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I was thinking of filling my boiler, getting it to boil, then opening the tap whilst it boils and draining into my buckets. Not sure the autosiphon would survive though. Would try the leaving stuff to bake in the sun but I live in Leeds (northern England). Nice hot days are few and far between...

Thanks for the reply. I already did that. It didn't work. I replaced all my plastic and have boiled my bottling tree.

Thanks for the reply. I already did that. It didn't work.

Ok. Going to be a long one this. I have been getting what I assume to be some kind of lacto infection persistently for a year now, and I can't get rid. It's driving me mental and spoiling some excellent beers. Drinkable, but not as good as they should be. My sanitation is never sloppy, and I...

I never rehydrate with this yeast or any other. Just aerate well and sprinkle in. Never have any issues with lag, and quite often I have pretty active fermentation within a couple of hours. The few times I have rehydrated I have noticed no difference whatsoever. Obviously everyone has their...

Good yeast isn't it. I've actually used it a few times now and plan to use it a few times this summer when/if it gets a bit warm for normal brewing. Made a citra saison/IPA where the temp got a bit out of hand very quick, but it was quite forgiving. The best was a simple low gravity...

Cheers for the advice. I crash cooled and got enough yeast to fill a 330ml bottle. It smelled fine as well so hopefully I didn't pick up anything from the long lag. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I had planned to brew a tripel this weekend and prepared a big starter on Wednesday night with a smack pack of 3787 (planned to crash overnight Friday and brew/pitch Saturday). The date on the pack was pushing it a bit at 31st December, but I would have thought there would have been enough...

I've seen it suggested that M27 and Belle Saison are pretty much the same strain. What did you like/not like about the higher and lower temps? Did it give up a bit early at 75?

Anyone?

Thinking of giving it a go this weekend, but I don't want to take a punt if its not good. With it being pretty new on the market I can't seem to find much info about it apart from the manufacturers spiel. Anyone had experience with it?

The solution is in the beer in the bucket with a lid on. I'm thinking it should be ok. Surely can't lose that much carbonation over 12ish hours. Cheers anyways.

I made a huge balls up tonight. Just going through the motions in bottling my latest beer and to cut a long story short, I realised I had bought the wrong sized bottle tops... Just after adding my priming solution to the beer. Obviously I can't do anything about it right now, I'll have to get...

I'm fairly certain it's DMS. Having said that I could be wrong. What makes me almost certain (besides the taste and smell, along with the hit of sulphur I got from opening the lid for the first time) is that because of my set up I break almost every preventative rule in the book; I boil on a...

Also, hit both my OG and FG pretty much bang on. Which is always a bonus...

Just an update for anyone interested. It worked out pretty well. I would definitely recommend first gold and cascade for late hopping together. I'm actually surprised how much the first gold comes through bearing in mind how intense cascades can be and that there was more than three times more...

I know there is no way to completely 'fix' a DMS problem in a beer, but would a relatively high amount of dry hopping help to mask the sweetcorn/vegetal taste and aroma a bit? Anyone any experience of this? My logic tells me it should help a bit, but my logic isn't always that logical. I have...

So it works pretty well then. Just out of interest, what is your efficiency on average using this method? Also, do you up your hops to compensate for a partial boil? I know this is a separate issue, but I've read allot of contrasting reports regarding hop utilisation in partial boils - In my own...

I'm Pretty sure I could fit enough grain and water to mash in my pot for a standard gravity brew. Not sure my Electric stove would handle a bigger pot though - takes ages to get boiling as it is. I actually spent quite a while looking for a slightly bigger one before I bought my 20L pot, but it...

Does anyone on these forums do or have experience with BIAB all grain partial boils? I have been doing BIAB Partial mashes for a few months now, and last night I came to the realisation that I could probably ditch the tin of extract that I have been including in each brew, and just up the...