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I'm planning a light lager recipe that's going to have around 20% Crisp flaked, torrefied maize. Looking at the datasheet I can see it has a high extract potential - 86.5% equates to 1.040 in Beersmith. This is higher than base malt. The thing is, the Brulosophy folks (link) tried brewing with...

PBW (and Starsan) are no longer available in the EU. This situation may be resolved by the importer but existing stocks are running very low at the usual online stockists. I am personally getting close to the bottom of my tub of PBW and may have to mix my own from ingredients I can get on ebay...

I'm on my first 14lb CO2 cylinder and it's been about 13 months so far. In that time I've done 8 full size corny's and 3 half-size. All have been force carbed, dispensed and then the CO2 used again to push some PBW through the lines, water to rinse and some starsan to sterilise. I also use it to...

I'm planning a porter for this weekend's brew and am working through the water treatment in Brunwater. I will be cold steeping the roasted grains for 24 hours like the guides on the internet tell you to do. I'm a little confused as to what water needs what treatment. I'm guessing that it's...

When I add Crisp Medium Crystal (240 EBC) to a recipe in Bru'n Water it flags the line item as red if the Grain Type dropdown is "Crystal Malt". If I change it to "Roast Malt" then red goes away but the pH prediction drops significantly from 5.30 to 5.18. Am I supposed to ignore the red warning...

I'm planning a pale ale with Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin hops and for the whole Aussie experience I was thinking of trying the WLP009 Australian yeast. Has anyone tried it and is it any good? I'm not looking to make a hop or malt bomb with this one. I'd like the result to be nicely balanced between...

I'm doing my first high gravity BIAB brew next week and am looking for tips that'll help me to hit my target OG of 1.090. I normally do 6 gallon brews in the 1.042 to 1.050 range and hit 80-85% BH efficiency. I crush my own grain with a 32 mil gap. I save back about 1.5 gallons for a 10 minute...

Here's a puzzler for the maths folks. I batch prime my beer with table sugar dissolved in boiled water before bottling. Depending on the carbonation level this can add up to 0.5% ABV to my brew. I don't want that and I know that it is possible to calculate the amount of water to batch prime with...

This one came about because I had a lot of wheat that needed using up. I decided to combine that with some Citra and Amarillo to create a sessionable American wheat ale and the results have far exceeded my modest expectations. This would make a great summer evening brew to accompany some...

I've read all tutorials here and on the wider internet and am still a bit unsure of the best ratios to use for glycerine, water and yeast slurry. I have the kit: 20ml autoclavable glass jars with screw tops, dropper pipette, pressure cooker. I have yeast that I want to freeze from an overbuilt...

Looks like wyeast have released this one from the private collection. Has anyone got any experience with it and if you have used it would you do so again?

My next brew requires a 2-step starter with lager yeast. I have completed step 1 and now life has got in the way and there will be an 8 day gap before I can do step 2. I'm currently storing the starter in its flask with the foil on top, with the flask in a sterilised brewing bucket with the lid...

I'm planning an APA using Citra and Mosaic with all hops added as late additions starting at 15 minutes. I read somewhere that Citra is the more dominant hop so I should use less of it in the boil so I've sketched up a recipe with 2:1 Mosaic:Citra at the following intervals: 15 mins: 1oz...

I'm in the rather fortunate position of having about 2oz/3oz of Centennial/Cascade available and I'm planning to add 4oz of Citra to that collection and I think I'll brew myself a sessionable American Pale to showcase those hops. Here's my tentative recipe for a 20 litre batch based on malts...

Hi, Now I've got a few BIAB sessions under my belt mostly following other people's recipes I'd like to try one of my own. It's intended to be a sessionable 4.5% ABV Scottish Export brew darkened to a level that I think is right for the taste. Here it is (batch size 5.3 gallons (20 litres))...