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I want to free up a fermenter as I want to brew another beer on the weekend and wanted to bottle a tripel that has been in primary for two weeks. I pitched with Safbrew Abbaye and fermentation went off with activtity having died down only three days later. Final gravity is at 1010 down from...

Since the first brew I've done I've been using a refractometer to give me my gravity readings. It's easy to use and allows me to waste minimum liquid. My boil gravity and OG readings have usually been spot on with my recipe calculations. Yet I'm never really sure about my FG readings... I...

After many partial mash and extract brews I have recently moved on to all grain brewing and (so I thought) full volume boils. I've done two all grain batches that turned out great, with two more currently in the fermentor. To boil the wort I bought a 25L (6.6 gallon) pot with tap and a...

I've just made my first pils. Because I lack a refrigerator that is large enough, I used the outside temperatures a month ago to try and give it a go by putting the fermentor on the balcony. I used Saflager w34/70 and I kept checking the temperature in the fermentor to make sure it's in...

Hi all, I'm new to home brewing. I started with a couple of kit batches with hopped extract that turned out really great so I thought I'd move on to doing my own hop boil with extract. Unfortunately the beer has turned out almost undrinkable. The beer has a strong bitter aftertaste that...

Hi everyone, I'm new to brewing and I'm looking forward to learning from the great community here! I'm an Australian living in Germany, so I have a strong affinity to beer and look forward to brewing many of my own batches. I have already started with a couple of kits and have moved on to...