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The beer has now started happily bubbling away, in fact there seems to be a LOT of activity - more so than my last two brews. I've considered adding but more water but I don't want to risk another variable on the output so I'm going to stick with it. The beer itself has become less clear than...

Thanks guys - this is really helping. On the subject of loss of wort - is it too late now to add water to the beer to bring the levels back up? Once the yeast it pitched I guess it would be.

There wasn't much left in the boil pan after whirlpool but there was a LOT of trub and bits left in the pan and the siphon wasn't pulling anymore. I think I probably boiled it too hard, I had it on a strong rolling boil for an hour in a large pan. My last two batches (which were much...

Thanks for the help mate. It was actually around 19C. I haven't smelt it yet because I didn't want to remove the lid and airlock. I did use a big pot for the boil, 32cm so the 7.5L looked a bit low in there and was boiling pretty hard. I guess that's not out of the way then. Im just hoping this...

I pitched a half pack of S-04. Will this even out over time?

Hi all I'm on my third batch of all grain home brewing. The first two came out pretty well but not as flavoursome as I would have liked. After looking at my brew logs I realised my mash temperatures were too low/dropping so I have reworked my mash schedule. Now I have new problems! 1)...

Hi all So I'm 2 brews in to my all grain brewing career (All Amarillo APA & Hefeweizen) and I'm left with some quantities of malt, and I would welcome any suggestions for using them up in a single recipe (if possible) that is a fairly easy beer and not a mead. Quantities below: - 500g...

Thanks for this - I'm going to do this brew this weekend. :ban: One question though, it doesn't mention which yeast to use. Any ideas?

D'oh! Of course I meant FMJ! Good spot!

Mine is after the badass from Platoon and the year I first saw the movie. :-D

Hi all I'm just getting into my first few batches of all grain brewing and what I'm looking for is a fairly simple APA recipe that I can try. An example beer which I like is Beaver Town Gamma Ray but I'm not sure how to replicate this at home. :D FYI - the reason for my particular...

Is the wort okay to leave to naturally cool at room temperature with the lid on or is that likely to spoil the final product?

Hi all I'm looking to get some ideas around wort chilling alternatives to the coil and plate varieties. The house I live in doesn't have suitable taps for the hose run offs so I was thinking either bath tub with ice or even some small plastic bottles full of frozen water, sanitised then...

Thanks mate - great tip. Just for my own curiosity, what happens if I go slightly higher, does that mean more carbonation?

Hi all So the time hath come to prime and bottle my first all grain beer. :ban: I've bought some Brewing Sugar (Dextrose) and I just need some help in understanding how much to add due to conflicting advice. :confused: Beer units: 5 litres (mini batch) Beer temp: 63C The beer is an...