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The beer tasted like wet cardboard when I took a hydrometer reading straight from the FV, so I am assuming something has happened between boil and transfer to the fermenter. It's annoying because if it was something obvious that I did wrong I could correct it in the next brew, I've never had...

Thanks for the advice. I fermented for 2 weeks. There was a nice strong aroma when I was bottling the beer but nothing when I cracked one open. The only other thing I did differently during this brew was for the whirlpool at the end of the boil I used my power brill and mash paddle to get a...

Ok, so I set out to try and create something close to the Adnams Mosaic Pale Ale which has an IBU of 41 and an ABV of 4.1% with strong mango / peach aroma and flavour. However I have ended up with something which is really hazy and no aroma and an over powering flavour of wet cardboard. All...

Ok so I think I may be experiencing my first stuck fermentation. I did a small batch 2.5 gallon Oatmeal Stout and all went well during the brew. Now this was always going to be a bit of an experimental batch as I was using a London ESB yeast which I had recovered from a previous Oatmeal Stout...

Thanks for all the comments and advice. A lesson learned here for me.

This has been probably discussed a thousand times on this forum so apologies but I am having some difficulty with my gravity measurements. I am currently brewing an Australian Sparkling Ale and my target OG was 1.048. I took a reading with my new refractometer and it read Brix 12/ 1.047sg, very...

Cheers Oginme, I'll take a look at the video.

Thanks for the tip Stieg000. I have only done one brew with the bulldog so I don't know what to enter for all the boiloff etc yet. So I'll do a couple of brews and use the Grainfather profile like you suggest and then try to dial it in.

I have recently bought a Bulldog Brewer (a similar brewer to the Grainfather), previously I was doing all grain BIAB. I'm looking to get some software, particularly to help me calculate the water volumes needed to brew with my Bulldog Brewer. I've got the free trial of Beersmith2 and am a...

I like the idea of an Oatmeal Cream Stout @Sammy86. Thanks for all the comments

I'm thinking of doing a stout for my next BIAB brew and am thinking of either an oatmeal or milk stout. I haven't done a stout before but am looking for one which will give a smooth velvety mouth feel with not too much bitterness. I know it's very subjective but which would you go for, oatmeal...

Thanks for the comments guy, all very useful. Cheers.

Hi Guys, I'm thinking of purchasing a mini Keg starter kit by Brewferm. Has anyone used this or a similar system? What are your preferences between a keg system and bottles?

Hi Guys, I've done a fair few extract kit brews over the years and have now progressed into all grain brewing (BIAB). I've done a couple of brews now using an electric Peco boiler. It seems to take a long time to reach a boil and a lot of YouTube videos use a metal boiler over a gas flame. I...