Recent content by chrispy321

Thanks for the replies, I see the error of my ways 🤦‍♂️

I'm in wales UK. The garage probably goes down to 14° at night and 26° in the day - so quite a swing in temp.

Hi guys, I recently made an all grain golden ale. It tasted fantastic prior to bottling - after a couple of weeks it carbonated perfectly but the taste had deteriorated a little. I had left them in the garage and wasnt aware that I should of controlled the temperature better ( I do have chest...

Thanks for that reply

I am just going off my water quality reports, and wandered if it was fine to just carry on making pale ale.

Hi guys, my tap water ph is 8. Should I reduce this for the mash or is it ok, also what are the risks to the brew with a bad ph..

Tap water I have been using and funnily enough I was previously having different problems so changed to bottled as a one off - and it was significantly more efficient ( in hind site )

I have the spent grain in a bag - is that any good

Ok thanks a lot, il start looking at it - I buy the grain on line crushed.

Hi guys. I am quite new to all grain brewing, my 6th attempt tastes and smells great, but I used 6.5kg grain for 5 gallon brew and only had 4.2% alc. (1040 og - 1008 fg ) I guess its to do with my mashing - im using a converted cooler box at 65°c. Any advice would be appreciated please.

i see, I'm new to the forum so still finding my way 🤓

Ok cheers, no need to waste any then

😁 cheers

T Thanks

It was 11g safe ale yeast and mid range gravity - would there be any benefit?