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Hey all, So I brewed what was supposed to be an AIPA-ish type beer a few weeks back. The fermentation started off well and has stopped showing signs of activity according to my tilt for the last few days. The tilt reading was pretty high, so I pulled a sample this morning..and well it was about...

I recently dry hopped my latest batch with 100g of dry hops. The pellets have now expanded and are floating on the top. Should I try to swirl them back into solution, or given that they are wet I can assume the oils will get into the rest of the beer?

Hi all, I’m brewing this week for a comp. and my usual wit strain isn’t in stock. I picked up Omega OLY-030. Just wondering if anyone had used it beige and what to expect based on your experience? Cheers, Ben

Hey, So recently i brewed what I was intending to be an old school clear west-coast IPA with high drinkability. What came out is a sort of - boring-ish, slightly too bitter on the finish un-refreshing beer type drink. On the brew I had an issue with a broken pump in my Grainfather and so I...

Hey 👋 so I brewed a batch about 10 days ago and fermentation kicked off super quick. The krausen has been intense and I is a lot of true from Irish moss. The krausen was super sticky looking and started to drop 4 ish days ago. Thereis this lingering bubbly stuff on the top - I’ve given it a...

Hi, I brewed an Amber ale on Friday and everything seemed to go okay - in-fact I finally remembered to add some Irish moss that I have had and neglected on my last 5-6 batches (used it 1 time previously). After I cooled with my IC i noticed that there was some precipitate in the wort and...

Hey, First time using San Diego Super yeast (WLP090) and I'm trying to see if this matches other peoples experiences. I'm brewing a west-coast IPA OG 1.062 (fermenting at 19c +/- .5) - I added the yeast on Saturday Morning (currently 5 days ago) - typically when I've done batches with other...

Just received a new tilt for my birthday - I wouldn't have bought this for myself even though I thought it looked quite cool! So I was pretty please to give it a whirl - I sanitised and calibrated it with no issues and connected the cloud logging URL for brewfather. However When I have dropped...

Hey, Yesterday I was making a west coast IPA and my Grainfather pump decided at the very last minute to stop working... The Grainfather has a counter flow chiller which is linked to this pump - so it meant that I was stuck with beer at 80c (after my whirlpool) and no way to cool it! My only...

Hi There, I'm getting ready to brew an Imperial Porter-ish type beer. I'm shooting for something with a nice complex malt bill (but not hugely roasty) - with some chocolate/vanilla/raisin/plumb notes. I haven't made a beer this big or used english hops yet - would be great if I could get some...

Hey there, Just wondering if we had many London based brewers, and if they had any recommendations for homembrew clubs (I'm based in SW London) Thanks, Ben

Hi There, I'm trying to update my brewfather water source as I'm planning on making some adjustments to my water chemistry for the first time. Most of the fields are directly available in my water report Here is the profile I've got set-up: But I've had to guess a couple of the values 1)...

I’m currently waiting for a keg to carb up (on around 30psi) and am taking samples regularly. I have a party tap that I’m planning on using until I can convince my wife to let me put a keggarator in.. At the moment I’m cleaning the tap after each sample and removing. I’m just wondering if I...

Hi there, I kegged my first batch today and hooked up my co2 equipment for It’s first spin. Initiallu I head a couple of leaks so went and tightened the setup with my spanner and all seems fine. My regulator rear 50 bar when I first plugged it in. I’ve put it in my fridge around 4c and I’ve...

Hi There, I recently brewed a Saison and it's looking pretty good so far! I originally designed the recipe using the Grainfather software - but I decided I wanted to have a go at brewfather software. So I've exported my recipe from Grainfather and imported it into Brewfather. The estimates...

Hi All, So I have 16L (4.25g) of porter which has reached its FG (1.014). I want to split the batch into 3 5L (1.32g) batches: Normal porter - bottled Cherry porter - 5 days in small carboy 4 on 400grams of cherries Coffee porter -5 days on undecided amount of coffee beans. With the cherry...

Hey all, I have a NEIPA which started of fermenting VERY actively. The OG was 1.080 measured with a hydrometer. I have been dry hopping this week and took a measurement with my new refractometer - it shows that the current gravity is 1.035 - however I would have expected to hit my FG of 1.018...

So I have an NEIPA fermenting since Sunday - I split my 15L batch into 3 carboys and. I need to dry hop twice once at 70% attenuation and one once fermentation has completed. I took one of the carboys out of my cupboard to check the gravity (It was not quite ready yet). When I did i took a...

Hi All, I've brewed a couple of beers now but have only ever done fermentation in one vessel. I keep seeing things popping up about primary/secondary fermentation. AFAIK it seems that secondary fermentation is moving the beer from the first vessel to a second. What is the benefit of doing this...

Hi all, I have a nice NEIPA currently fermenting. I did my last brew in a plastic fermentation bucket, and I must have had some leakage somewhere as I had no airlock activity. This time I wanted to avoid the paranioa, so I purchased 3 * 5L glass carboy/demijohn. My fermentation is going very...