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I’m pretty new to brewing English styles, but have been enjoying brewing lower abv bitters lately. How do these age - non cask versions specifically. Im thinking about brewing a bitter around 1.045 to age for about 6 months? Does that sound ok, or are these beers better fresh?

I use my beer gun on both Wild and Clean beers. I never did have a problem with it, and do it fairly often for the last several years. I was also worried about that black piece on the tip, I boiled it initially, but eventually just cleaned it really well and sanitized. I don't really get...

I would assume the reason he changed out the valve, is because it did not fit into his process well. I also have 2 SS Buckets as well as a Spike Conical. I have modified the buckets with the domed lids and blow off canes that I added compression fittings and additional valves to. The domed...

I'm curious what you are planning on using beside the vale. I hate that valve as well, but have not figured out a better solution yet.

Are you going to be bottling this? I think it would be interesting to sample some of this very young, and continue as it ages. I don't age my Berliners on the Brett very long (1.5-2 months). I have not used that Blend, but it sounds super cool. Brevis is by far my favorite LAB .

I enjoy submitting beers to Competitions, however, I don't really get to stressed about it. I have done pretty well, and it is a good feeling when others credit your hard work. Honestly, my best beers don't fit well into style guidelines and I don't enter them into Competition. I have been...

Perhaps you have been brewing a little to much of what we cannot discuss here....

I don't have any pics available to me right now, but I have done some upgrades on my 2 buckets. I have the domed lid with stainless blow off canes. I installed a ball valve to the blow off so I can seal the fermenter before hooking up a co2 line to it. The beer is never exposed to O2, as I...

Hello! I just finished building my new 2 vessel system and set out to do my first brew today. It was a total nightmare, as I could not get the grain bed to set as I continued to clog the hoses and pump. I previously I have been recirculating using a BIAB bag and I never had any problems...

Sterling, Pekko, crystal, strisselspalt, and Loral have all done well for me

Up and coming. We got it done against the Sun Devils.

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BLAM is the book Brew Like A Monk. It explains many of the Trappist Methods, and a simplistic approach that is much dependent on fermentation.

Yes. What I posted was the end result of my tap water after I make various additions. I am using Brunwater to end up with these results. I'm sure I could build a perfect English water profile from RO water, but I think my water will sufffice for this. We shall see!! I really appreciate all...

Cool, Thanks! I have adjusted to: 124 calcium 14 magnesium 31 sodium 148 sulfate 96 chloride 78 bicarbonate Brewing tomorrow! Cheers!

How does this look for the mash water? 99 CALCIUM 14 MAGNESIUM 31 SODIUM 111 SULFATE 79 CHLORIDE 59 BICARBONATE I have recently been trying to spend more time learning about brew water and mineral additions. For this beer I have more additions then I normally do (I am building from my tap...

I’m gonna brew this one here pretty soon. I have all the ingredients, and have been wanting to brew some English Ales lately. I had quite the adventure getting the Golden Syrup, but managed to track it down. Here’s the question: I ended up with two different types of Lyles golden syrup...

Thank you all for you replies. I have been successfully using a fine grind and good insulation to do single infusion mashes for quite some time. It works very well as a method and has produced many beers that I have been proud of. For various reasons and curiosity, I want to explore...

I have slowly been making the move towards brewing indoors and getting off the propane. Last weekend I brewed my first batch on my EBIAB system, everything went pretty well. I did have a few questions, mainly about adding heat and recirculating. Last brew I did not bring in all my...

The brewing went well. I made the additions as mentioned previously, hit all my numbers, etc etc. I took a sample of the wort after my mash rest was complete. I let it cool down to 60 and took my reading, which was 5.6 I was unaware that there was a conversion here and assumed that all of...