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Hi All, I would be grateful for some advice from experienced kombucha brewers. I had a scoby quite a few years ago (long before I got into beer brewing) and really enjoyed kombucha for about 6 months before the scoby got contaminated. I now decided to try brewing kombucha again and I've...

Hi All, I am thinking of brewing a 5g batch of braggot, however, I don't want to boil the whole 5g for an hour to hop it. I assume a half-boil will do just fine, however that would still involve setting up & cleaning my boiler, coller, etc. I'm wondering if I can do a 3-4 litre boil of honey...

Hi All, I have recently bottled a duvel clone, with 2 gal going into minikegs and 3 gal into glass bottles. The beer has been in primary for 3.5 weeks and due to my laziness and stupidity I only took one FG reading. O/g was 1068 and FG was 1011 so I decided that the reading was reasonable...

Hi all! I found a bottle of Tripel Karmeliet in a local shop and decided to try stealing the yeasties from the bottle sediment. I brewed a 200ml starter with 20 gr of DME and pitched the sediment into it. 24 hours later the starter appears to have fermented, however, instead of the usual...

Hi! I'm about to bottle a batch of rauchbeer made following a mix of these 2 recipes: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f77/red-smoke-classic-rauchbier-384627/ https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f77/rauchbier-236623/ but using kolsch yeast. My FG reading is 1018 after 3.5 weeks in the primary...

Hi! I have just finished bottling my first 2 batches of extract with specialty grains and 1 partial mash beer (I have only brewed kits before). All 3 samples had the same strong funky off flavour. Quite yeasty, but also rubbery, with a bitter aftertaste and rather krausen-y. All batches...

Hi! I'll need to split my next batch into bottles and minikegs for a party. I've read that minikegs need only half of the priming sugar that's needed for bottles - is that right? Assuming I want to reach 2.4 vol CO2, then for bottles I'll need 2oz of table sugar, but for minikegs that...

Hi! I have recently tried brewing using specialty grains and partial mash (BIAB), however, I ended up with a lot of sediment in my fermenters (up to ~3 litres for partial mash!). Can somebody please: a) confirm that for steeping specialty grains I just need to throw the bag into ~68C...

Hi! So, I've made myself a stir plate and got some good yeast. On Thurday night I mixed up some DME into 3 pints of water, pitched white labs kolsch yeasties and put the starter on the stir plate. Can somebody please let me know how long to wait until the starter is ready? I am...

Hi! I've been recently trying to make a diy keg. The keg has got to be small as I don't have much space in the fridge, so I got myself one of these 6L containers: http://www.curtec.com/en/products/drums/wide-neck-drums/detail/wide-neck-drums-6-litres Installed a standard motorcycle valve...

Hi! Can somebody please clarify a few things about the priming calculator here: http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html 1) Fermentation Temp: is this temp at bottling or average temp of fermentation? 2) Volume of beer: Is this in US or UK gallons? Thank you!

Hi! I've been looking at kolsch yeast and according to wyeast's description, it ferments well at 13-21C. Does this refer to air temp or wort temp (i.e. air temp of <17C)? I can get air temp of 20-22C for my ale yeasties (which seems to work well) but for <17C I'll have to wait until winter...

Hi! I've just mixed up my last kit beer which is a Munton's export stout. I'm tempted to "dry-hop" it with oak chips or ground coffee beans. Has anyone tried it and got good results? Thanks!

Hi! After half an hour of searching this forum I still can't find a recipe for elderflower wine!! =( Can somebody please point me in the right direction? Thank you!

Hi! I am building up my to-do list and I'd like to brew a porter, however, the recipe database does not show which recipes are AG and which are extract. I've got the equipment to brew extract, partial mash or a BIAB AG, but due to lack of experience I'd like to stick to extract/partial...

Hi! I've done some reading on diy stir plates, and I decided to make one for myself. I would be very grateful for some feedback about the following build: 1) I found this fan...

Hi! I've finally forked out some cash on some good liquid yeast and I intend to breed them and freeze them to use for future brews. Would vials like these be good for the job? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150881529033&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123 I intend to...

Hi! Has anyone tried bottling the apfelwein without carbonating it (say, into wine bottles) and maturing it for > 6 months? Is it nice/worth a try? Thanks!

Hi! I've had a look at some wyeast packs at my LHBS and the price is very steep! I remember skim-reading articles about farming yeast from the bottom of the fermenter, but that required quite a bit of equipment. Would it be relatively easy to farm & freeze some of the wyeast if I take...

Hi! I've got 2 kits left to brew before I go extract/partial mash: Cooper's IPA and Munton's stout. I've brewed 2 kits so far and both hardly had any hop taste in them. I've got some saaz lying around - would it be a good idea to boil some in 3 litres (so I don't have to chill the wort)...