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I was tempted to do a citra hop tea in the bottling bucket but I’m not sure my OG is going to finish at 1.010 so it’s already going to be low ABV. Hopefully it’ll mellow out a little after a few more days in the primary and conditioning.

1.21 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 6 78.0 % 0.79 L 0.17 kg Vienna Malt (6.9 EBC) Grain 7 10.9 % 0.11 L 0.09 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC)...

I brewed this will just Centennial on the weekend, just sampled when checking gravity and this was not what I was expecting from the usual descriptors! I'm getting serious pine/herbal aroma and taste, very little citrus character, not my usual go to but the sample was strangely moresome..

Hi all. Currently have a Bonde Ale in the primary. OG was 1.040, using Fermentis S-04 at 17.5C, gravity was down to 1.016 by day 3. I then increased the temp up to 20C to finish. Checked again on day 5 and has only come down to 1.014 with my estimated FG in BeerSmith being 1.010. Ideally I...

This looks perfect - cheers!!

Cheers all, I’ve moved them into the warmest room in the house and will try one in a week or so. If no improvement they’re getting drunk regardless

I think I'll give this a go next time as I only do small batches of 18-24 330ml bottles . I just used the brewersfriend priming calculator and looks like 2.5g of sugar in 330ml for 2.8 volumes of CO2. This shouldn't add too much time to the process and should be far more precise that guessing...

Yeah this has crossed my mind, I’ve opened 3 now and all same. In between the week in the chamber they have been in a warm house so it’s been ideal temps to them to get to work.

This could be it, I mix the sugar in a relatively small amount of boiling water before letting it cool. I add it to the bottling bucket first before adding the beer. How have you improved the mix? By actually stirring? I’d be worried about oxygen if this is the case. I could maybe measure out...

Hi, I bottled pale ale over two weeks ago now maybe three weeks ago and I've opened a couple of these and they have next to no carbonation. They have a little hiss when popping the cap but thats about it. I've made around 8 batches so far and all have been nicely carbed after two weeks, I...

So @FloppyKnockers you're 2 for 2 - this one turned out great. I gave a few out to friends and family and everyone loves it and has asked to keep them coming! I only brewed a small batch so I'm a little sad I gave so many away - will definitely be brewing this one again. :thumbsup:

I'd like to try an American wheat beer for my next brew and wondering if any of my hops will suit this style well? After a mix up with lost deliveries over Christmas, I've ended up with a load of new Hops in my freezer so ideally want to use these rather than order more! The hops I have on...

I don’t have any cascade in so trying to find a good alternative. I’ve yet to use centennial so maybe a good reason to try it as a single hop

Can anyone recommend a good sub for Cascade from what I have in my freezer? Centennial El Dorado Azacca Magnum Mosaic Citra Simcoe Chinook I’ve over used Mosaic, Citra, Simcoe since starting to brew so ideally want to leave these unless they are a great sub. Was thinking of maybe swapping...

Hi all, I've just ordered a PH meter and some 88% lactic acid solution so I can dip my toes further into water chemistry. I've also got some gypsum and epsom salts which I started using a couple of brews ago but yet to taste. It may be helpful to detail my current process before asking my...

Hi all, I keep reading that my beer should get better with age but from my very limited experience I feel like my beers taste better young. For example I have a mosaic smash that I brewed maybe 6 weeks ago, I'm drinking right now and sitting here thinking it definately tasted better 2 weeks...

Thanks it was 1.54kg of Pale Malt, 160g of Wheat Malt and 160g of Flaked Oats, total water volume for mash and sparge was 11.5l. Mash temp came out low at 62-63C, I usually hit my 66C target by taking the water to 74C but must have taken a bad temp reading or maybe grain was colder than...

Hi all, I've just started reading my gravity a few brews in and I just want to make sure I'm reading things correctly. I use a refractometer which only shows Brix so have been using the BeerSmith conversion tool. My OG came up quite short at 10 brix - I also used a hydrometer to confim which...

Hi all, I went to my LHBS today and asked them to throw in some lactic acid and I ended up with this in powder form and I can't find any solid information on how to use it. Has anyone any experience using this and how much to use?