Recent content by danegon

Hello brewers!! I have a question about adjunts to improve head retention. Flaked barley and other flaked grains can be purchased here in Spain from herbalist shops. What I´m not sure of is if those flakes must be cooked first in order to use them in a mash, or if they are useful raw. Are...

Thank you all. I´ll have to see If we can find iodophorm in our local brewshop: I guess so. BeeGee, we drink tap water in Spain, al least in Madrid, we do. Water here is good treated and has no side flavors. In other Spanish cities some people prefer to buy bottled water due to the high...

Thank you Snaproll adm Passload for your answers. I had no idea that iodophorm could be used for sanitizing. Even without rinsing, that sounds great. Is that iodophorm the same as the one that´s used for medical purposes? If not, where can I get it? Could you please mention any other NO...

Hello to all from Spain: An issue has been raised recently in a Spanish Homebrewers Forum. It is about whether or not tap water should be used for rinsing bottles after sanitation has been completed. According to what I´ve read, even if drinking tap water causes no health problems due to...

Hello All, and thank you for your warm welcome. David, the thing is that home brewing is not very common in Spain, so most of the literature, recipes and tips we use we borrow from you over there or from northern Europe. In any case, I´ll try to contribute as much as I can to this forum and...

Hello all!! My name is Daniel. I´m a home brewer 6 months ago, therefore I still have a lot to learn. I would like to say hello to everybody in this list. My last all-grain beer was a wheat beer which is still fermenting in the bottle. Next weekend it´ll be ready to be open. I would like to...