was too hot but cooled it down quite...

Hi Ralphie, Thanks for the reply. In answer to your questions... 1. I used one pack of WLP 840 - I'd (naively I think!) assumed one pack would be enough. I've had a look at a couple of calcs like you said which suggest I need nearer to 3...I've ordered a couple online this morning but I think...

hi Everyone - it's a sunny bank holiday here in the UK, hope everyone is staying safe and well wherever you are. I brewed a lager for the first time last week (Kingpin lager by Brewdog if you are interested, KINGPIN - BrewDog Recipes ) and pitched the yeast (White Labs WLP 840 Lager Yeast) at 10...

Thanks Mongoose! A few responses to your questions... - it was 75g of sugar for 15 litres - temperature I realised I left off the OP. It's been about 16 degrees (being stored in an unheated room) which I only really clocked once I took the thimbleful. I've since put it on a heating mat and it's...

Hi Forum, hope everyone well. Random question from a first time kegger and a farily new home brewer, on my 5th batch at the moment. I decided to keg as opposed to bottle which I've done with the others (using a balihoo pressure keg...

@everyone who is interested - I just cracked a bottle of the doomed brew...it was very lively (luckily I opened it over the sink!) and while it wasn't undrinkable, it was completely tasteless :( not far off fizzy water. onwards and upwards - sadly a work trip and holiday mean I won't get to brew...

Thanks Twisted Gray - it's too late in this case, when I bottled I went from the bucket into a keg to clear the trub (Not that there was much due to low fermentation levels) - I then bottled directly from the keg. I've been pretty much on point with my sanitation so fingers crossed it doesn't...

Thanks Loud Mic! (Love the name btw :) ) - in a roundabout way I'm actually quite pleased with the mistake I made on this, it's helped me learn, I'm keen to get more adventurous with my brewing and I guess I need this experience to develop. As they say, stars can't shine without the dark... I'm...

@IslandLizard, @JimRausch @everybody, thanks for your advice and kind words! One last question - any ideas what the secondary fermentation will do? Presumably the taste will be off from the malty mishap earlier on - I primed it with 150g sugar for the 19 litre batch - I guess this will up the...

Hmmm I think that might be the issue - it was wheat malt, not malt extract (which also is mentioned by Jim Rausch's post above!). I'd meant to buy Malt extract but bought the wrong one doh. Which suggests I was boilin' when I shoulda been mashin' - I think that's the issue. As a side point it...

Thanks for the reply RM-MN - I hope it is this! I'll reply to the thread when I sample it in a couple of weeks. It looks fine in the bottles so here's hoping :)

Thanks all for replies - I'll keep you all posted when I open the bottles in a couple of weeks :)

Hi Soulshine, thanks for the reply. Actually I've realised the recipe I posted was a scaled down version of the one in the book that I followed. I had a boil of 7.5 litres which was made up to 19 litres with cold water in the fermenter. I reckon the 2L I added replaced what had boiled off, i.e...

Hi Island Lizard, Apols for newbieness - I guess grain bill is just a list of which grains I used?? I used 2.3kg of Weyermann Light Wheat Malt (fine crushed). It was mashed for an hour on a rolling boil. For the OG I used a hydrometer shortly after the mash had finished although as per my...

Hi NGD, Thanks for the reply :) In answer to your q's.. I sampled the wort - it seemed OK, fairly sweet, although as I said this is my 4th brew so I'm not mega experienced! Deciding factor to add water was a panicky eyeball of the situation and putting what I thought was an appropriate...