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What is wrong with this yeast? Why is it only excellent for my low alcohol beer? What do you think? Kind regards, Marius

Hello, Ususally when I mashed in my kettle, some white goo started separating from the grains, and settle on top of the grains. Recently, i built my ferst HERMS, and when I was cleaning out my mash tun afterwards, I noticed that a LOT of this white stuff had gathered at the bottom of the mash...

Hello, I have made a light beer. It has finished fermenting now, but it is still in my fermenter. At the end of the fermentation, a brown goo/cream started gathering on top of the beer. It is rocky and with some bubbles. I have never seen this before in any of my beers. What is this...

Hello my dear friends. I have a vigorious fermentation. My airlock is filling up with brown crap, and when I unscrew the cap for the airlock, i find the brown crap filling up my airlock up wanting to climb out of the fermenter. Is this yeast? Should I dump it back in with a sanitized spoon...

Hello. I am in the middle of brewing, and I am trying to save myself from throwing the whole mash away. I recently built a small HERMS system. It has a false bottom with 3millimeter holes. This is the first time I try to brew in it with grains. I am aimong for gravity of 1.090, so I have a...

Hello, I want to be able to brew three times a day, and some way to effectively culture large amount of the same yeast and the ability to easily despense it for fermentation three times a day. What kind of method would I want? Thanks for your time :mug: Kind regards, Marius

Hello, I am making a herms system. I was warned against using copper pipes, a guy told me that acidic liquids recirculationg, potentially for hours while mashing may be a bad idea. He said that 15 mg copper salts will make you seriously ill. Does anyone know what he was on about. I...

Hello, I am making a herms system. I was warned against using copper pipes, a guy told me that acidic liquids recirculationg, potentially for hours while mashing may be a bad idea. He said that 15 mg copper salts will make you seriously ill. Does anyone know what he was on about. I...

Hello my friends, I have been looking on youtube, and I see a lot of people using copper or plastic tubing to transfer wort in their herms system. I thought it would be easier to use gardening hose, but I wanted to ask if there are any problems with doing this. Maybe particularly regarding...

Hello my friends, I am making my herms system, and I have one steel part in it that is in contact with the water as it recirculates through the side of the mash tun. The thing is easy to dissemble and dry after use to try to prevent in from rusting. Is some rusty items in brewing...

Hello my friends, I was looking at malt mills from Crankandstein. I was wondering what they are saying about the 3rd roller concept is anything to invest money in. This is what they are saying: Source: http://www.crankandstein.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=14 I...

Hello my friends, I would like to tell you what i usually do for lagers and ale, and ask that you suggest ways to improve. I am not certain that I am doing things correctly. I have read how to brew, and several other brewing books. I am very confused because it seems they all do things...

Hello my friends, I read a recent article, where the author implied that lagering is not the same as secondary. I thought it was the same for a lager. So I ask you then? What is the difference between lagering and secondary fermentation? Thanks, Marius

Hello my friends, I am making a Danish lager with Wyeast 2042. My OG was 1.081, right now it is 1.024. Should I expect it to go any further? Kind regards, Marius

Hello my friends, When I rack to secondary to lager for a few weeks, do I leave the yeast behind in the primary, or transfer that too to the secondary wessel? Thanks, Marius

Hello my friends, My lager was 1,081 SG and is now 1,030 SG. Is this a good time to increase the temperature for 24-48 hours for the Diacetyl rest? Palmer says the last 24-48 hours for the Diacetyl rest, others have told me that I should do it when fermentation is 60% complete, and on the...

Hello, Correct me if I am wrong. As I understand it, the hot/cold breaks are when proteins that make your beer more hazy settles at the bottom of the kettle. Am I supposed to leave this material out of my fermenter, or should I dump the whole brew in (including the settled proteins)...

Hello my friends, Should I chose Hop bag or boil hops loose in kettle? Pros and Cons? Marius.

Hello, I am about to construct my first HERMS I was reading this: I imagine that by circulating the mash, more of the liquid would come in contact with the air. I was wondering what kind of inlet manifold for the returning hot mash I would use to minimize oxidation. Thanks, Kind...

Hello, For my next recipe I would like to have a thin mash, say 3 gallon and sparge with about 6 gallons. The total boil would then be 9 gallon. Unfortunatly my boiler is only 5 gal. I was thinking of extracting 3 gallons of first runnings, sparge with 3 gallons, resparge with the second...