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What are people’s opinions on doing a decoction mash and leaving the last infusion overnight? I’ve done single infusion mashes overnight with a lot of success - always ends up fermenting a bit drier, so mashing pretty high usually works. Basically I’m brewing a prototype for a lager type...

So I’ve got my hands on a pack of Omega’s Jovaru yeast. Does anyone have any experience with it? What pitch rates did you use, and do you know if it benefits from underpitching like a Kveik? I know it’s not a Kveik, but there’s obviously some common ground, what with the high fermentation temps...

Made a ridiculous mistake yesterday - Brewed up a breakfast stout but forgot to add salts to the boil. I usually pre mix my mash salts with the grain and top up in the boiler. This time I did the mash, which was spot on with the PH, but totally forgot the boil addition. With it being a stout...

Ok. Going to be a long one this. I have been getting what I assume to be some kind of lacto infection persistently for a year now, and I can't get rid. It's driving me mental and spoiling some excellent beers. Drinkable, but not as good as they should be. My sanitation is never sloppy, and I...

I had planned to brew a tripel this weekend and prepared a big starter on Wednesday night with a smack pack of 3787 (planned to crash overnight Friday and brew/pitch Saturday). The date on the pack was pushing it a bit at 31st December, but I would have thought there would have been enough...

Thinking of giving it a go this weekend, but I don't want to take a punt if its not good. With it being pretty new on the market I can't seem to find much info about it apart from the manufacturers spiel. Anyone had experience with it?

I made a huge balls up tonight. Just going through the motions in bottling my latest beer and to cut a long story short, I realised I had bought the wrong sized bottle tops... Just after adding my priming solution to the beer. Obviously I can't do anything about it right now, I'll have to get...

I know there is no way to completely 'fix' a DMS problem in a beer, but would a relatively high amount of dry hopping help to mask the sweetcorn/vegetal taste and aroma a bit? Anyone any experience of this? My logic tells me it should help a bit, but my logic isn't always that logical. I have...

Does anyone on these forums do or have experience with BIAB all grain partial boils? I have been doing BIAB Partial mashes for a few months now, and last night I came to the realisation that I could probably ditch the tin of extract that I have been including in each brew, and just up the...

I'm about to brew an IPA in the next day or so, and was just wondering if my recipe looks about right. Any suggestions or words of advice would be appreciated as this is only my 5th partial mash, and my first IPA. I'm going for a bit of a mixture of English and American, but not as big brash...

I have a few questions that i would greatly appreciate some advice on from some of you more experienced brewers on here. Here goes: I've been doing kit brews for the past six months (just put my 7th batch down today) and I've been thinking of taking the next step for a while now. Although I have...

I am going to brew a hobgoblin 'clone' using a Design a Brew pack from Abbey Homebrew in Leeds and would appreciate any advice on how best to go about it. For anyone not familiar with the design a brew range, they are basically customisable kits where you can choose from a range of malt extract...

I am on my second brew - a two tin "colliery stout" no boil kit from abbey home brew in Leeds. I didn't deviate from the kit instructions and the brew seemed to go pretty well. Problem is that it seems to be fermenting very slowly. I brewed a week ago, the OG was only 1.045 (is this low for a...