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Hi Guys We are doing a brew next week and have a plan to get wort from the kettle to the fermenter via a plate chiller. We have no pump, and plan to put hot wort into a corney keg, then pressurise it slightly with co2 to push the wort through the chiller and into the conical fermenter. Does...

Hi Guys I want to use this little pump to pump my wort directly from my kettle to fermenter, via a plate chiller. This pump will sit on the hot side of the chiller before it passes through. My questions are: 1. Will this pump airate the wort (hot side airation) to much before it goes through...

Hi all. Today I brewed an APA and used my copper wort chiller as normal. I let it soak in idophor for about and hour before using it. After using it and removing it from the wort I noticed black stuff on it that I could wipe off. It had a sort of copper penny smell. I hope this had not...

Hi All I have been brewing beer since August 2015 and have so far brewed 8 batches. I have not had any failed batches and all of my beers have tasted great. I make an APA, with Mosaic and Cascade, and IPA with Mandarina Bavaria and Citra, and Pilsner (Batch 2) with Saaz. It came out...

Hi I bottled my pilsner last night, and after i went to sleep it occurred to me that many of those bottles went through the dishwasher over the last few weeks with detergent and other dishes. My process for bottling day is to get a big bucket if idophor solution, and soak all bottles in it...

Hi All I have this recipe for an IPA, but honestly i don't trust it. The water volumes look a bit odd and the mash ratio looks wrong. I dont know what to trust. The grain bill is 6,2 kgs. Help, any advise would be appreciated. I have all the ingredients ready for it. Hop heads unite...

I going to do an IPA this weekend and am using the following hops. I was thinking of using Citra instead of the simcoe but and not sure if I should dry hop it or not. Do you think the combo will work. Help appreciated. Hops: 30 g Southern Passion (US 4/78) (9%) - 60 min Hops: 20 g Cascade...

Hi all I did a brew yesterday but after the boil and cooling i forgot to take a gravity reading. However when i cleaned out my boiler this evening there was a whole lot of wort/sediment mix. I have got about a full bottle of clear liquid now. Can i use that to take a gravity reading when i...

Hi I am in the middle of a brew of pilsner using just SAAZ hops. First thing is i need more than 100 g and only have 100 grams, and receipe says use SAAZ 3.2 AA, but i have 4.5. Additions are at 100 g at 60min 25 g at 15min 25 g at 3 min What is the difference between 3.2 and 4.5

I am a new brewer and loving it. My first brew is an American Pale Ale. May need some help along the way thats why i am here :)

Hi All I am a new brewer and have had an APA fermenting for the last 7 days. OG was 1.054 and 7 days in Gravity is 1.010. I have been advised to cold crash it now for 7 days then bottle it. My worry is will i have enough viable yeast for bottle conditioning if I cold crash for that long...