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Hi everyone I brewed an Irish Red Ale last weekend. I pitched a 1L starter of WLP004 on Sunday and Sunday night I realised I forgot to aerate the wort before pitching! Whoops. Airlock activity started about 24 hours after pitching and weirdly, five days later, is still going, although the...

Hi Everyone, I am a relatively novice brewer, I have done 5 AG brews with varying success, all have been ales. I'd love to brew a lager but I dont have a fridge. I could get one, or a keezer, but space is a concern. What I do have is a good SS Brewtech fermenter with FTSS temp control...

Hey everyone I popped a cap off my most recent brew tonight, an ESB. I was really looking forward to it but it's flat as a pancake! This is the first time this has happened to me. I opened two bottles so it wasn't a once off. I used mangroves carbonation drops which have worked plenty of...

Hey Everyone, I did my fourth brew over the easter weekend, an all grain ESB. I'm posting because this is the weirdest fermentation ever. Normally, with my previous brews, in around 24 hours the airlock comes to life, and there is a noticeable smell in the air. With this brew, for the...

Hey Everyone, I did my fourth brew today. All grain, ESB. I have some questions? Can anyone shed any light on this? - Efficiency was low. OG was 1.050 where it should have been 1.056 or thereabouts. Any ideas what could cause that? I brew in a Robobrew, mashed in at 69, mashed at 66...

Hi everyone I brewed a Citra IPA last weekend. Can't wait til it finishes. It's been in Primary for 6 days now, and has been dry hopped for the last two days. I normally give my brews two weeks in the FV before bottling. I don't have a secondary fermenter. (I do have a SS Chronical...

Hey Everyone, I am thinking of building a keezer. I love brewing but I hate collecting, cleaning and filling bottles (and my so-far patient wife is kind of sick of seeing bottles around the house everywhere). Although, I would like to be able to bottle some of a batch so I can give to friends...

Hi Everyone. I just brewed my second batch of beer. (All grain, I'm diving head first into this crazy but awesome hobby). I did a gravity reading the other day before bottling. It came in much lower than expected, at 1.002 (it should be around 1.010). Just wondering why this could have...