Recent content by Pajdorix

oooohh right! the negative pressure.. :) phew.. would have forgot about that one :S I'll do exactly what you did with cloth, and then when it cools down to room temperature I'll take it on the balcony (it's just between 0-5°C outside these days) and when it cools down again I'll put airtight...

Thank you very much for this precise answers :D I'm aware this "setup" sounds strange, but it's highly temporary so no need to lose time over it ;) Here is the "setup problem" - this is my second batch, and I still don't have all the equipment (not a single HBS in my country, plus prices in...

I read about importance on fast cooling your wort after boil, but I don't see anywhere wether after the wort is cooled down, is it a problem to transfer to primary and put air-tight lid on it, and wait for 2-3 days before pitching the yeast? It would just be convinient for me because of the...

that's what I thought... but is there a way to get something similar by roasting pale malt? EDIT - well I just found out it's not Pale Ale malt, but Pilsner...

I need help to "reproducing" some of the specialty malts... I LOVE leffe blond, and I found this_recipe for it... I can have my hops and yeasts delivered, but malts would be too expensive (no one sells it in my country). The only thing I can buy here is some Belgian pale malt. So I need to...

Thank you for your replies they were helpful as I didn't know you can roast it at yourself :D I figured some special machinery would be neccessery :p So your advices helped me search in the right direction... thanks a lot!

Hello, I'm new, found this recipie I like, but am missing some Crystal malt. I can't buy it coz I live in... "underequipped country" :rolleyes: From what I understand it's role is to add sweetnes with it's unfermentable caramel tasting sugars. Can I use something instead?