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It is a good thing that this hot break material is there - as strat says it's coagulated protiens which would make your beer cloudy. This is what settles as trub when you strain the wort off into the fermenter.

No matter how many brews you do, something will almost always go wrong, no matter how small! I had a perfect brew day yesterday - finished only 15 mins late for my girlfriend coming home, and me and her jumped in the car to head for a meal at a country pub. Half way to the pub I suddenly...

Hi guys, First off, thanks to Greenwoodrover! I didn't get the water all the way up to boiling point, but managed to get it to the right temp and it worked perfectly; hit my target post-boil SG spot on :) Thanks to everyone else that gave advice - trubadour I do use brewsmith but only had my...

Yeah methinks the calculator is a little off-target! :P By the way, congrats on your 2000th post : ) - H

Help! I missed my mash temp (152*F) by 12*F (I got 140*F) Grains: 4230 grams Water: 3 gallons How much water do I add and at what temp to get 152*F??? Thanks H

Just a quick update - I didnt get any more pics of the brewday as my phone ran out of battery, but it's in the fermenter and bubbling away! I was in the kitchen the other day when I heard a 'POP...tink, tinktinktink' and sure enough, when I went to investigate I found part of the airlock on the...

Haha yeah! Well, I did tell you guys that that was only a fun experiment - I'm not sure many people believed me when I said I was going to properly get into brewing :) - H

After much hilarity when my mum managed to spill a big glass of red wine all over the table, the wort reached boiling point and I added the first hop addition. We're now 10 minutes into the boil and thick chunks of trub are circulating in the wort I just set up my...

Sparge water is up to temperature. The hose on the end of my mash tun is too long so I have to wrap it round the chair to keep it in check! The first few litres of wort contain grain particles so I put these back into the top of the MT. Once the lautering wort is running clear, I let it...

45 minutes in and the mash has only lost 1*C - sitting quite comfortably at 67*C/153*F :)

This barleybottom.com all-grain recipe kit comes pre-measured in vaccum packed packages. The grain is crushed and mixed well, and it's all very simple and hassle-free. This is my second all-grain recipe after my first one (a weiss) turned out very spicy after I added a load of cloves, bananas...

Hi guys, I work from home, but don't finish until late so brewing can be a bit hard to fit into my day - Today however, I'm trying a 'no hassle' brew, the focus is on making a non-herms brew with basic equipment while only putting in the minimum amount of effort. The idea being to make my brew...

Hi guys, Thanks for the advice. I am detecting these flavours after 10 days in primary, in a weissbier. The reason I am concerned, is my last two AG batches (an ESB and ordinary bitter) have both had the same off-flavours, which have remained in the beer even after 2 weeks secondary and 1.5...

Hi, I've been having problems with my all-grain batches. it seems that I get off flavours from them and not from extract batches! I've used different hops, grains from different suppliers, different yeast strains, and I still get the same flavours: green apple/chemical taste/strong butter...