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yes, but only to prevent overflow - I estimate 5 litres of expansion. A 4 litre jug is not sufficient.

difficult to describe and I hace confused you. by recirc I mean running out of the tap. No pump. Only maris otter and crystal malt. Only when heat turned on. It might be a finer crush, I buy another 25 kilo bag tomorrow so next brew may throw some light on it. thanks

Hello knowledgeable friends, I am a BIAB man, using an extended Burco boiler. I have used the same Maris Otter crushed grain, from the same source, for at least 20 years. The last 4 mashes all behaved as follows. About 30 minutes into the mash, I turn on the heater element at reduced power to...

dish washer residue on the glass ?

I find if I delay bottling I get little or no carbonation. Hops were T90 Citra.

I am a simple brewer. I ferment for a few days then bottle. Have done thjis for 45 years. This problem only noticed last few brews. Thanks for replying.

Hi all, my last few brews had very fine hop debris "suspended" about 1 cm below the surface at end of fermentation. 3.8% pale bitter, SO4 yeast, chopped irish moss flakes added for last 20 minutes of boil. Enough to warrant filtering before bottling. Any ideas on cause and / or prevention ? Thanks.

9 hours BIAB

the finished beer is absolutely fine - I have used SO4 for the last 20 years

these clumps hang motionless from just below top to just above bottom. Estimate that in 13 litres of fermented beer, there are 20 or 30 of them. I have a very fine mesh plastic sieve and remove most of them with that.

Broken Crow - this is not hop material, it is yeast.

Hi all, my last few SMASH brews 4% SO4 yeast have floating clumps of yeast at the end of fermentation about the size of a match head, the yeast cake at the bottom is reasonably firm. The fbeer they are floating in is very clear. I use a teaspoon of irish moss 20 minutes before flame out. Any...

soak cork overnight in sulphite solution and make a slightly conical guide for the cork - cost has now exceeded commercially available stuff lol

why not copy the design of bench crown cappers or modify one with a detachable thingy for wine corks............

AlexKay - brew a 2 pint batch ?

I was starting with ABW of course.......

Mattrix - I just looked up the density of ethanol, and deduced the volume of 1 gram of ethanol. It is clearly less then 1.000. I was being a bit tongue in cheek as the required weighing accuracy scuppers it. Having said that, 67 years ago I was taught to calculate density of a liquid using a...

1 litre of a 4% ethanol solution weighs 998.93 grams, 1 litre of a 1% ethanol solution weighs 999.73 grams. It is a linear relationship so easy to calculate 5%, 6% etc. So weigh a volume V of your beer, reduce its alcohol, and weigh the same volume to determine the new % alcohol. Pretty accurate...

washing machine ? I would never allow soap ANYWHERE in my brewing process including glasses and drying cloths......

After around 60 mashes the bag is very dark brown stained. Will it or does it adversely affect beer quality . I brew 3.8% smash beers (but with pale crystal malt. Thanks.