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No, not tried it myself. I’m guessing it’s a safe bet though. The extra sugar will get fermented out, but you could try adding small measured amounts to a trial sample and scale it up when you’re happy. Or you could use neat cordial to prime the bottles as long as there’s no preservatives in it...

Thanks, interesting to know it’s not normal (it went off fine from a 1.4l starter initially). I didn’t make a starter because I thought there should have been lots of viable yeast in the jar, at least 120ml of well settled out yeast harvested only 17 days prior to pitching, only 29 days from...

Just checked, 31 hours from pitching, zero attenuation. Just gave it 30s of CO2 stir. Here's hoping for some results tomorrow.

I used the mesh bags to keep all the vegetable matter out of the final product, not sure but leaving them in the beer long term could give off flavours (but that is entirely in my head and not based on any other information). I didn’t cold crash, or use kettle finings, because I want my wheat...

Hello all! I’m not panicking yet, just considering my options, but I pitched this yeast 24 hours ago and there is zero activity yet, confirmed by refractometer readings staying at OG. Has anybody else had a long lag stage when reusing this yeast? Batch was 19L of 1.052 simple pale ale at a...

Maybe a fusion of pineapple and a yeast that will go bananas, with the grain bill of a NEIPA and tropical mango/papaya hops...? 🤔

Hello all! As the keg of elderflower pale running out at the weekend caught me by surprise, I’ve knocked up a speedy Summer Lightning brew today. MO and light crystal with Challenger, Fuggles and lots of EKG. Reused the Wyeast London III. Ran a 90 minute 66c mash with no mash-out and got great...

19L #42 Summer Lightning (sort of) Total: 16,408

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/planning-a-raspberry-wheat.88391/#post-932871 Not tasted the final results yet, but there was plenty of fresh raspberry flavour that was missing first time around.

What quantities did you go for this year? I used 50g (most stems removed) in the last 5 mins of the boil. I could definitely taste them quite clearly, but weren’t necessarily obvious as elderflower as they lacked to bright, sweet fragrance of the flower. It was more of a light herbal, almost...

I can confirm this came out very very nicely. If you like a really malty beer this is definitely one of those! I think the levels of bitterness, hop flavour, carbonation and temperature (16psi/6c) prevent it from being too sickly. I wouldn't push the amount of crystal further than this, but its...

I ended up with 15.5l into the FV, I think beersmith expected 3l of loss to trub but hadn't taken into consideration there were hardly any hops in this brew. Think I ended up at about 4.8% abv, calculating in the fruit addition. I briefly blitzed to frozen fruit in a blender and added them into...

Keg finally kicked the weekend, was a lovely beer and ended up really very clear. I may increase the elderflowers by 50% and add a little more light crystal next time, but don't want to brew a bath bomb! Elderflowers were definitely present but not in the same way as the sweet perfume from the...

16L #41 Raspberry Wheat Total: 16,389

Just bottled 15.5l of Raspberry Wheat with CML KW @39c. Tasting-wise of the daily samples, once the initial malty sweetness tailed off, it picked up a slight acid sharpness which developed into a slight lemony, citric acid thing. This has paired nicely with the raspberries, even the lady of the...

Bottled #41 Raspberry Wheat, brewed with CML Kristallweizen @39c. As the yeast falls out quite easily and I want a nice, cloudy beer, I added the priming sugar solution while bubbling CO2 through. Bottled from the racking port after allowing 15 mins for the sugar to fully distribute and any trub...

If you buy something off the shelf from a reputable on-line shop you should have 14 days to assess it (probably not actually use it though) and if you don’t think it’s for you it can be returned for a full refund (possibly not delivery charge though). Anything you buy will be designed...

If you’re interested in the science of brewing you may want to get into precise temperature control to experiment with stepped mashing etc. If you’re looking to keep things on a budget and you’re looking at electric elements, perhaps consider using an STC-1000 or Inkbird digital temperature...

Wow, 67% specialist malt to base malt, that’s going to be interesting! At least it’s only a gallon, so if the first bottle isn’t as drinkable as you were hoping, put the rest aside and taste them again every now and then and see how they change with age. Good experience to learn the process...