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Morning folks, I did another brew last night which I thought went pretty well, but I was aiming for an OG of 1037 and my hydrometer tells me it's 1030 (measured @ 20C). I don't know why either? The last few brews I seem to be missing the OG by a good few points, so I'm suspecting the...

Hi Folks, I had a bit of a disaster last night when the manifold came loose from the drum tap on my mash tun come sparge time. Now I need a way of connecting the manifold to the drum tap (some way of screwing onto the thread?) so that it doesn't come out so easily! Any suggestions? Pictures...

No idea, how would I test that? Like I said this is my 8th AG brew and I've not had problems like this before, so I'd be inclined to say yes it is

I don't have a digital thermometer, it seems pretty accurate from what I can tell it hits around about 100C when my wort starts boiling, so that seems accurate. This is my 8th AG brew and the others have worked fine, I think I'm going to rack to secondary anyway, at the very least it should...

Just to confirm the original yeast I pitched wasn't in a starter, just rehydrated. I made a small 500ml starter for the 3rd pack of yeast in an attempt to get it started again as I heard it had to be active in order to start fermentation again. Fermentation temp is around 20C. The mashing temps...

It tastes fine if a bit more yeasty and cloudy than when I originally tasted it :p Right ok I'll give that a go tonight

Hi Guys, I'm having a bit of a nightmare with the yeast I've chosen hopefully someone can give me a bit of advice. First of all a bit of the story, last week 24hrs before my brew I made up a starter from previously washed S-04 yeast. The next day the starter STANK of sour milk so I decided...

Yeah I'd say the main difference is in the bitterness, thanks for the explanation I'm slowly but surely starting to understand recipe formation, I suppose if you have a grain which is 95% or more of the total grain bill then it will dominate quite a bit. Is there a handy link somewhere where...

Hi Guys, Perhaps you can help me understand, why when they're quite different First one brewed back in November which I called Brithemian Blonde 23L Batch OG 1046 4250gms Marris Otter 250gms Pilsner 40gms Goldings (4.5%) 90 mins 25gms Czech Saaz (2.8%) 15 mins 15gms Goldings...

Hi Guys, I'm getting a similar smell from my starter I made yesterday, I used some yeast washed a month ago. Should I ditch the starter? It really does stink of sour milk. Thanks, Paul

Quick question about using Mr Malty's pitching calculator with some washed yeast using this method, I washed some yeast back at the beginning of May, when entering the values in the calculator do I have to use this date as the "Production Date"?

Ok I just pitched the yeast into the starter, but I forgot to shake it so most of it was stuck to the bottom still, not wanting to use unboiled water I poured some of the liquid from one of my others jars (wasn't warmed up) into the jar I just pitched, gave it a good shake and got most of the...

Anyone have any ideas?

First time trying to make up my own recipe, driven by a need to use up some bits and bobs. Could I have some feedback? This sound ok? 23L Batch 1.050 OG Estimate 56.5 IBU Amount Item Type % or IBU 4660.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 95.59 % 140.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L...

Tried this for the first time last night, I'm guessing it's a bit easier for you guys as you all seem to use glass fermenters, here in the UK plastic FV's are the norm. Which makes it hard to say what you're pouring into the jars. I think it worked though, will have to post some pictures...

Well that was stressful, first time I've ever siphoned anything! Thought I knew the principles, but the suck start didn't work through a separate tube! Eventually filled the tube partly with water and then dropped it below the level of the barrel into the new one and it started to work! I...

Ok well I managed to get hold of a better one today, i'm about to siphon off into the new one. My main question is, do I need to re-prime?

This'll teach me for not testing second hand equipment before filling with beer! Anyway I primed a budget barrel yesterday and then filled it to just over half way and filled it with two 8gm CO2 bulbs. A few hours later after checking there was a nice big damp patch of beer on my carpet! It had...

I use this :) http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/batch_calculator.html