Recent content by chrisdownes

I've just done a batch of kolsch and had a funny five minutes, for some bizarre reason I chilled the wort down to 12c (conditioning temp) rather than 18c and pitched the yeast. I pitched it yesterday (about 20 hours ago) and having just realised have opened the fridge door to let it warm back...

Hi, I've got a vienna oktobefest lager fermenting in the fridge at the moment and once done I want to transfer to a cornelius keg and force carbonate. I've bought 2x 19L cornelius kegs, a cotton filter and a 60L sodastream co2 bottle with regulator off ebay. The plan will be to fill...

I've just made my first brew but after adding the yeast at 0700 this morning I don't think it is fermenting yet. How long should it take to start fermenting. This is the recipe I used: 200g crystal malt crushed 3kg coopers amber malt extract 29g challenger hops 16g goldings hops Safale s-04...