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Thank you. Pleased I'm leaving it a bit longer.

Thanks. Yeah will be a mix of fermenter and then bottle. Just thought I'd leave it a wee while longer after issues with my stout last time.

Hi Flars. Hope you're well I made a porter last week. OG of 1060. I'm really swamped with work and a newborn at the minute and might have to leave it in the fermentor for 20 days before bottling. Do you think it will be ok? Noticed you said last time that your primary time is typically 3...

What software do you use to work out pitching rates? Do you think fundamentally I underpitched or it needed to be rehydrated?

I used one packet of dried S05, which in hindsight I don't think was enough. Amateurish of me.

Thank you! Will definitely try that.

I should have added that I made this in the Braumeister. Will definitely reduce temp and increase length next time. I increased on this occasion as I wanted better body.

How do you do this? I will look into it. Sorry not familiar with this method. Thank you

Thank for all the feedback. Will make those adjustments next time. When you say for 90mins did you mean in the mash or the boil? I had a taste last night and it was tasting lovely. I've been focusing on stouts the last few brews and I'm really happy with this one. It's got a great...

Thank you! The bottles are currently conidtioning at around 17c. It's got very cold in London in the last week so moved them to a cupboard in the bathroom where it's a tad warmer, but not much more. Interesting point about the sediment. Last beer quite a bit got into the bottles and I had...

Just bumping this just in case anyone has any advice. I did an early 5 day test and it seemed ok but too early to tell. Cheers

Hi I've only been brewing for a couple of years and taken it as seriously as I can afford too over the last year so still really new to it. I mostly brew on a 20 litre braumeister. I recently brewed the attached recipe. Had some issues with hitting the OG and in fact in the original recipe...