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Well, for what it's worth the second pitch didn't push it along any; have racked and tasted it and damn if it isn't one of the tastier beers I've produced and not too sweet either - actually surprisingly strong tasting considering it's still-high gravity. So, short version is I'll stick it in...

Thanks; hopefully I just managed to kill the yeast rather than do anything sillier :) I have to admit I find the range of available yeasts a little confusing - are there specific ones worth seeking out / avoiding? (does the S-04 I fairly randomly ended up with have a tendency to drop dead...

Having done a few kits in my time, I recently decided to give 'proper' brewing a go; things seemed to go pretty well, and my beer was soon fermenting more furiously than I've ever seen (first time the foam had reached the lid of the FV!) However, after 4 or 5 days the fermentation died right...

To be fair, it's not something the breweries are really pushing; it's the consumers (or rather, the supermarkets in the face of an ignorant consumer). Bit yeah, it's definitely something CAMRA should be acting on...

It was something they had to do because the supermarkets were sending back batches, after customers complained that the beer was "cloudy" (having utterly failed to read the damn bottle) - it got so expensive that they didn't have much choice, sadly :( Some of their smaller beers are still...