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Hi folks, I brewed a 1080 beer on the 20th, by last Thursday all sign of activity had stopped and it wasn't bubbling anymore, checked the gravity and it was at 1032. I decided to leave it at 19.5C for a few more days to see if it would finish, today it is still 1032! I did pitch two packs...

Ok then I've got it all fitted up, I was hoping it would reduce my dead space from a rather large 4 litres down to a few hundred ml, by utilising the syphon effect. So the syphon isn't working for some reason and I was someone could tell me why, so here's some pics The inside of the...

Morning folks, I did another brew last night which I thought went pretty well, but I was aiming for an OG of 1037 and my hydrometer tells me it's 1030 (measured @ 20C). I don't know why either? The last few brews I seem to be missing the OG by a good few points, so I'm suspecting the...

Hi Folks, I had a bit of a disaster last night when the manifold came loose from the drum tap on my mash tun come sparge time. Now I need a way of connecting the manifold to the drum tap (some way of screwing onto the thread?) so that it doesn't come out so easily! Any suggestions? Pictures...

Hi Guys, I'm having a bit of a nightmare with the yeast I've chosen hopefully someone can give me a bit of advice. First of all a bit of the story, last week 24hrs before my brew I made up a starter from previously washed S-04 yeast. The next day the starter STANK of sour milk so I decided...

Hi Guys, Perhaps you can help me understand, why when they're quite different First one brewed back in November which I called Brithemian Blonde 23L Batch OG 1046 4250gms Marris Otter 250gms Pilsner 40gms Goldings (4.5%) 90 mins 25gms Czech Saaz (2.8%) 15 mins 15gms Goldings...

First time trying to make up my own recipe, driven by a need to use up some bits and bobs. Could I have some feedback? This sound ok? 23L Batch 1.050 OG Estimate 56.5 IBU Amount Item Type % or IBU 4660.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 95.59 % 140.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L...

This'll teach me for not testing second hand equipment before filling with beer! Anyway I primed a budget barrel yesterday and then filled it to just over half way and filled it with two 8gm CO2 bulbs. A few hours later after checking there was a nice big damp patch of beer on my carpet! It had...

Sorry for the caps, but I think I might of been sold the wrong thing by my HBS (brewers droop). I went in and asked for some light DME for a starter and he gave me this big blue tin that said "EDME DMS Diastatic Malt Extract", hmmm DME sounds right to me I thought. Anyway I just opened it up...

Just had a sneaky half pint of my first AG, admitedly two weeks earlier than I should, and OMG how good was this! Considering I've never brewed anything before I think I've done a pretty good job, head retention was great! Admitedly it could probably do with a bit more carbonation. MARIS...

So I finally replaced the tap on my Burco with a ball valve, I do however have a slight drip in the highlighted area, the nut is as tight as it will go. I'm fairly useless at DIY type stuff (it took me nearly 45 mins to fit figure out how to fit it) so how do I stop the drip?

Ok well last week I finished my first full AG brew ever, and I have a list of mistakes I need to learn from for next time, I'm hoping that none of them will of ruined my beer! 1. Need to fix my coolbox mashtun the hosepipe from my grain filter fell out of the tap during the 2nd batch sparge...

Ok so I managed 6 bottles and just over half a keg from my first ever AG brew, now the keg has been fully primed with the sugar so over the next few weeks it should produce its own CO2, however, as you can see from the picture below it is just over half full. Should I consider topping it up...