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Boots extract kits in the late 80's as a student. Then a big gap until about 2010. Straight into stovetop partial mash & then on to AG BIAB.

I generally do overnight cooling & add yeast the next day. Transferring to the FV while still.above 90c I tried cooling with my new cooling coil but have abandoned this as 3rd brew got an infection somewhere along the line, so I'm back to a technique that works for me. Also tried early morning...

There were a few threads a couple of years ago if you wanted to search, but I haven't seen anything about them for a while. Maybe those who were experimenting back then could help out. Was it just too much hassle?

The thing to remember is: Beer brewers take about 6 weeks to finished product. So they can adjust & refine their techniques quite quickly. If you make cider (traditionally from apples, not supermarket juice), your looking at 1 attempt per year at harvest time, so it takes longer to improve your...

Brew it. Can't let viable malt go to waste, think of the environment

Is that a fry followed by a grill, or just a fry with a lid on?

Well he'll have done better than me. Too much potassium sorbate in modern squash to make anything reasonable.

Isn't SO5 a beer yeast? Do you find it works ok for wine?

If it doesn't taste nice, then you need to think. Would it be possible to add something to improve it (I think unlikely) Do you keep going, bottle it & shove it at the back of a cupboard for a year & home it improves. This is pragmatic choice if you have spare demijohns & plenty of patience...

The checking for other infection is important as you have said it's been 5 days. The longer it's left, the higher the infection risk. We rely on adding a decent amount of brewing yeast so it can out compete any other microbes and produce alcohol that will further help kill off undesirable...

So if the yeast is working, even towards the end of the fermentation there should be small rafts of bubbles on the surface. If the surface has no bubbles, then we are looking at failure to add yeast or yeast failure. You can check the wort with a hydrometer, but it's just as easy to sample &...

It's great to hear your first brew was a success. So no problem asking on here, we all make mistakes or have mishaps. So we are looking to help you get your 2nd brew going, or help you find out what went wrong. So let's recap: you don't see any airlock activity. So we asked if you can see...

The question is: is the sherry taste acceptable? The clarity will eventually come with time. Probably months of it given that pineapple & mango based fruit juices can be quite cloudy. You can help the clarity of some fruit wines by adding pectolytic enzyme right at the beginning when you mush...

Alas 🙁 it has failed my QA department. Wife & youngest says it still tastes like beer, but it's not good enough for me. I'll call it "Hipster sour". Maybe it will be taken to teenage parties. Maybe after 6 months in the garden the elves will have transformed it...

Or you can get cheap barbed hosepipe adapters online. (Other online retailers are available) cheap adapters from china But as it's mains water pressure, use jubilee clips like everyone else has told you. And high temperature silicone hose on the hot side output is advisable to avoid the plastic...

Nice presentation. Are you practicing for bake off or a village show?

Like Richard says, you would need to heat the wort to at least pasteurization temperature & preferably boiling to kill any unwanted nasties and cover to prevent wild yeast getting in.

Must vote! It's the chancellor's 'Tory safe seat'. In the past I have voted none of the above, but still went & voted on principle. This time I will vote tactically to change the current government. To give him his dues, the blue bloke has been quite a good constituency MP & does attend...

Now I've got man flu. And COVID And pneumonia And tb It feels like I'm 80 when I try to walk up the stairs. Will I even make it to vote tomorrow. Maybe it's my duty to shake hands with the party pollsters sat outside asking me how I voted. On top of that it's SWMBO birthday. Do I postpone...

Here we go again....