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Hi! I brewed a first lager, extract version with single hop, Olicana hop. I added 3 additions of this hop at 60 min, 15 min and flame out. Now that beer has fermented and bottled, tasted it. Very nice lager except... It has that over ripe strawberry flavor??? Hop should have mango, grapefruit...

Hi! I bought a stainless steel fermenter/brew kettle/mash tun. They said, this can be used in induction cooker. Haven't tested yet, but I would like to hear your opinion, if I could use this vessel in a univessel brewing. So mash in a bag, then drain, boil, chill and ferment in same vessel...

Hello! I have done several AG batches now, and noticed after last batch that my kettle had brown layer in the bottom. I got it off with steel wool, but it was definetly something burnt. So... I use normal stock pot as a mash and boil vessel (BIAB) and have induction cooker for heating. I use no...

Hello! Just curious if anyone from Europe knows any cheap place to buy small steel fermenter (max 25 liters). Have searched ebay and googled every shop I know, but 130€ for that size of fermenter seems little high. Or is it? And I have 100 liter freezer as a fermenting chamber, so height cant...

Hi! I have brewed now 6 all grain BIAB batches, and I'm lost! All my beers have turned drinkable, just off flavors here and there. But one thing is common from the first batch to newest one: tart aftertaste. It could be astringency, but only in some degree, it isn't sour, but it does turn my...

Hi! Is my pH papers just "broken/old" something like that or whats going on? I use tap water, and in Finland, "country of thousand lakes" we have very good and soft water. So our tap water is treated with lime or chalk or something to raise pH to above 8 for preveting corrosion. Today I tested...

Hi! I know theres tens of these posts, but everyone has their own story and problem and how to solve it. My problem was today, when brewing hefeweizen, I got only 55% efficiency! I use Brewersfriend software for calculations and it said my efficiency dropped from normal 70% to 55%. First, my...

Hi! I have now done 3 batches of homebrew, and while first batch was under carbonated because of not enough priming sugar (DME), and second batch went well, my third batch seems to be under carbonated. Aimed to 2.5 vol CO2, let bottles to sit on 24C temp for 2 weeks and its completely flat...

Hi! Im trying to clone Hardywood Gingerbread Stout, and while I have been using Brewersfriend calculator and adding ingredients in EBC color (because Europe), I add only 100g (3.5 oz) of Roasted Barley (1600 EBC) and 100g Chocolate malt (3.5 oz, 1180 EBC), for 9 liter (2.5 gallon) batch with 3.4...

Each priming calculators give different amounts of sugars to use. Seriously how is this possible, when it's math and science, not something you would just made up. And Im talking about 1 gram difference/litre, and especially when trying to calculate priming with DME, differences are huge...

Hi guys! Total newbie here, and I have a question, does anyone know what that screw in top of my capper does? Does it adjust something or is it just for holding my capper together? heres a pic of similar I have Cheers! :mug:

Hi guys! Total newbie here, and since I got half of my brewing equipment from my dad, including old bottle capper, I was wondering if anyone knows is there any difference between mine INART bottle capper and new "designs" sold in markets today. I have old INART bottle capper, and it has a...

Hi! Im brewing my first BIAB brew, a belgian witbier. My OG was 1.052 and using Mangrove Jacks M21 dry yeast. I rehydrated it, and fermenting started nicely, there was thick krausen on top of my beer, but 3 days later it was gone?? Now at fifth day I opened fermenter and took gravity test, it...