Recent content by Joshua Steele

Ok nice, firstly really appreciate everyone's help, it's really helping me understand what loads of this stuff actually means I should add all my bottles are lever top/suction cap types, no idea what difference it makes but feels pertinent I just brought them inside and get them in a big...

Yeah it's a floating hydrometer that I'm using and yeah it's 12C here right now. So even if I carb slowly out there, when I bring them in they might just kick start and ferment up again anyway? The tea was a looseleaf chai mix, mostly spices and cocoa, a bit of black tea. See lots of warnings...

So it's all bottled up Interestingly the gravity has gone up to 1.023 There was a whole heap of chai added a few days ago for aroma, I've got a feeling it's adding some sugar too Is there a chance that's where all my unfermentable sugar has come from? Or still thinking that the fermentation...

Yeah I'm sure the last time I used s-04 the same thing happened too Would you add extra sugar to get the carb going? I'm a bit worried that if it is done and I don't then I'll have some flat beer, it's porter so only need a light sparkle Its a full train recipe and apparently is meant to be...

Hey brothers and sisters So I've been making a Chai infused Porter (some in the boil, some dry) everything has been going great. got about 3 more litres than expecting so may have made a few math errors but still had a gravity of 1.064 when put into the primary used S-04 at 19C and it went...