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Hi, I was hoping to bottle condition my ales in the garage which sits about 45-55F. Anyone tried doing this by adding a larger yeast or otherwise at bottling time? Any success? Steve

Hi I'm building a500l fermenter. Has anyone any experience of this size and know whether I would need to heat or cool it? I had to heat my 50l fermenter to get a complete fermentation and I know a larger fermenter would need cooled, but this seems a bit in the middle. Ambient...

Hi, I've been using mangrove jacks dried British ale yeast. I start with an og of about 1.050 and ferment for about a fortnight. After this time it's settled at 1.014 but when I bottle it and put the ale some where warm it seems to start up again and goes down to about 1.006 making a really...

Hi all, When I'm sparging after the mash I continue until the gravity of the runnings is about 1.008. Then stop sparging and start the boil There's a lot of water left in the mash tun which I run down the drain. This seems an awful waste. Does anyone stop sparging and then drain that...

Hi all, Considering upgrading my brew set up from a 50L to a 200L boil kettle. Was wondering if anyone had any advice on the size of element i would need in the boil kettle. I was thinking 12kW from 4 x 3kW immersion heater elements. Currently i have 5kW for my 50L boil kettle and this...

Hi All, I've been brewing a wheat beer recently. I'm using 4.8kg marris otter, 2.5kg flaked wheat and some rice hulls in the mash. After the mash (68degC for 1hr) i start to sparge. When i get to about 20L in the boil kettle the the gravity coming out of the mash tun drops to close to 1...