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I brewed a Bohemian Pilsener a about 3-4 weeks ago. Primary fermentation at about 12C in my cellar appeared to go OK. I racked it off into another FV and put it in my brewing fridge. Initially this was at about 7C so I turned it down (up?) to get cooler. Now I have ice in the brew! It's not all...

Interestingly, the fermentation was over in 48 hours (or less). The S-33 took it from 1056 to 1008 in that time. I know that last time I did this it was done in about 3-4 days so I suppose I shouldn't be srprised but I am a little. Still I'll let it rest for a few days before bottling. Fingers...

I got in in good time this year with my Christmas brew, based on a recipe from D & K 'Home Brew Beer'. Recipe as follows: Malt: Pale Malt : 2700g Amber Malt : 300g (including mopping up 25g of old Biscuit malt) Cara Malt : 210g (ditto Cara Munich 1) Light Crystal Malt : 180g Torrefied Wheat ...

I've used this yeast twice recently and was puzzled (and disappointed) that it stopped at 1015 - 1020. The resulting bitter and stout bottles are 'gushers' that Red Adair would have had trouble with. There's no excessive gas initially, but as ssoon as it's poured, the foam is ..... well, it just...

I bottled mine a week ago. I used MG M42 Belgian Ale Yeast and it tokk about 11 days before the airlock stopped bubbling. It got down from 1050 to 1002 giving an ABV of about 6.2%. That's slightly annoying because I didn't really want it to be so strong, but I boiled the wort too long and have...

Thanks Darrell, that's interestng. I ferment for 2 weeks or a little longer, in a jar with an airlock. In both cases the fermentation started strongly and was apparently over (in terms of bubbling airlock) after 3 days. I store the bottled brew in an unheated room - at about 10 - 15C. I'm torn...

Does anyone else use Mangrove Jack's M15 Empire Ale Yeast? I've just done 2 brews in a row using it (a stout and a dark bitter, neither with specially high OG - about 1045). Each are in 500ml swing top bottles with priming sugar (40g/litre for the stout and 20g/litre for the bitter). To pour a...

The total mash time should have been 90 mins (30 + 60)...? Anyway, I hope it works out for you. I also am a bucket and bottle brewer. I can't see so much entertainment in a super wizzo system that does it all for you. I like to make my own mistakes I guess (and I do!). Cheers!

Well, I always found it hard to get the water quantities and therefore OG right. Since I did that brew I've got better but still have trouble reaching my target OG with the right amount of beer. So apologies if I've led you up the garden path! I base my calcs on an assumed mash efficiency of 65%...

Good luck! Look forward to your report 😋

Co-incidentally, I've got another batch of this fermenting right now. It's the same recipe as above with a bit more malt and slightly adjusted to match amounts specified by my calculations. Oh and about 150g of Biscuit Malt as I didn't have enough Vienna. It's bubbling away nicely. I tried my...

**Got to love watching someone get *really* into something though. ** Absolutely - and it means I don't have to! I take your point about the flavour vs colour thing. Frankly though, I don't worry too much about the colour if the flavour is good. Lager that tastes like Baltic Trader might be a...

Blimey! Thanks NB. There's a lot of detail in there that I just don't have time to get my head around! It does explain the point of the Chocolate Malt tough, as it darkened the beer (just a shade, it was still on the blond side of amber) but added no discernable flavour. The Carafa that I just...

Brewed today my Dark Belgian Ale. Based on a paler version I mad a couple of months ago: Lager Malt 2000g Vienna Malt: 650g Carafa Special 1: 50g Cara Munich 1: 50g Temp stepped mash: 50C for 30 mins, 67C for 60 mins Saaz hops: 30g at start of boil Styrian Goldings hops: 15g last 15 mins Irish...

I don't know if this is a problem or not but here goes... I recently started using a Royal Bubbler FV with an airlock instead of a semi-open plastic bucket. It's noticable that in the Bubbler, the krausen does not 'dissappear' (sink?) after a few days as it used to in the bucket. I've used it...

This one had more or less stopped bubbling in the FV after 8 days but I left it in for the full 2 weeks. Not many bottles spare so I racked it into my small (15L?) polypin with 35g of priming sugar. The brew was still pretty murky - and even though I was using my wonderful new auto-siphon, I...

Count me in! I'll go for the Old Badger Ruby Porter.

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