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I can't get hold of maris otter extract in the UK... which is somewhat ironic given that maris otter barley is grown over here. So, let me get this straight, I would need to mash 3kg of grain in total, then add 1.25kg of LME? How would this be effected if I was going to top up the wort with...

Hi there, I'd like to do the following all grain recipe as a mini mash but I'm unsure of how you convert the amount of grain from all grain to mini mash. I'm aware that I'd top up the grain amount by using extract, but exactly how much is beyond me. Here is the all grain recipe: Type: All...

I don't have a bottling bucket and, for the time being, don't intend to get one. Any ideas how much per bottle? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm about to bottle a brown ale by bottle priming and I wanted to know how much priming sugar I should use per 550ml bottle (they may even be 560ml, they're Newcastle Brown Ale bottles)? I've been using 3ml per bottle but some seem more carbonated than others. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I am 99% certain, after taking readings today, that what has happened with this batch is that the warm liquid has risen and cooler liquid is at the bottom of the FV. I'm no science whizz but there is a continual rising and falling of the liquid as a result. Does anyone know, then, how this...

Thanks GrogNerd. I did a test with water (which I shall do again but with the brew belt after this batch I bottled) and the spirit thermometer and stick on one read the same. I'm guessing that the warmer liquid in the FV has risen to the top, as the brew belt is near the top of the FV and...

So is there a probe I can buy or a digital thermometer in which I can stick to the side of the fermentor and insulate, just to get a reading? An secondly, if I insulated my liquid crystal thermometer with bubble wrap, would that give me a good reading of what is happening inside the FV? Sent...

Thanks Dan. I've seen these converted STC1000's but I don't exactly understand what their purpose is and how they control a brew belt. Are they not just used for cooling/heating a brew fridge? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Yes, I've got a brown ale fermenting at the moment that I've not fussed over in the same way... Still, I've made a dent already on my stout collection and it's only two weeks in! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I brewed an IPA and bottled conditioned the batch, each with around 3ml of sugar in each bottle. The whole batch came out fairly well carbonated. On a stout that has conditioned , same process and amount of priming sugar but less carbonation. Conditioning temps were the same on both batches...

Thanks Dan. The stout I made last when I first observed that this was a problem tastes pretty damn good, so I don't think the liquid crystal thermometers are too far out. I think what is happening is that the warmer beer is sitting at the too of the FV, around where my brew belt is. The...

What sort of probe would I need? Do you have a link? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I've just taken another temperature reading now I've had the brew belt off for a while and it's gone down 2c to 24c. The beer doesn't taste off though and I'm using Windsor dried yeast. Starting to wonder whether my spirit thermometer is a bit faulty? Can that happen? How can I tell?

The last time I put my brew belt at the bottom of the FV, I totally nuked my beer and it got way too hot! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

During my last brew, I discovered some discrepancies between my liquid crystal thermometer (the type that sticks on the outside of your fermenting buckets) and my spirit thermometer. So I ordered a Deluxe liquid crystal thermometer and also stuck that to my fermenting vessel in order to get a...

Thanks. Trying to work out whether it's easier to buy one in the UK or make it. I don't realise about the number of coils. Just a pipe dream at the moment (ag gag gag gag!) Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm considering making a wort chiller. I've gathered that I need 3/8" soft copper pipe, but how much length do I need in order to make something that will cool a 5 gallon batch? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I don't know! How much does it matter? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Coolio. I mean, it's doing it's job... just without bubbles! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I've made sure the lid is on nice and tight and did the pressing on the lid to check the water rises and falls (which it does). Do you think it might be the airlock hole? It's pretty tight with the grommet and everything. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew