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Hi all. I'm hoping someone can give me a lehmans guide to what connections I need for my immersion chiller. I've ordered my Brewzilla which arrives in a week or so and this will be the first time I've moved away from making beer with a pan on the stovetop and chilling in the sink with cold...

I just opened one of my latest beers, an American style wheat beer using US-05, and it has a weird sulphur aroma that wasn’t there’s pre-bottle conditioning. It dies off to a very sweet aroma/flavour - possible diacetyl. I’m thinking it might be an infection butit tasted great pre-bottling,has...

Hi all. I'm using the brewers friend water calculator and it says I need to add 5ml of 88% lactic acid to get my pH down to 5.3. I have the settings so I can add the salts and acid to the total water volume at the start to keep things simple - my total water is 13.35l so the addition would be...

Just opened a bottle of my Hazy IPA and I’m getting a real butterscotch flavour from the beer. It’s drinkable but masking all the hop flavour. So I’m guessing this is diacetyl.. Will this improve or get worse? I just want to know whether I need to chug or wait. On an aside, I’m getting a...

Hi all. Currently have a Bonde Ale in the primary. OG was 1.040, using Fermentis S-04 at 17.5C, gravity was down to 1.016 by day 3. I then increased the temp up to 20C to finish. Checked again on day 5 and has only come down to 1.014 with my estimated FG in BeerSmith being 1.010. Ideally I...

Hi, I bottled pale ale over two weeks ago now maybe three weeks ago and I've opened a couple of these and they have next to no carbonation. They have a little hiss when popping the cap but thats about it. I've made around 8 batches so far and all have been nicely carbed after two weeks, I...

I'd like to try an American wheat beer for my next brew and wondering if any of my hops will suit this style well? After a mix up with lost deliveries over Christmas, I've ended up with a load of new Hops in my freezer so ideally want to use these rather than order more! The hops I have on...

Hi all, I've just ordered a PH meter and some 88% lactic acid solution so I can dip my toes further into water chemistry. I've also got some gypsum and epsom salts which I started using a couple of brews ago but yet to taste. It may be helpful to detail my current process before asking my...

Hi all, I keep reading that my beer should get better with age but from my very limited experience I feel like my beers taste better young. For example I have a mosaic smash that I brewed maybe 6 weeks ago, I'm drinking right now and sitting here thinking it definately tasted better 2 weeks...

Hi all, I've just started reading my gravity a few brews in and I just want to make sure I'm reading things correctly. I use a refractometer which only shows Brix so have been using the BeerSmith conversion tool. My OG came up quite short at 10 brix - I also used a hydrometer to confim which...

Hi all, I went to my LHBS today and asked them to throw in some lactic acid and I ended up with this in powder form and I can't find any solid information on how to use it. Has anyone any experience using this and how much to use?

I noticed when drinking my latest brew (Maris Otter & Mosiac Pale) that it got nicer as it got warmer. Like noticeably better in flavour, aroma, mouthfeel and it got me wondering am I serving it too cold? What temperature does everyone go for? I think my fridge it at 4°C.

Hi, I primed and bottled my Amarillo/Chinook APA just now and decided to try the leftovers I couldnt get in the bottle and it was sickly sweet! Now I realise I've just added 50g of sugar but as it was to 7 litres of beer I assumed this wouldn't be a noticeable as it was! I assume that this...

Hi all. I'm just started drinking my 4th brew which was a SMaSH with Maris Otter and Mosaic. I'm really happy with the results after having to toss my 3rd batch for some really off-medinal flavours. A mix of building a fermentation chamber to keep my temps level and using camden tablets seems...

Hi All, I'm about to put in an order of grains, yeast and hops and I can't decide on which hops I want to try out. I'm 5 brews in, first 2 were ok, 3rd went down the drain but I seem to have nailed it with the 4th (single hop Mosaic Pale) and 5th (Amarillo/Chinook APA). So far I've mainly...

Hi all, I'm thinking of my next beer recipe and want to go for a nice tropical low IBU sessionable pale. Might try additon a touch of flaked wheat/oat. I'm just wondering what the effect would be if I only did a whirlpool additon at around 76C, no bittering addition, no dry hop. I have some...

Hi all. I've created a recipe for the first time and just looking for some feedback as it's my first time using flaked oats and putting hops together. I'm trying to create something that's sessionable but with some decent body to it, low IBU and a nice tropical/citrus flavour. The 2nd...

Hi, Just getting into brewing and playing around with recipes etc making small 7.5l batches. I've read a lot about beers with higher hop contents having oxidation issues like NEIPAs, I'm just wondering at what level of hops to I need to worry about this? I'm currently mashing ready for a...

Hi. I’m a brew newbie wondering if there is some sort of app or website where I can put in my ingredients I have and see recipes that fit?! I’m bottling my 3rd this weekend and want to start another ASAP. For grains I have some Pale malt, MO, Honey and Caramalt. Hops I have Amarillo...

Hi all. First post, 3rd brew currently in the primary fermenter. I started with two pretty basic recipes using a Kona Big Wave clone which turned out nice but wanted something a little bigger on flavour so decided to try a BrewDog Hop Fiction clone. I’ve just dry hopped on day 10 in the...