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I guess it's purely a apple situation. With cider the smell sometimes stays.

Tell us more about what you did including how long you've fermented and condition for. I'm presuming you are in the UK. Have you added priming sugar? If so how much and when. Have you added CO2? Have you checked the seal of the top? did you use vasaline? What kit did you use? Have you cold...

You can. Just watch for sticky mashes.

Not sure how you can say it's a myth based totally on your own experience. Others have stated they have tasted it.

I'm sure it'll be fine.

"make" Time to stop posting. It's making me spill my beer.:drunk:

I've never done this. How long for? Why not just add it "x" minutes earlier.

erm...... how many pints is that.......My pints or your pints? My pints are bigger than your pints but you get more pints than me. I make it 1 gallon! But.....erm..:drunk:

How long has it been in the fermenter. You could give it a good mix and remeasure. As for Hydrometer use. You need to: take a good sample which means mixing well before taking a sample. ensure the sample is at the correct temperature or do the correct calculation understand how to read it...

Any one or all of the following. 1. Better mash efficiency. 2. Better mixing of the wort before measuring. 3. Better use of the hydrometer. 4. Better control and measuring of volumes 5. Further reduction of volumes. Probably others as well. When you say OG do you mean into the fermenter or...

Drunk mod powers rule.......:mug: I'm probably around a 1/4....ooops 0.25 worth of a keg in front of you.

Your life would be a little easier even if you wasn't an Engineer. Step 1.....Learn to use metric Step 2.....Learn proper English Step 3.....Drink Real pints of beer ..... :D

I have feeling it's relating to using poor quality or "stale" extract. I've made some very good extract brews from quality kits. It'd be interesting to take AG wort. Brew 50% as normal and boil the remaining 50% down to a syrup then treat as LME and compare the resulting beers.

I would but would me subsequent posts wouldn't make sense.

80 minutes a day. May be once a month (accidents) 2 hours one way. Worth it because I like the company I work for.

Closed.... I would consider mixing with alcohol would be considered extraction.

I may look at a two stage aproach and buy a pre drilled insert and drill the bottom with 25.4mm holes. BRAINWAVE! I know where I can get lots of SS filter for nothing!

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