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Great idea. Will give that a try rather than dumping the grain. Thanks

Thanks All. Missing gravity by 20 PTS was a big one. I think on the second I was short of pre boil volume so used all the sparge water as calculated by the Grainfather site which I don't normally do. I was still short on volume so maybe the problem lies in over diluting the wort on the 2nd batch

Hi. No it was donated to me as a pre milled sack. It still smells great and makes nice beer just a lot weaker than expected. The beers I made before Christmas all more or less hit their numbers using this grain so it seems odd that it's just the last 2 that have been miles out

I was given 25kg crushed extra pale 2 row about a year ago that had just passed its sell by date. I had been hitting my OG fine with my brewzilla but the last 2 brews were 20 and then 10 points too low. Could it be the old grain?

I clean bottles with Wilko's own brand oxi clean spray and rinse them a few times and sanitize in bottling day . Never had a problem. I leave the caps loosely on the bottles for at least 30 mins plus I'm capping the oldest ones first. SMB reacts with the oxygen and takes it out of the beer ...

I used to get an off flavour in every beer which I tasted in every bottle of home brew mine and that my friends made too. Found a tip and wish I remembered who to thank but it has eliminated the weird "tang". Use a bottling bucket with your priming sugar in it before transferring the beer...

This is very similar to what just happened with my Stout. Too high strike water around 74c. When I added the grain it took a long time to cool down to 65c. Started fermenting quickly within a couple of hours at OG 1065 and stopped at 1042 confirmed by 2 readings 3 days apart . So around 3%. It...

Hi same here. I have been making Raw Ale and boiling the hops in treated water during the mash time. Saves a lot of time. However I can't say I have got it right yet. Using about 50g in 1 litre of treated water but in the usual 3 stages. There is some bitterness for sure. I may try 50g in the...