Recent content by Olrummum

Cheers again dude- I guess it could be, although I was fastidious with my transferring. All the hops were stored in a freezer and opened at the last minute (I never use hops that have been previously opened.) They do say though how easy it is though for oxygen to sneak right in and spoil the...

UPDATE.. So yesterday I bottled the beer- turns out the racking cane was sitting in the yeast in the cone of my conical fermenter! Even when I rotated it right up, it only just poked it's head out of the cack. Beer tastes really good, hoppy as hell and strong with a good bitterness but...

Ok cheers mate! :mug:

Cheers dude- yeah I think you might be right. I dry hopped it last Wednesday at 68 deg then crashed the temp to 35 deg on Sunday, where it's been sitting since. I'm going to bottle this Sunday. Would you let the beer warm back up before bottling or doesn't it matter? Cheers!

I hear you fella- I've never been that bothered about crystal clear beer but they sell gelatin sheets at the brewing store I use so I thought I'd give it a go. Cheers!

Cheers fella- there's some really good advice there. I did increase the temp towards the end of fermentation to help things. I've done a lot of reading up on brewing and general beer literature but it's now time to put that into practice! I think reading about stuff can only get you so far-...

Cheers for your help fella- the columbus and chinook pellets for DH are out of the freezer as we speak, about to be put in the fermenter! I've also ordered some gelatin, as I'm hearing about it a lot, so that's what I shall use. yeah I guess 4 weeks is a long time but I've always read that it's...

Also I'll just add I use a big plate chiller that got the brew down to 66 degrees in 10 ish minutes.

No fella the 0 hops are the whirlpool additions, I'm trying to figure out the best option for dry hopping. I put the hydrometer sample in the fridge two days ago and the yeast has dropped but now I'm left with a chill haze. Annoying as I mashed and sparged really carefully, added enough Irish...

Yes B seems like my favoured option and yes sorry I meant 65-70! Cheers!

Cheers fella- here's the hop schedule for 10 gallons (38 litres) Mins Hop Type Ounces Alpha Acids 60 Bravo Whole leaf 1.4 14 60 Columbus Pellet 1.8 13.8 30 Columbus Pellet 1.7 13.8...

Cheers max- It's been in the fermenter for 22 days now and It's been having a good dicetyl rest at 72 deg for a week now. the gravity's been stable about 4 days. Why do you think it's still so cloudy? I haven't dry hopped yet, was thinking maybe I should get it done now whilst there's...

Hi there, I recently posted about a DIPA that i needed advice with, see below.. Hi there, I've currently got a 38 litre / 10 US gallon all grain DIPA on the go in my 14g SS chronical and would like your opinions on what I should do next, regarding dry hopping, yeast dumping, cooling, etc...

Ok thanks day trippa- I think I'll leave it a bit to let the yeast mop up some of the last bits then will think about what to do next.

Hi there, I've currently got a 38 litre / 10 US gallon all grain DIPA on the go in my 14g SS chronical and would like your opinions on what I should do next, regarding dry hopping, yeast dumping, cooling, etc. The OG was: 1.078, 11 days ago 3 days ago it was: 1.016 I mashed it low at...