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I made a Dunkles Weissbier on Monday, 5.25kg of malt, ran out 26 liters of liqour out of the mash tun, boiled it for 1.5 hours (rigourous for the frist 5 minutes, then turned down to a gentle simmering boil) and ended up with just shy of 18 liters in the fermenter, with not much left in the...

Hi all, I went to go activate my Wyeast Weihenstephan 3068 packs and they were a bit swollen prior to smacking. Instead of being the normal 1cm thick, they were 2cm thick. The production date is December 2012, so they're 9 months old, but I bought them from the store myself and put them...

Hi all, I've noticed a number of cleaning products that include bleach these days. I use them to clean the surfaces / areas that won't touch the beer but will have equipment around or on it. Does anyone have any info on how effective these are at sanitizing surfaces ? And, how could I...

I've got two sacks for Malt, both Weyermann, one is Pale Ale one is Pilsner malt. Neither has been milled. But I purchased them over a year ago... still in their original bag, unopened.. But stored in an apartment w/o air conditioning (temp never went above 35°C) Does anyone know any reason...

Doing my first all grain brew in 13 years... the techniques are rusty, but coming back pretty well.. A well-hopped Pale Ale with Fuggles, Goldings and Saaz.. It's beginning to boil, going to add the first hops in a few minutes... God I've missed this.... :mug: :cool:

Seeing all these posts and news articles on brewery bids, takeovers etc, all I can say is this: Since InBev bought out Boddington's the beer has gone down hill. They closed the Strangeways brewery and moved production elsewhere. Currently, I get a local pint of Boddington's and it's no longer...

Hi Everyone, Am looking for a recipe for Flowers IPA. There's a book floating around called "Real Ales for the Home Brewer" that has the recipe, but Amazon says it's out of stock. Does anyone have a/the recipe for this beer? Thanks, Awfers

Hi All! Grüzli aus Europa! I'm starting over again in brewing, having not touched malt in 10 years. Beginning with extract batches (just bottled my first batch) and hopefully get back to brewing my doppel-decocted dunkles Weissbier (my speciality and personal favourite). Feels good to...

Hi All, I've got access to inexpensive frozen raspberries and was thinking of making a raspberry wheat or stout. But, seeing as I want to add it to the secondary and not primary fermenter (to get as much raspberry goodness as possbile), I'm wondering how to go about "sanitizing" the fruit...

Hi All, I purchased some used fermenters (plastic), pots, pans etc from someone who was leaving the country. Got a real good deal on it. BUT, I've noticed that he hadn't cleaned his fermenters since his last brew. ie: they're dirty as heck with caked on fermentation residue (looks like...

Hi all! I have some old Powdered Malt Extract that has a Use By date of 2003... Is there any real reason I couldn't use it now (2008)? On visual inspection, it seems ok (no mould or anything). It's in the original packaging, never been opened.. Any ideas if this is still good to use...