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Lager yeast is no different, it'll fire up just the same as ale yeast. The tip I picked up from foxbat is to ferment your lager starter at 20ºC, same as you would an ale. Doesn't matter if it kicks off esters, at this stage you're just getting the yeast to reproduce - crash it out once it's...

In my experience, yes. More to the point, that seems to be the experience of Budvar who - like them or loathe them - have made and sold a lot more beer then I have!

With a d-rest I found I was getting just a whisper of esters. Not an ester bomb, just a whisper, but it was there and annoying me. I actually took inspiration from the malt miller's videos with Budvar who just ferment low and slow. It might take longer (I'm not actually convinced it does) but...

The last couple I brewed like this (low & slow) certainly turned out very well. You're right, it is a long time to you're up the brew fridge - the subject of a second one has been raised with senior management but the capex has not yet been approved. In the meantime I have a spot that is...

Suggestion: I think I mentioned to you in a DM that my recent German Pils suffered some "issues"*, hence I've recently acquired a bottle of lime cordial 😉 (* Hint: If you're hoping some yeast slurry that's been dormant in the fridge for >2 months will suddenly spring into life you might be...

AG#115 "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Saaz" Czech Pils v3 Trying something like one of my standard pale grists and standard process to see how it compares to a decoction mash. 15L tap water, 5.0ml Lactic Acid 80%, 2g CaCl, half a Campden tablet, giving: Calcium 155 Chloride 100 Sulfate 41...

AG#114 "5 Metre" Amber Ale For sure, that 50g Munich Malt is going to make all the difference and take this recipe from "also-ran" to "show stopper"! (NOT! :laugh8: ) Originally CML's "Gosling Skerries" recipe, which I believe is a Goose Island IPA clone, just the base malt scaled down to make...

AG#113 "Namenlos" German Pils A lazy and impromptu brew-evening. No Saaz on hand for a Czech Pils so using up some H.M.Fruh I've had in the freezer for a few months. 15L tap water, 5.0ml Lactic Acid 80%, 2g CaCl, half a Campden tablet, giving: Calcium 155 Chloride 100 Sulfate 41 Alkalinity 88...

What was the story in the end with your amber lager and the homebrew club? Any danger of expulsion for not brewing the international lager requested? 😉

Well done everyone, and great job @pilgrimhudd and @SMP Brewery 👍 Many thanks @Alastair70 for judging 🍻

AG#112 "Smiling Politely" Hefeweizen Brewed this a couple of times before, last time was was almost a year ago. I think this might be the first time I've ever brewed the same beer twice and resisted the temptation to meddle with it. 15L tap water, 5.0ml Lactic Acid 80%, 2g CaCl half a Campden...

AG#111 Liberator IPA v3 Still tweaking this to try and get it how I want it. I'm fermenting this time with Fermentis K-97 which research indicates encourages much more biotransformation than US-05, plus it should attenuate much better than the S-33 I used in Version 2. Instead of simply...

Ooh, well this is a nice surprise 😁 Well done @Caramel Ox and @pilgrimhudd 👍🍻

I've just tapped the keg of my double decoction Czech Pils so I'll definitely be sending a bottle of that, though I'll probably give it another week or two to condition a little more before posting it. I've also got a single bottle left of my single infusion Czech Pils - if I can refrain from...

AG#110 Czech Dark Amber Alt Kolsch Lager Bier Re-brew of my AG#99 Czech Amber Lager (which is actually quite dark). It was excellent but I can't be bothered to wait a month for a lager fermentation so I'm using Fermentis K-97 Kolsch yeast instead, not one I've used before. So maybe more like an...

I've got a Czech Pils and a West Coast IPA, will PM to get your details @Stu's Brews

AG#109 Liberator IPA v2 Currently enjoying V1 of this from the keg which is very nice - a nice balance of piney and fruity - so decided to make another batch with a few tweaks: I still want more pine (and more hop presence overall TBH) so I'm using Chinook in place of Columbus in the hop mix...

I think the Inkbird 308 WiFi is about to come up on a lightning deal for £35 on Amazon (I got early access with Prime) Have a search on Amazon if you're quick 👍

This was the recipe, right, from last November?

Difficult to say for sure as the hydrometer tube is really small and the FV is really big compared with a pint glass... ... But I'm certain it's a good bit darker then the single infusion mash version I've just kegged, maybe 5/6/7 SRM rather than the 3 SRM Brewer's Friend thinks. I made a...