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I have recently purchased a bag of nutromix salt as a yeast nutrient. Information online tells me its used for wine brewing and i have used less then a gram in my previous two batches that are still fermenting. Anyone any experience with this product and will it be ok for making stout, ipa etc...

Im currently creating a recipe for a DIPA im keeping it simple in regards to grains but i am unsure whether or not to trust my water calculations. Im using RO and a newbie to this but from my research i always see advice to add more calcium chloride then sulfate but my matching water profile...

Ive recently brewed a porter the starting gravity was 1.062 and i used one pack of S-04 on a 25 litre batch. The final gravity should be 1.014 but its stopped at 1.020 although its only been 6 days fermenting at 18c and it seems the activity is well finished. Im wondering could i add a half pack...

Im brewing 6 months and learning my lessons as i go! I made centennial blonde replica and wasnt bad so this time around i used extra hops and mixed with williamette as i had them to use. I tasted the beer during the gravity reason and it tasted a lot stronger and bitter then i have tasted...

I am brewing 2 lagers that are fermenting in my chest freezer and i have no cold space for more batches. I decided to brew a hybrid california common, using california lager yeast. My apartment is usully around 60f so i assumed i could ferment in ambient. I used 2 dried sachets and pitched at...

I have 3 lagers on the go, the first I fermented for 17 days at 53f and it measured 1.024 from an expexted 1.016, starting at 1.052og. I checked afer 20 days and possibly a fraction off a change and then raised the temperature to 61 for diacetyl rest for 2 days further and no change in og so I...

Ive touched on this subject before but still a bit confused. I understand there is information given online for the ingredients to your local water company and its minerals etc. I have been using tap water on my few brews and some have been ok and some bad. Should i use spring water instead...

Im new to home brewing and Im focusing mainly on lager as its what I drink. Ive watched tons of videos etc on brewing but just want to see if I can get extra advice on the whole process! After pitching powder should i allow to ferment at a higher temp and for how long? How long can i leave in...

Im currently setting up my kegerator system and im hoping to install my taps soon. I have 3 corny kegs, two im using for lager and beer the other specifically for stout which i will source a stout faucet. I have purchased two taps. One is a cheap faucet comes as described in the pic and the...

First two batches of beer i used the dried yeast that came with the kits and just added when at ambient and worked out well. I decided to do three batches for my 2nd attemp and without knowing the difference i orderd liquid yeast in a smack pack and realised half hour before pitching it needed...

Ive put up a previous post about my kegging disaster! Im about 3 months into home brewing and i have learnt the hard way with some mistakes and problems. Basically the beer has flowed through my gas line into my regulator possibly due to too little headspace, carbonating at a higher temperature...

This is my second double batch of beer ive made but on this occasion its has gone horribly wrong! I possibly didnt put in my temperature controller probe properly and I noticed today it was beginning to freeze so I turned off the power. I was hoping the kegs did not freeze but looks like it was...

I currently have 2 corny kegs with beer 2 weeks in my corny kegs. After 2 weeks of fermentation I filled the kegs and bumped it up to 30 psi for a few days and down to 12 psi for the rest of the week and they both produced lovely pints. I am running both off one gas line using a dual john guest...

I am currently brewing guinness and have a lot of friends with guinness kegerators in which is basically a fridge with a custom keg of guinness( not homebrew!). A lot are complaining about bad pints and too much head on the pint. Im wondering is there a perfect serving strategy for guinness? Im...

Im after brewing 3 lagers with all different recipes and i was left with vienna, europils, munich and carrafell. Im thinking of being creative and making a batch of beer with my leftover malts! Any experiences or even recipes with a variety of malts

I have recently brewed my first two home brews american ipa and european lager. I fermented for two weeks and after correct fg readings i stuck them in corny kegs without pressure for 3 days as i had the wrong gas and 4 days in a fridge on 20 psi to speed up the carbonation. I pulled my first...

Im new to brewing and i have brewed an american ipa and a lager. I done my first transfers with a syphon and filled two corny kegs, and bottled the rest. The bottles look pretty awful! and probaly 10% yeast cloud on the bottom, although I discarded about 2 litres. Im not to conserned about the...

I have only recently begun my new adventure in home brewing. I realised from the beginning ball lock was the way forward for me and ive continued with that system. I have noticed pin lock corny kegs going cheap in my area and wondering would it be much hassle converting systems? examples being...

Im after getting all the ingredients pre mashed for a guinness clone. Has anybody tried this? I was assuming i would cook my mash biab for 90 minutes as usual, then add my hops to a 90 minute boil. Is there better ways like soaking grains? Or will this method work?

I have fermented a beer and a lager into 2 18l corny kegs and i was let down with a fridge and as i have been very busy all week i have been unable to get a fridge yet! I removed the two worths from the fermentation vessels after 2 weeks of fermentation and syphoned them to my corny kegs. I...