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So you used a full bottle for 19l? How’d it come out?

Does anyone have any experience in using this marshmallow flavouring? My plan is to add some before bottling up an oatmeal milk stout (30 litres). Any suggestions with how much to add? I don’t want over the top sweetness/sickliness. It’s got good reviews and I noticed that the malt miller sell...

I’m going to brew 30litres, do you think 5 of these would make a flavour impact if steeped in bourbon for 2 weeks and dumped in fv 3 days before bottling?

I’m making an oatmeal stout and I’ll be adding probably 250g lactose too. I’m interested in the idea of adding marshmallow flavour to the stout but adding actual marshmallows will only add more fermentables and I doubt would impart any actual flavour. This is what gives me the idea of adding...

Hey, I’m doing the jon finch oatmeal stout but don’t have any ekg, I have got some Archer hops at 4.2AA though. Brewfather seems to suggest this hop is more of an aroma hop but can I substitute ekg for archer for the only bittering addition in this recipe?

I think he probably means the foamy head straight after aerating the wort which does naturally drop down a few hours afterwards before the yeast kicks in and creates krausen

Sounds good, thanks for that. I haven’t got the ability to crash cool unfortunately, no way to cool my brews at all apart from sticking the odd couple of bottles in the fridge but I’ve never let that hold me back from trying any recipe that I want lol! I’ll see how this 12% quad turns out, it’s...

That looks awesome, I may have to borrow your recipe if mine turns out crap, what was your finishing gravity btw? I’m worried the m41 may have gone overboard with mine lol!

What’s the fizz like on the quad now? Your volume of co2 would be 2.5 so I’m curious if this is enough or not

Hi guys, my quad has finished fermenting now, went from 1.096 all the way down to 1.004 in 3 weeks so it’s 12.1%abv. Anyway I’ve got 2 options with regards to what levels of carbonation I can give it, I’ll be using 500ml brown ex mcewans champion bottles (which I’ve never had issues with where...

Well, so long as it tastes good I’ll be happy. The m41 packet says it’s good for golden strongs and Belgian dark strongs too. It worked incredibly well for my golden strong that I did so fingers crossed for this quad. The last attempt at this same quad I used t-58 yeast and it finished...

This is what it looks like at the moment

Fermentation started approximately 2 weeks ago tomorrow. Haven’t got another vessel unfortunately. I usually leave it a couple of weeks then I do a closed transfer using Sodastream gas and use a bottling gun to fill each bottle. I’ve never had need to take any beer off the yeast before. But...

I put the hydrometer in the fv about a week in, my fv is a fermentasaurus so I can see through to get accurate readings

Ok this quad is now starting to worry me a little. It’s now at 1.004 giving an abv of 12.1%. It’s also still hazy indicating to me the yeast is still in suspension and not looking like it’s going to actually drop any time soon. I’ve got a pack of this cbc1 bottling yeast that I’m now starting to...

This quad was an overnight mash lol

Good call, I’ll keep a close eye on it and play it by ear. It’s been in fv 10 days now, I usually end up bottling on day 14 but I’ll see how clear it gets in the fv by day 14. I’ve only just dropped the temp from 27c down to 22c so hopefully the haze will start to drop out a bit soon.

How was it? I mean I know Belgians in general are supposed to be highly attenuated but 100%?! 😂

M41 is an absolute monster, I’ve never known a yeast like it, it’s now down to 1.008 and I’m hoping it’s stopped now to be honest! This quad will be 11.6%abv!! And I’ve got 50 pints of it 😂 I could make them into shandy’s and they’d still be 6% and get me smashed lol

I’m not overly bothered by wasting half a pack, it’s only a fiver and I won’t be doing a super strong ale that I’m going to store long term like this anytime soon so I won’t really have a need for a bottling yeast. All my other beers I’ve just used whatever yeast was left in the beer to do the...