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I agree graysalchemy although it would appear that there are temperature variations going on inside the beer between the centre and the edges of the FV which I suspect will be present regardless of where the probe is placed. So it's just a question of which temperature you want to control; the...

I'm probably taking this a bit too far but over the last 2 weeks I have been monitoring four different temperatures in my garage and brew fridge using min/max thermometers. I have a standard set-up with a large fridge, STC-1000 and a heater under the FV. The STC-1000 is set to 19.5C with 0.5...

I'd agree with that. I bottled some beer made with US05 back in July in the hot weather and whilst I was able to store most of the bottles at around 20C, a few of them were left in temperatures of 28C and higher. Those bottles now have some very nasty flavours which are just not there in the...

So do you set the temperature lower than you want the beer to be ?

Hi All, I built myself a shiny new brew fridge with an STC-1000, heater etc. I then made some beer, chilled it to around 24C, put it in the fridge and attached the temperature sensor to the side of the FV covered in some bubble wrap. Now, a few days later, the fridge is happily maintaining the...

I think yours looks OK too. I think it is usually quite obvious when it goes mouldy and the lumps have a blue tinge. Here's one I prepared earlier...

I very rarely prime my bottles. It will usually take 4-6 weeks in the bottle before it's conditioned but I've never had a problem by not priming. On the other hand I made a strong Belgian Ale a while back and followed the recipe to the letter including the required amount of priming sugar. After...

Definitely get yourself a Salifert test kit. I have very hard, alkaline water (349 ppm CaCO3 and 6.9 meq/l). I was able to make decent dark beers and strong Belgian ales but if I tried to make any sort of pale beer it had a very unpleasant bitter aftertaste and very low hop flavours. I started...

Just be careful when you clean the garage brewery - my wife caught me hoovering mine the other day and that landed me in trouble as she's never seen me hoovering in the house.

I haven't figured out what's wrong with it but I suspect the element has gone. It's one of the cheapy Ritchies boilers and I've had to replace the element before. Might be a good excuse to throw some money at a new boiler! Any recommendations?

Yes, I'm fairly sure the hot break was ok - the wort was clear and there were very large clumps of trub. I assume that's what it should look like? :)

The recipe called for hops at the start of the boil and then flavour hops 15 minutes before the end. That's it. So I didn't miss any actual hop additions. I think it will still be OK. I'm making the beer for my wedding and I can't really imagine any of my guests saying "Hmmm, this beer tastes...

Hello, I was brewing the other night and my boiler stopped working 7 minutes before the end of a 90 minute boil. Very annoying. Does anyone know if this will have any adverse effects on the finished beer? I'm thinking maybe the flavour hops would not have been able to do their job having only...

I managed to find a few spare hours to make beer last night and I pitched my starter which was now 5 days old. I needn't have worried; this morning there was a large foam head in the fermenter... so, yes, it was still useable! Thanks.

Hello, I made a 2 litre Wyeast starter which was foaming nicely after about 48 hours, but, due to unforseen circumstances I have been unable to brew and use the starter. The instructions on the pack say it should be pitched after 24-48 hours but my starter is now over 4 days old. Can I still...