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Hi all So I have seen some wild hops growing very near me (in the uk) What are you thoughts on using them in a brew as I have no idea what type they would be. How would I know how much to use as they Are wild? Like will they be as 'strong' as ones I would buy online? Cheers!

hi,, so i came home today and the lid had lifted off the fermenting bucket. i know i should have a airlock on there but i have never used them due to how my first kit told me to do it and the equipment it had with it. i used the safale us-05. ive never had a issue until this batch. ive...

hello people! bit of a strange one but im struggling to find some 1liter glass screw top bottles for using with the sedex catchers. however i cant find any that will fit. im in the UK and have messaged sedex how ever they dont know where i can get any. can anyone shed any light?

hi there, i use those two litre plastic bottles for bottling my brews in. the shop near me sell them cheap with water in. for years ive emptied the water ( bad i know) then sterilized them, ready for my brew. is there any need to sanitize them? they should be clean already but ive...

hello all, so ive got a batch bottled up and is at the 3/4 week mark. theve carbed up ( i use 2l plastics, so i can tell by firmness). i dont have a spare or a large fridge/cooler so i cant cold crash the ferment bucket before bottling. the only thing i can do is cold crash the bottles one or...

hello everyone! so my next brew day i plan on making my beer better by controlling the mash ph. ive used the EZ water calculator and entered the numbers from the bottled water i will be using, and my grain bill from the recipe i will be following. it recons my mash ph will be at 5.92, and...

hi, i made some blackberry wine last november. i had my first glass the other day and it was pretty horrible. very alcoholly, and very muddy tasting. i couldnt drink it, but left the bottle in the fridge with the stopper back in and tried it again couple weeks later and it tasted much better...

hi, ive just brew a batch of hobgoblin, which on my brewmate software recons the colour should be 13.1 (SRM), however seems to be more like 30. i used: 6kg marris otter 0.200 carapils 0.120 chocolate 0.100 torrified wheat 0.225 crystal 60 should have had a f.g of around 1.014 but...

hi, ive done about 15 all grain brews now and ive never had a sort of scum left the inside edges of my primary. its a light brown in colour, im not to worried as it looks okay(although the colour does seem darker than what my software suggested) and smells alright, just curious as ive not...

hello all, i brew in a bag in a 32liter in a bucket with electric element and temp controller. i often have bit of a issue when all the grain is in there to keep the temp steady and evenly though out the bucket. i would usally mash for 1.5 hours then batch sparge for another 30mins at...

hello all, i know if you clean with soap it can kill the oils which help with head retention. i do not use soap but a sanitizing solution. i try my best the rinse things after but i have never really been able to get go head retention. could the solution have a effect if not cleaned...

hello all, i have a problem. i ferment my wort in a bucket, in the bath, so that once its all done and sat for a couple weeks i fill the bath up with cold water and use 2l bottles as ice cubes to try and cold crash it. problem is once i have done this i have to move the bucket to higher...

hello everyone im a week after my last brew day and my fermentation is slowing down now. ive just found a bag of already opened dextrose from the brew before. i know normally you would add the sugar during the last few mins of the boil, but would it be safe to add the dextrose now in the...

hello all, so ive decided that my fermenting temps have been too high. i recently moved to a new top floor flat which is very warm. its made me think about having to bring the fermt temps down. the current room temp where i am now is at 25c. i belive ales want to ferment at around 20c...

hello all. im currently using biab, and use a electric heater bin to do the mash in and also the boil. i batch sparge. when i go to pour the mash into the boiler, that i have previously collected from the first mash, which is in a fermenting bucket, i have a fair bit of sediment already...

hello all, i brew in a bag, and after mashing i set the bag on a grill over my fermenting bin and let it all drip out till nothings coming out. i then batch sparge, and will do the same thing with letting the bag drip to get as much sugars out as possible. question is, could i leave...

hi guys, sorry if you get this alot but this is all over my head, so to speak. ive got some information for my very local area on my water. is there anything here that i need to change when i make my beer. in other words is there anything i can do to improve my beer from my water? its in...

hello all, im trying to find a very easy to drink, moreish, medium/light bodied ale with summery characteristics. preferably with a strong ABV if possible. something that really does go down to easily if you know what i mean :cross: anyone got any recommendations or suggestions...

hello all, i have done a fair few all grain brew now and recently brought a electric mashing bin and boiler. i used it for the first time recently but didnt quite reach my target O.G. i got the bin upto a bit above 66 C ( the mashing temp stated in the recipe i was following) and...

hi all, couple months ago i made some cider from wind dropped apples for near by. i had some problems with some sort of white film on surface which i belive was a film yeast, since it was bottled with no air in the tops, it did not return. however i opened up a bottle on saturday night...