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I have always had success by doing the following: 1. Rinse 75-100g per person of rice in 3-4 changes of water until the water runs clear. 2. Soak in a bowl of water for at least 30minutes, and up to 24hrs (I normally do this in the morning so it’s ready for when I get home from work). 3...

So today I did my first top-cropping in my new system and - curses!! - when I moved the FV so I could do the top-crop I must have knocked the magnet. When I opened the keg the hops and their bag of delicious hoppy goodness had sunk without trace.... balls! I think I’ll either have to get a...

Sounds good to me! You will still get quite a lot of perceived bitterness even when added very late in the boil or when dry-hopped. What is the estimated BU:GU of the beer?

Thanks @foxbat - I really enjoyed putting the system together. It’s nice designing something with the benefit of hindsight! I think this will work much better for me in terms of fermentation control and minimising oxygen exposure, and manages to get around not having space for a dedicated...

Yeah good shout. I currently use a hop spider for my boil additions and it seems to work really well.

I haven’t noticed any issues yet... I used them a lot when brewing in New Zealand, and have just recently started back using them over here. They seem like a great solution. One issue I could see is the extended contact time with the hops is likely to necessitate alteration of your late...

I I haven’t used either, but oxygen-free dry hopping can be easily overcome using a hop bag, something magnetic and non-reactive like a stir bar and a magnet. Have a look at my brew day post for more info. https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/session’s-brewdays.88023/

Thanks Nick! It’s something I thought of doing myself after thinking there must be a better way than opening the lid. It seems to work well - currently I have over 100g of hops suspended and being gradually purged of oxygen by the fermentation process. I guess a stronger magnet could be used if...

I brewed a simple APA to get things going. 85% maris otter 10% golden naked oats 5% oat hulls 45 min magnum addition to get 30 IBU 5g/L dry hop after 3 days w/ amarillo Dry hop for 3 days then transfer to secondary. The brew day went well overall, I had a bit of loose grain under the malt...

I’ve started brewing again recently after having to sell all my previous gear. This gave me a great excuse to start building my brewery the way I would have done the first time around if I knew what I know now. In case anyone is interested, here is my current set up. If not, skip to the brew...

Hello! That sounds exciting! I’m afraid I can’t help with many of your questions aside from the last. It is a necessity to sanitise your storage bottles. I would use something like ChemSan available from forum sponsor KegThat at very reasonable prices.

I have found the debris from the dry hop can interfere with my readings when I have done this in the past, but if the surface looks clear when you pop the lid no harm in dropping it in and leaving it in there.

It’s a good question, but to be honest as long as you are relatively careful when taking your sample, I doubt you’ll be exposing the brew to enough oxygen to cause any problems. Try using a turkey baster or wine thief to take the sample if you want to minimise splashing, otherwise a sanitised...

I would start by scaling your brew house efficiency down to 70% and see what that looks like, after that the profile will be something you continue to tweak each brew to get it closer to your actual numbers. BrewFather is great as it gives you your actual figures as well as your predicted, so...

I interpreted OP’s post to mean he emailed the craft beer shop, but I agree emailing the brewery would make more sense! If the brewery think it’s normal I’d probably give them a miss next time round and move on to pastures new. Life’s too short to drink crap beer!

I’d contact the brewery and ask them. If they come back saying ‘that’s how it’s meant to be’, then maybe they have packaging issues which need to be addressed, or perhaps you just don’t like their product. If on the other hand they reply saying ‘no that’s awful - who sold you that?!’, your...

This an interesting one! It’s made more interesting by the fact that ESB and London Pride are almost exactly the same beer... http://allaboutbeer.com/quirks-of-brewing-parti-gyle-brewing/ Fullers use a partigyle system whereby they make one big mash and draw off wort at different SGs. ESB is...

It also depends what you’re brewing... since you posted this in the ‘wine, cider, mead & kombucha’ forum it may not make apply to you, but as @terrym says, when brewing beer, UV light can react with hops to create off flavours

The tilt may be sitting against some floating dry hops which could have altered the reading. Can you check a hydrometer sample?

I wish I found it as simple as you do Terry! Do you use PET bottles at the moment? I used to use PET but moved away from it as have always found my beer tasted better when stored in glass. I found the same improvement again (brighter, fresher hop flavour and aroma for longer) on switching to...