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I have tried my first pilsner with a genuine lager yeast. Ive kept my bucket at a constant 59F...ish. After 24 hours nothing! No activity at all. I'm worried I may have added the yeast at too warm a temp (it was no more then 64F). Any other ideas? Thanks

So i was using a kit which came with a couple of bags of hoppy flavoury goodness (rather like tea bags). However one of them broke....and the green goodness became bad! I didn't have anything to strain it with and did not want risk contaminating anything by grabbing something from the...

yuckkkk... been in bottle for a few weeks. Whats up with that? Cheers

I have installed an very big heating element into a plastic fermenter. Just did a test run - water reached 4 degrees above boiling point (at all points in the water) and I got gentle boil. It was violent over the element...but everywhere else was more of a relaxed boil. Any ideas how I...

what is the best way to cut a hole in a plastic fermenting bucket. Should I just use a drill and a circle cutter (for wood)? Cheers

I transfred my 1st lager batch to a pressure barrel (we have established you dn't have them in US so a plastic airtight barrel) with sugar to carbonate. I had a taste prior to this and it tasted GREAT. Not too bitter not to sweet. Only thing missing was carbs. NOW (3 days later), it has an...

I was thiking about adding this to help clear up my lager but am a bit confused as to when I should add it. Presumably the act of clearing the beer is also clearing the yeasties and therefore if I do it before bottling there won't be anything left for carbonation??? Thanks

So I keep sanitizing things (like 80 bottles), getting interupted by something (like a woman), coming back to my bottles 24 hours later and having to start again. Is there anyway to keep things sanitized enough (like soaking in iodophor or something) to just wash them with boiling water later...

I was planning to add 6oz of sugar to my beer before bottling. However, turns out the scales are broken! I put about 2 oz too much in! With enough time - will the yeasties eat it all? Thanks Guys

I have just put my batch of lager into a "pressure barrel". I know you guys don't much about em in America, but I have force carbonated it using sodastream canisters. Well...this is my question I have a nice creamy white head and great head retention, but there is still no REAL fizz in the...

I have asked a variation of this before but never got a real answer. My first batch was a lager with ale yeast and it has been fermentig (at room temo because otherwise it wouldn't ferment) for 3 weeks. FG has settled. But it looks like piss. It tastes great (minus the carb) but it is no...

As the british don't know about turkey fryers - Ive been looking for another way to heat my wort. Doe anyone have experience with something like this? Hopandgrape Store ELECTRIM 5 Gallon BOILER Yay or Nay? The guy says he can do me a 7 gallon one (8.4 US gallons), which should be...

First batch (of 3 batchs)- it is a lager kit with what I can only guess was an ale yeast. My fermenter has been bubbling away for about 2.5 weeks. My FG has leveled out. Gonna bottle on friday. decided to have a sip after taking my readingand it tastes...well very much how I would have...

I see many posts of proper kegging systems but I can't find much info on simple plastic pressure barrels with a mini c02 canister on the top (I have one). I'm trying to find out what the carbanation from sugar/carb from co2 ratio should be? If I'm forcing co2, do I need sugar at all? Will...

I now have 3 batches on the go although I don't have any completed. One is about ready to bottle (hydrometer consistant for over 3 days) but Im gonna leave it where it is for a total of 3 weeks. I had a little sip and it tastes great already but it is still very cloudy (meant to be a...

ok... I know the number one piece of advice when something goes wrong is "leave it alone. It will be ok". BUT... I am fairly certain that without intervention my beer is screwed. 1, it has way too much water in it. 2, The temp in the UK dropped like crazy. After a healthy start to...

My fermentation was off to a nice start and after 24 hours all activity stopped. I thought it might be something to do with another problem I was having and then realised that my temp had dropped over night A LOT! I have moved it to a warmer place. Is it likley to become unstuck or will it...

I just made my second extract brew. Threw out the instructions because everyone says they are crap and....they were in french. It's now in the fermenting bucket and I just found out it was deigned for 20 litres and I made it with 25 litres of water:( Is it going to taste like p*ss (bud...

Would this work/taste ok? Cheers

As I don't have a secondary, is there anything wrong with transfering into my plastic keg, cleaning and steralising my primary and transfering back into it...other then risk of contamination?