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Thanks @Graz for sharing your experience, as it's the best way for other people to learn about the merits/pitfalls of the various options athumb..; and good news to hear you've found a decent supplier at the end of the day. I remember feeling a bit overwhelmed when I first thought about...

Next time I'll capture the log (1 sec intervals) if you like ;-)

Oh nooooo!

Well after today’s brew my stock levels are now definitely the best they’ve been. In order of brewing: Münich Helles (drinking - about half left) Bière de Garde (conditioning) Belgian Dubbel (conditioning) London Bitter (fermenting) Belgian Wit (fermenting) That’s all kegs in action for the...

if you’re a tad over on the OG and under on the volume it’s no problem: just top up in the FV with a bit of cooled boiled water. You can do that now: the yeast won’t mind, and you’ll end up with more to drink wink.... Use this calculator to work out how much water to add...

Well done… looks like you’ll have a cracking brew athumb..

If it's any use as a reference point, today I brewed a Belgian Wit and put in 25g of bitter orange peel (dried) for the last 10min of the boil ... I put it in the spider along with the hops and took it out about 10min after flameout

Thanks for the heads up!! 🤣 If you get a brew on now, you'll be glad for it when the Summer comes ;-)

Where are you sourcing that, @YF? I see Charles Faram has it (and a pretty impressive range of others too) but I'm not sure whether they sell to retail?

No rush, gentlemen :-) plenty of time Anyone else who fancies joining is welcome... @DocAnna ?

Yes indeed! recirculation flow rate 1.9L/min total fluid volume (before grain absorption) 15.15L grain mass 4.45kg diameter of the mash tun 33cm dead space 2L The mash tun was closed at the top, and there was about 1.5cm liquor standing on top of the grain :cool: What surprised me was how...

Re-pitching with fresh sediment from my Dubbel: Lalbrew Belgian-style Wit. I put about 500ml in… who knows how many cells 🤣 Sounds like a few of us are doing Wits at the moment; maybe lets do a collaborative swap when they’re ready? @Agentgonzo

OG 1.052 after the chill. Hmmm.... OK I'll liquor back a couple of litres: I've already got enough Belgian rocket fuel with the Dubbel 🤣

Thanks Mike - interesting read athumb.. How hard is your water?

Hydrometer (pre boil, cooled) is a bit more like it 🤣

Pre-boil 1.050 … oops 🤣 Looks like I might be liquoring back a smidge then. I’ll wait and see what the hydrometer says.

60.8g of Saaz (2.1%) in for 70min - aroma is amazing

Last runnings 1.013: this’ll go in as a top-up mid boil

Nice looking wort, 1.078 for the first runnings

There’s a good old head on it 🤣