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Hey guys, last night i made a yeast starter that i was gonna use tonight but i couldnt brew so it'll have to wait till tomorrow, but if you look at this image, is that normal ? Its wyeast 1318 i think, London Ale 3 (harvested) When i racked the beer to bottles that i originally used the...

Hey guys, i just to this 60L boil pot (plastic) now, beersmith tells me i can only do about 30L batch from that, is that true ? I ditched my 30L pot to be able to use the 60L pot and end up with 2x20L batches, am i calculating this wrong ? How much water should i use for the mash ? (about...

Hey guys i was about to reach hot break and then suddenly my element started to turn off regularly after about 1 minute and then once off, bout 10 sec later i hear a small "click" in the element and then it turns on again.... Anyone have any idea about whats going on ? I have 2 elements...

Hey guys so yesterday i made my first all grain It was a wheat beer with 1.75 kg Pilsner malt 1.75kg Wheat malt 0.28kg Munich I malt 35gr Hallertauer Hersbrucker hops Boiled the hops for 60mins I added the chiller in when 10mins where...

Hey guys, i didnt find anything on google so here it goes First time i plugged in my new brew pot with 2x2200w elements, the plug in wire got so hot it melted, i figured out later it was a cheap wire that obviously couldnt hold the power. However, when connecting a standart PSU cable (PC...

Hey guys i recently bought a BetterBrew IPA beer kit and its now day 8 fermenting. OG; 1.050 So i still got another week or two atleast in the fermentor before bottling. My question however is, untill now i've only made Lager and pilsner kits, and always put 1 tsp of priming sugar per...

Hey guys im about to bottle now, and this will be the first time i do a priming soution, how much sugar is needed for 20 L pilsner style ? Do i boil water, add sugar and cool it ? Any help is very much appreciated ! :)

Hey guys im about to bottle my brew now and this will be the first time i use a secondary botteling bucket and am going to rack the beer ontop of the boiled sugar water (cooled ofc) so the question is... How much dextros and water do i boil, for around 22L of beer? (its at 23L mark, but i...

Hey guys, planned to bottle one batch tonight and sanitized everything i needed, and 50 bottles. THEN, i took a gravity reading and noticed that it was 1.022 :O So, i immidiedly sanitized the airlock again and put the fermenter back, one thing i noticed is that there seemd to be alot of...

Hey guys, was wondering if i should dry hop my latest batch since im going to be leaving it there for a month. Now, this batch i made a hop tea, so is it useless/not recommended to dry hop ? Do i get any better beer or just ruin it ? Best Regards

Hey guys, im about to add hops to my beer kit. Its Coopers Bitter. I have 110g Amarillo and 110g Citra to use. (4oz each) So what do you recommend ? Hop Tea ? Do i boil half of the beer kit and add hops to it for 30mins ? Please tell me what to do whith these hops and how to do it :) Best...

Hey guys, just picked up a Coopers Bitter, 5oz Citra and 5oz Amarillo today getting ready for the next batch. Then i noticed that the can says Best Before 29/05/2010 Safe to continue ? All the cans at my LHBS are expired like that and he has no kinds of yeast for sale... So go or no go ?

Guys, i put my Scottish Export bottles in the fridge 3 days ago, this being the 4th day. After 24 hours, the beer was OK, a bit apple taste, low carb. After 48 hours, the beer was very drinkable, carbed allright and just a tiny apple taste. After 72 hours, this bottle was the best one so far...

Hey guys, its the first time i do a Coopers beer kit (Real Ale), so i wanted to ask here to be sure all is right. Now i did everything i always do, sanitise everything i need and more than that, sanitise the sugar bowl, everything. So after pitching the yeast in and stirring well and got...

Hey guys, i made scottish export kit, fermented for 11 days and then bottled. Now, when i opened the fermentation bucket (Im not english!) And as i usualy do right after is to take a smell from the bucket, and see if i have beer smell. Or alcohol smell. This time it hit me in the face like a...