Recent content by fursey

Here is my little baby

I've recently purchased a new kegarater I used what was sold as food grade silicone hoses as my beer lines. All worked perfectly well until the beer had rested in the beer lines for a few hours. When I tasted the beer, there was no bitterness as if the hop oil had been absorbed. So I scrapped...

Yes, I know Fat Dragon, although I've not had the pleasure of meeting him yet, and have been to Devils Brewery. Devils Brewery has recently opened up an additional bar on the other side of Wuhan. Both have a great selection of craft beer and serve great BBQ. The brisket and pulled pork are divine.

I'm a British Ex Pat currently living in China. Whilst I'm not new to brewing nor to this Forum I thought it would be a good idea if all us brewers (Amatier and Professional) could connect to exchange ideas, tips and brews) Please get in contact if you agree.

I recently indulged on purchased myself a temperature controlled stainless steel conical fermenter. Having read about pressurised fermentation I thought I would give this baby it first reial and ferment under pressure. However now I'm nearing the end of the fermentation period, it appears...

Thanks for the advice. I've recently brewed a partial with some crystal malt and light DME. It's been sitting in my secondary for just over a week so not quite sure how it's turned out. But will certainly try the flaked oats. As a rule of thumb (I mostly brew lighter also such as IPAD and...

This could possibly be the cause. Mi was also thing of adding maltodextrin. Do you think this may help?

As many of you know, I'm a newbie brewer. I've brewed a number of different beer types but keep having the general problem of lacking body. Any suggestions?

At present, I only have 1 fermenter which is of the barrel type and am thinking of purchasing another fermenter. However I'm not sure which type to go for. I guess it really come down to personal preference but thought I would canvass the general opinion of this group. Thanks

Thank you.

I guys, I don't seem to be able to find pale malt extract or extra pale malt extract anywhere here in Perth, Australia, is this the same as light and extra light malt extract? Any help would be appreciated. Regards Fursey

Thanks for all the advice guys. Just thought I'd bring this post to a close. I went to my local brew shop for advice as it's a problem I seem to constantly have and just wanted to explore every avenue to find out if it was something fundamentally wrong with my brewing. He suggested my brewing...

I let the wyeast packet expand for several hours like it said on the instructions. Should I actually make a yeast starter from it rather thank pitch the swollen packet? Should I pitch some yeast nutrient now or is it too late? Thanks for the advice.

Further to my previous post, after 2 days of intense fermentation, it now appears to have stalled at 1.030 (OG was 1.054). I know it's only early days but I'm just paranoid as I am never able to get good FG's. I'm obviously doing something wrong as it is consistently bad. Any suggestions...

Thanks for the advice guys, I might just give this a try.