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I full volume mash (32 litres of water / 10.5 lb grain / BIAB) to get 22 litres of 3.8% pale bitter. No idea what that is in efficiency tems, I mash for 70 minutes, boil for 15 minutes before adding bittering hops for 60 minutes and add 200 gm flavour / aroma hops at flame out, stirring for 10...

ferment for 4 days, bottle, drink in a further 4 days, crystal clear but maybe a little low on gassiness.

Full mash 3.8% pale bitter. I have long suspected that this style of beer has an initial sweet spot for drinking, and after that will take a few weeks to become enjoyable again. It tasted very nice, and I will taste one per week to monitor drinking quality, and report findings on here. No doubt...

I tried IM in my battery powered salt mill (all I have), it was totally ineffective. Will try microwave approach. Thanks all.

I used to add in last 20 minutes, but read somewhere on here that 15 minutes was better. I use a heaped teaspoon per 22 litres. Recently I started pre-soaking in hot water and cutting the particles with scissors. I think - but am not certain, that clarity of finished beer has improved. Would...

BobbyM said You probably like (or are immune to) fusel alcohols, high esters, oxidation, diacetyl, acetaldehyde and mixed fermentations. If my beer tastes BETTER than most UK bottled beers, how can the above be feasible or true ?

Vikeman et al - I have total confidence that the brewer is totally honest about my beers. He once made a pale 4% bitter with an addition of some sort of "artificial lemon flavouring". On a visit to the brewery he pulled off a pint for me and asked me what I thought. I sipped it and told him it...

BigED - I specifically asked the brewer not to pull punches and to tell it as it is. My beer is better than most commercial bottled beers, to my taste. I do mash in the higher temperature range to improve (for me) mouthfeel. My efficiency figures are terribly low, in fact I do not measure...

I make a starter with dried yeast I ferment in stainless steel pans with only loose fitting lids I do not control fermentation temperature During fermentation I skim off the top sludge twice a day I bottle using jug and funnel I bottle in 4 to 6 days I leave the bottles at whatever ambient...

1 you need to add "more" priming sugar 2 no difference in taste to non squeezed bottles

add a level mustard spoon of brewing sugar per 500 ml bottle, scale up or down for different bottle sizes. I doubt you will detect any variation in the bottles at drinking time.

hi bracconiere, just under 2 inches...........

Hi all, I bottled my last brew in mainly 2 litre PET bottles primed with 4 gm brewing sugar. As an experiment I squeezed one to remove all headspace and tightened the top. After 12 days they all look identical, beautifully clear, all nice and firm EXCEPT the squeezed bottle. It has the same...

I ferment in a SS stockpot with loose fitting lid - even worse I open it on day 2 and day 3 to skim and remove the head - even worser no temperature control - it gets wusserer - I bottle using the jug and funnel method - on the bright side many of my beers are tasted by the head brewer of a...

both refractometers and hydrometers are not accurate re final gravity due to presence of alcohol...

ah bottling - amount of fermentable sugars in the beer at bottling stage varies more than brewing sugar addition variation, eg a level mustard spoon of brewing sugar ( levelled with a straight edge) is as accurate as you can get - even if you had a magic hydrometer accurate to .000001 you could...

1 mm is 40 thou - everybody 70 years old knows that..............

sieve and discard half the husks ?

ok - I personally do not know how to remove 100% alcohol, but I do know where to find out how much alcohol is left in the equilibrium solution. Will follow this thread carefully.

Both hydrometers and refractometers are inaccurate for FG readings. But what does it matter ? It is consistently inaccurate. I aim to make 3.8% SMASH beers. Maybe they are REALLY 3.6% or maybe they are REALLY 4.2%. I have my recipe, I have my methodology, I like the end result. The only way...