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Hi all. So the last couple of beers I have been aiming for more body and trying to mash at 68-69 c (154-156f) and the recipe been using has got 1051 hydro reading. The beers didn't or haven't fermented below 1023. They taste very full bodied. The strike water was 75 c (167f) and takes few...

So I want to start kegging and bottling from kegs. Cornelius types are hard to come by here and the brewshop has a 30 liter normal type kegs ( not Cornelius). I have a beer gun that I imported from the states and before I buy a keg I want to know if it's possible to use beer gun with this type...

Is there something missing inside the capper bell as my last brew didn't carb, it must be the capper as all the grolch type wire bottles carbed just not the pop tops

is there something missing inside the bell as my last brew didn't carb

Hello, my last brew is still flat and I know it carbonated as 2 bottles were with the grolch style wired caps and they were carved up good but the rest are still flat. Is there something that goes inside the capper bell to even the weight of pressing down that's fallen off or does this look alright?

So the missus wants me to make her a beer she would like, I'm thinking a wheat with orange peel and ginger in the fermentors the slight flavouring. Anyone have any experience with these 2 ingredients as in how much to use so the flavouring is there but is not overpowering?

Hello, I'm checking my cider every couple of days with hydrometer, I want it finished around 1012, I'm aware that potasium sorbate doesn't kill the yeast, that it merely halts the reproduction, if I put in potasium sorbate does the live yeast have enough cells to bring down more points on the...

Hi I'm bottling a wit today and also crushing apples, any one ever used the cake from a beer and dumped the cider on top Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

So last time I went to the supermarket to stock up on London pride I saw they have started stocking a few beers from USA called rogue. Can anyone recommend this beer as it's expensive and don't want to waste money when I could be buying fullers. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Can somebody tell me where notty yeast finishes fermenting cider, with no added sugar. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Hi all. Just finished fermenting 20litres of cider. Had some tea bags in there for body. It's finished fermenting and clear in secondary. Tasted a little and very harsh . Will this dissapear in time. I know most ppl like to age 6 months or so. Will it be best to bottle and age or leave in...

Got a yeasty fermentation smell after 3 days. Is this normal. Wouldn't ask but smells like my last beer smelt finished and had yeasty taste Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

so last year i made 40 litres of cider, 2 20 liter batches 1 was natural fermentation and the other was wine yeast, both smelt good. this year i only made 20 litres and its bottled, but this year i used pectin in the must and campden tabs, then for fermentation i used notty ale yeast, straight...

i have a new job and brewday for me will be saturday, however the new job involves staying away mon-fri so i will not be able to keep the water surrounding the fermenter cold with icepacks everyday, any ideas for keeping it the same temp for a week with out me being there????????????:mug:

hey i will be making a honey wheat beer this weekend, i got all the ingredients, and would like to know if it would be ok to put all the honey (two and hald lbs) in a starter instead of in the brewpot or is this a bad idea??:mug:

yo, making a cider press with an open ended bucket, i have the frame constructed and just need to make the bucket, now i have the oak cut for me but i have come to a problem, what to use for the rings, i can get aluminium straps for this but i heard that aluminium and apple juice is a no no, so...

ok so im trying to sort some gear out and my question is not beer related but it will help me establish what i am doing, so im english and i live in chile and ive learnt here to (solderado) soldering to you and me or so i thought, but when looking at the equipment ive been using on english...

so i have a big 90 litre plastic water tank and this summer i plan on filling it up withapple juice for cider, it has a tap maybe 3 inches from the bottom, any way ionly have 1 of these tanks and the ciders iv done before i have always racked 2 times, will it affect the taste if i just leave it...

hey,is it possible to weld a valve on to a aluminium stockpot, how would i do this? and is the weld poisenous? if so how else can i attatch it?

a friend of mine works with steel and said we could go halves on cash for a homebuilt stainless steel conical fermentor, does anyone have plans for one that holds from 180-220 litres? thanks