Recent content by SJMC

One more question you both might be able to help with. Cloudwater very publicly state that their DIPAs are dry hopped with 25g of hops per litre, which I realise is an absolutely insane amount. Would this still be appropriate with a much smaller batch size? I have enough hops to do it and I'm...

Thanks so much for the post! Lots of useful advice in there, I actually felt quite confident after reading as a lot of those bullet points I'd either already considered pre-first brew or have since thought about before the second one. The one thing I'm still quite confused about is how I'm...

It turned out alright! Drinkable, not perfect but did the job. That astringency stuck around but it had been significantly mellowed after a couple of weeks. Ordered the ingredients for the next brew, a citra and mosaic DIPA (forever ambitious) so will probably do another post about that one. I...

Bottled the brew last night, relatively hassle free! More sediment/trub than expected so we lost a couple more litres than expected, haven't been diligent with measurements this time round so can't say exactly but ended up with around 16 litres. Last bottle only filled halfway so had another...

This has given me hope! Won't be kegging but assuming bottling and cooling in the fridge will yield similar results. Can't wait!

That's what I thought! I figured now I've had two consecutive checks that have been 1.016 that it's done, I've left it alone with the hop sock full of hoppy goodness. Thinking that I might look at bottling either Saturday or Sunday (halfway through day 8 or 9). Still can't get over how great...

Ahh right, I've been watching TV near it for a while and it's been popping on and off, little less regularly than yesterday. Took another gravity sample and it's still at 1.016, tried another quick taste of the sample and it's not much better. Hoping a few more days in primary then bottle...

I've just checked on the brew and I'm getting a lot of airlock activity, a couple of bubble pops every minute, I'm assuming it's the dry hopping causing it? My first thought was it was still fermenting but with a gravity reading of 1.016 last night after the krausen fell I'm assuming...

This is what I'd read about briefly! I was put off by a lot of people saying otherwise but think they were going off of traditional beer rules. I dry hopped last night (just under 65 hours since pitching) but fermentation had effectively finished so I'm guessing I missed the optimum point, no...

Thanks for the help! I've read that this isn't necessarily the case with NEIPA style beers, that they don't stay in primary very long compared to normal beers? I could be wrong. Have you had experience with this style? I'm finding out a few things seem to be quite different to the norm with NEIPAs.

Just took the gravity, 1.016 when the aim was 1.018, krausen has disappeared pretty much. Tried a little bit of the sample (I'm aware it won't taste much like the finished thing), it was very bitter with a strange off taste. Is that normal? Fermentation has definitely finished by the looks of...

What are the effects of having them in too early? I've not looked into it as much as I probably should have. I'm almost home now so going to check the gravity and see where I'm at!

Seems to be fermenting nicely! Took that reading of 1.022 last night and it's still getting a few bubbles this morning so hopefully will reach the target of 1.018. Thinking about dry hopping this evening (72 hours in) if fermentation seems to have slowed/finished.

Great! I definitely thing that's where we were lacking, gonna make sure we keep a better track next time. Just took a hydrometer reading, 1.022 so almost at the goal already. Fermentation is happening! Hopefully drop a couple more off then dry hop for a few days, excited to try it!

Finally cleared up and getting to bed, took an OG reading earlier which came to 1060 (1066 was estimated). Still not 100% sure what this means but figure it was because we added too much when sparging? Happy with that nonetheless! Had a lovely deep orange/beige colour that got lighter towards...