Recent content by gmcardle

Carbonic bite does suck, especially when your mates have just dropped in to taste your new home brew! I've learned so much on this forum on how to fix things, it's great! When I tasted my Cascade IPA a couple of days ago initially it had a very overwhelming metallic/wet cardboard taste...

OK so I changed my beer lines as suggested in recent posts on this thread along with purchasing two adjustable chrome kegging beer tap faucets (see earlier photo) plus setting my CO2 to approx 8psi for 4-6 days and it has made a massive different guys! Thanks all on this thread for all your...

I agree that it was carbonic acid bite...perhaps a little to much carb. So I let it for a few days off the gas and purged headspace a few times. The metallic taste has almost disappeared and it tasting much better (probably ageing too). I think the gauges on my gas regulator are off as I'd...

I'm thinking it could be something to do with the CO2 alright, I might leave it off the gas for a few days to see if the aromas come back. I'd overcarbed a brew before when left at 30psi and I managed to fix it simply by leaving it off the gas for a few days.

I used W5 Oxy Powder from Lidl which was recommended on various home brew forums. I think I rinsed like 2-3 times before using StarSan...but yes it could be from the W5 Oxy.

So I kegged a Cascade IPA last week and had it sitting on CO2 at 12psi for 7 days. I just tried some and it tasted crap, a very strange metallic taste and the nice aromas there were there prior to kegging have now gone. :( The only thing I've done differently since my last IPA (same recipe...

Guys I found details of my last boil off rate as follows: 50L Pot 45cm x 45cm. I have it on my hob on a large burner and two smaller burners for an hour and I go from 28L down to 21L. (Evaporation Rate is 22.5%) So should I be reducing the heat or leave the rolling boil I get for the hour and...

Yes ok, I'll leave it be as fermentation is looking good and I don't want to risk infection at this stage. But I'll remember in future that I can add more water pre fermentation (to adjust volume and OG). Now I need to figure out my boil off and hop absorption rates! Cheers guys!

Thanks guys! Yeah I really need to figure out the story with the pre boil volume v fermentor volume, it's not making any sense to me either but I know I started pre boil at 28L and fermentor at 20L! Could 8L be lost during boil off and whole hop absorption? Sorry I should have stated that I got...

I recently purchased a 23 litre all grain IPA mash kit that included Cascade whole leaf hops. After the boil and pitching yeast I only managed to get 20 litres in the fermentor and my OG was 1.060 and the recipe estimated 1.045. Post boil volume was approx 28 litres. So could I add water...

Many thanks for all the help on my stuck mash guys. After reinforcing the bridge silicone tube to my manifold I have now been able to complete two brews without any issues when sparging/recirculating....sorted!

Good call, have just purchased two of these taps on Amazon and plan on building a kegerator bar!

Cheers stratslinger, many thanks for those answers, really appreciate all your help as you've put my mind to rest. It's St Patrick's Day here tomorrow so gonna relax now and enjoy some homebrew! BTW how long have you been brewing?

This method seems to be working well for me, however I do need to purge the headspace almost completely each time due to it pouring too fast if I don't. Then I set the regulator to about 5psi and it pours great. I'm looking into a longer beer line to adjust/fix this method but in the mean time I...

OK great thanks, I'll order that today here. Do I need to change any of the connectors on my keg or CO2 regulator? Also any recommendations on concealing 10' of beer line in a kegerator?