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Hey! Its Monday If you want your beer to carbonate faster then chill it! Gases are less soluble in liquids as temperature increases. Just a little practical tip there.

Some important factors when thinking about carbonating beer in a cornelius keg are as follows: In the beginning there is negligible CO2 dissolved in the beer. In two closed systems where the factor being compared is temperature we could consider that in the warmer system there will be a lower...

Hello everybody! Brewdog have published all their recipes. You can download them in PDFs format from their website. Brewdog.com Then look for the DIY dog link. Maybe some other craft breweries will take note and do the same. Kudos to to BD! Enjoy!

Thanks for the recipe link and the encouragement, chickypad!

Thanks Jawbox0! It's partly a case of less is more. I'll bear it in mind, greatly, for my next attempt. Cheers!

I take your point about reducing the IBUs.

I feel like a right *******! Any advice on where to change the recipe to make it "milder"? I made up the recipe. It's only my 10th or so brew. I based it on reading various online recipes and information in Mastering Homebrew" by Randy Mosher; which I have found to be greatly informative...

Hello! Can anyone check over my recipe and tell me where I've gone wrong? It was meant to be a mild ale but after mild carbonation in bottles, tastes like a bitter. Pics of the recipe and some brew notes from my brew log app. I maxi-BIAB.

Daggers! Didn't star San at boil stage. But all my hop additions were late. In future I will boil the hop sack anyway. Even before any hop additions just to sterilise it properly. Think I just got really sloppy in my procedure during that batch. Teach me for being lazy. A contaminated batch is...

Wish I was but no, just a standard hydrometer. I might try mashing at a lower temp in future to try to increase fermentable sugars. Might need to go back and simplify everything until proper control has been established. Trying to run before I can walk! Wonder if my pic shows mould rather than...

Bad news. Wondering whether to bother bottling it now. I'm finding all my BIABs are finishing at around the same high FG but none have had this funny top layer before. This is my eighth batch. Just started brewing in January. This batch was the first attempt using a Hop Burst technique. Wonder...

This is a pic of the top of my Mosaic IPA after 15 days fermenting with safale US05. FG 1.027 down from OG 1.052. Sample tastes ok. Any advice/thoughts? Thanks in advance!