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Hey everyone, I'm considering changing from a 3 vessel system to single vessel e.g. Grainfather. Because I have an extractor hood to one side of my brew table I'd like to consider a sliding set up that would allow me to have the vessel to the left during mash and lift the basket out to drain...

Hi guys, I recently started using my electric setup again after having it in storage a couple of years, so I'm hoping this is simply some kind of setting that I've forgotten about as I really can't remember much about using the PID. I brewed last week with no issues, but today have gone to...

Maybe this has been asked before so apologies if so. I'm in the process of putting together a new brewing set up after a hiatus whilst renovating our new house. I've been going back and forth on the pots to use but keep coming back to the SS Brewtech system (2 pots and the mash tun). The main...

I brewed an IPA a few months ago and it was ok but had an odd harshness to it, almost a harsh bitterness and unpleasant. I put it down my recipe or something and thought I'd brew a pale ale to tone own the bitterness and gradually work up in case my IPA was just too high in IBUs. So I brewed...

I'm just starting out reading up on water chemistry and water additions etc, and have been looking at John Palmer's nomograph to calculate RA etc. I may just be being an idiot but would appreciate some quick clarification on something? The colour guide at the top only starts above 5.6 ph...

I'm just starting a brew day, and my propane burner was getting my water up to strike temp whilst I got the grains etc ready. I went back out to see how it was going and instead of the normal sound it make I could hear like a fierce flame sound like a plumbers gas torch. I then notice that...

I don't know what other people will make of this, but I'm wondering if others feel the same. I should start by saying that I'm all for the growth in people drinking and brewing real ale and craft beer around the world, & love the added choice that beer drinkers have these days. My issue is...

My father in law has recently saved up 750ml cork bottles from an Abbey beer that he had 15 bottles of. We were chatting and thought it would be cool to brew up a nice belgian beer of some kind that we put in them and seal with a cork etc and make look nice etc (just for fun really). I've...

Hi, I've been trying to do this for some time and it's really bugging me now. I want the colour indicator of the beer I am making to be in SRM (as this it seems would be the standard), however in my recipe I want to be able to put my grains in lovibond or EBC (as again, this is how all the...

Apologies to ask what has surely been covered before (but I've not been able to find exactly what I'm looking for), but I'm looking for some help in describing how to fix wood cladding to a stainless steel kettle? I know commercial versions may use metal rings to hold the wood in place, but...

I've brewed beer for a while but next week will be my first attempt at a cider. I don't want it to be too dry, but I don't want to add splenda or anything to the finished product as I don't like the taste. I have 2 ways I'm looking at achieving my goal so I'd like to know if either (or neither)...

I have recently brewed an APA and I filled a corny keg with most of it, then batch primed and filled 12 bottles as well with the rest. After 10 days the keg is pretty good but not exactly what I was going for. I tried a bottle and it was hands down the best beer I've ever brewed! The aroma...

I am in the UK where getting a water report doesn't seem to be as simple as in the states. I have a friend who works at my local water company and he managed to get a friend who works in the lab to do me a water report. Under 'sulphate' I have 2 figures - 'as sulphur - 32.496ppm' and 'as...

I'm sat at home bored so I figured I'd put up a few pics of my recently complete pub shed/ home bar. I've aimed for a traditional English pub feel and think I've got pretty close. Still a few little bits and bobs to finish up but overall I'm pretty chuffed with how's it's turned out. Here it is....

I've been kegging for 6 months or so and I love everything about it, except I keep getting similar issues recently where when I go to pour a pint. I pull the handle and nothing happens, no beer comes out. The keg is half full so I know that's not the issue, & there's definitely gas going into...

I have a stout on CO2 as I've not yet got a beer gas regulator and tank set up. I had it at about 5psi for a few days and it was overcarbed, almost like a pale ale level of carbonation. I turned the gas down to about 1-2psi which is realistically as low as I can go on my regulator, and the beer...

Hello, I've just sparged a brew and it's in the kettle getting up to boil. My target pre boil gravity was 1.041 at 32 litres but I've hit 1.047 at 33 litres! My efficiency has been increasing lately but this is a big jump. I'm unsure of the next step to take either let it boil down and...

My latest beer, an APA, was pouring fairly clear and well carbed from the keg, but was lacking in aroma a bit. I dry hopped it yesterday with just under 2 oz cascade pellets in a muslin bag with a few marbles to weigh it down a bit. I didn't expect the dry hop to have had a huge effect just a...

Hi, I have just bought a new disconnect via mail order (no local stockists) but unfortunately there is a small leak in the top. On the top of the disconnect where you have a slot, then a circle around it, the leak is coming from the circle. I can feel gas escaping and when I press my finger...

I'm about to brew a dry stout, and my intention is to cold steep the roasted barley separately from my mash containing the pale grains, then add it later. I'm wondering how I go about putting this into beersmith correctly? As the roasted barley will not be mashed I need to do away with the...