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So since upgrading my fermenter to an allrounder and doing closed transfers, I seem to no longer be getting any hop flavour in my beers, I still get some Aroma but I'm a bit stumped as to why. I did change the cleaner & sanitiser and also changed to using brausol special as finnings at the same...

Not sure if this is a daft question but I can't find a definitive answer so thought I'd see what others do. After racking to a keg I always hook up the gas to carb the beer but then just leave the gas attached and on. Does anyone carb and then disconnect the gas? Is there a correct way to this...

They use to use open fermenter at fullers brewery, and what struck me about the old open fvs was just how shallow they were, completely different shape to modern FVs

I'm sure they ferment really quickly, something like 3 or 4 days but can't remember what I was told now

Have a look at this for open fermenting, their beers are great.

black marks on weld now looking like this, using BKF and scouring pad. Arms a bit sore and almost.gpt wedged in there at one point but it's getting there, needs another go over but starting to look like normal again. Cheers for all the tips 🍻

The photo is the bottom weld line! Last 2 beers from this keg haven't been right, total loss of hop flavour despite closed transfers. There were a few black marks on the top weld line so i thought I better check the bottom weld and saw this! I think if I can't get rid of it I won't use it...

It's right at the bottom of the keg so I'm not sure how easy it will be to brush but I'll give it a go.

Thanks. Tried cleaning with pbw and a high concentrated starsan mix to pasivate again but it still looks bad.

Is this keg beyond repair? So this keg is about 6 years old and i managed to stick my had in and get this photo. Basically the the lower weld is black all around, i cant quite reach it properly to feel it or to scrub/polish it.. I've had a few un explained off flavours from it and then spotted...

Thanks for the reply and yes its the blue tooth probe temp that i was targeting and expected to see a differnce between the 2 probes expecially when moving to mash out. Does the PID not run using the probe temp? So if using the Bluetooth probe should you not use pid in order to maintain the...

4 Just completed first proper brew with HED and bluetooth thermometer. I found the same with the inbuilt probe showing a lower temp. I didn't expect this either. However, I think the accuracy of the inbuilt probe is rubbish despite calibrating about 4 times it always seems out around mash...

If you are boiling at 97c then it looks like your calibration is out, which probably explains why the temp in your probe is higher than the inbuilt sensor.

I hope this doesn't sound stupidly obvious, but how are you santizing your kit? you mention you use starsan, but have you actually checked it to be sure it's good, i.e. tested its pH, I've had issues, and only after testing this discovered my starsan ph was up around 6 instead of below 3.5 which...

I'm looking at possibly converting some of my kegs to floating dip tubes. How do people who have done this then purge their kegs? I usually use the fill the keg with starsan amd push out with co2 method, but imagine quite a bit of starsan will be left in the keg with a floating dip tube...

Thanks for the reply. As a general feed back, I think the instructions and info on your website (unless I've missed it) are not great. I think it would be great if you made a video or instructions with a default sort of brew on how the system is designed to be used. I've been brewing for...

Hi, so if PID is not really necessary what settings do you recommend/use to control the mash temp? Thanks

18 g Target — Boil — 60 min 10 g Galaxy — Boil — 10 min 10 g Motueka — Boil — 10 min 30 g Galaxy — Boil — 0 min 30 g Motueka — Boil — 0 min 40 g Galaxy — Dry Hop — 5 days 40 g Motueka- Dry Hop — 5 days This was the hops schedule for the last batch, 23litres. hops purchased from a reliable...

So the last 2 beers I've brewed have no hop flavour at all. I've just switched to a fermzilla all rounder and am doing a closed loop transfer, so o2 shouldnt be an issue. I think the problem is with sanitation as I've been using a different no rinse sanitiser(chemsan) and I've checked the pH...