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Hey JustARogue, Did you end up brewing this? How did it go? I was thinking about trying it out. Looking for a complex malty stout and this looks pretty good.

Hi Mas, Wow this is an old brew. I remember doing this and not being overly impressed with the results. It ended up with very little hops character and tasted pretty underwhelming. I would be tempted to use a little more riwaka and swap to sauvin for something more interesting. I hope that helps

I remove the posts and dip tubes for every second beer. You can clean everything and then replace/relube all the washers that way. I often find little bits of hops and other stuff trapped in the valves.

Your totally correct but the aim was to rack before completing fermentation. So I was recommending a method for that, not for racking at completion of fermentation.

The majority of brewers have wives/girlfriends that think they are idiots for sniffing airlocks, admiring the clarity and color of a brew, getting excited when we hit our OG perfectly. But if we didn't do it then they wouldn't drink our lovely beer. We should be worshipped for our dedication. Lol

Btw I always cover my carboy with a towel to ensure there is no light in there. Only consideration should be temperature control. Eg if your room temp is too high you may end up fermenting too hot with the insulation of a towel.

If its an extract/partial boil batch it's likely your OG is high due to not mixing the top up water before taking your sample. If you have the right volume and its am extract kit then don't worry about gravity, it will be fine. As long as your yeast is healthy and you weren't breathing on the...

Not every day but my last brew session I did 2 batches for myself and one for a mate then the next day I did 2 for a wedding and 1 for a bachelors party. You would be surprised what you can do with two burners, two pots and a cooler mash tun. You just use the time wisely. Actually the hardest...

Inspirational alcoholics lol. Inormally have at least 35-40gal of beer in kegs and can brew up to 3 x 5gal batches in a day. Wait until you start brewing for other people and for their parties. You can easily get into the habit if brewing two or three batches a week

Every single member on this forum is an airlock sniffer. A little CO2 never hurt anyone and it only adds to the enjoyment.

The only reason I broke the pipeline was because I decommissioned my kit to modify it into a 2 tier setup that has ended up taking a lot longer to complete than I expected.

The main reason why brewers upgrade their kit is to brew more beer concurrently rather than because of the kit breaking. If you buy a noob kit I guarantee that the first upgrade you will do is purchase another carboy so that you can brew two batches at once.

The gear you get is good and serves the purpose for your first batches. I have not met too many brewers that didn't start on a kit like that. Your better to buy the kit and do a few batches on it to make sure you like brewing before you start spending money on more kit.

What sort of chiller did you make? If its a copper cool immersion chiller then it will do the job without needing to be in a cold water bath. Dump it in 5-10mins from flame out to sanitise it and you will be good to go.

Get some PBW and soak the dirty bottles in that. The problem with starsan is that in theory it will lose its sanitising effect over time. You would be better to PBW the bottles then rinse and dump into starsan at the start of your brew day. If you manage to get infected beer after that process...

The age old argument about racking to a secondary or not is really personal preference. The majority of the commercials dump the trub during ferment (basically the same effect as racking to primary). The main reason not to Is the risk of infection or oxidation.

It's not a particularly scientific method but the general rule is to wait until the airlock slows to a few bubbles a minute. I would not base it on how many days since you pitched the yeast because without precise temp control no two fermentations would run the same.

I am scared that I am going to have the same situation when I get home from my holiday. The only two kegs of beer I had left after Christmas were in the beer fridge when we left and my brother in law has been house sitting for us for the last two weeks. It could be a dry few weeks.....😞

I agree, 1.037 seems pretty low for the amount of malt used but that can happen when you add cold water and don't mix properly before taking a reading sample. 1.015 is too high for bottling but sounds about right for 4 days. I often find my fermentation slows a little at the end. Give it a...