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Big fan of the CML yeasts and the company in general - always lovely to deal with and usually drop a nice email after every order taking interest in current homebrewing exploits. I've used: Four - Not a fan. I found the esters not particularly pleasant. Five - As expected! Super nice clean US...

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Watching this thread with interest! I'm off to Sorrento on holiday in September and definitely hoping to sample a range of Italian lagers!

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Did this hop tea method serve you well? I'm keen to experiment with this. I've dry hopped in the keg multiple times by transferring on top of hops in a stainless steel hop filter and had lovely results, but often the hoppiness fades after a week or so. I'd like a method of keeping the...

Interestingly I recently made another beer and have had the same thing to a lesser extent. I dry hopped this loose for the first time in forever too during active fermentation (which I haven't done in a while)! I think this flavour is a combo of too much calcium and a loose dry hop during...

Welcome! Indeed home brewing can become a rabbit hole and money pit, but good advice can help you avoid false economy purchases as well, and there's plenty of good advice to be gained on here!

It's interesting how all our experiences with certain yeasts seem completely different - I guess it's horses for courses thing/a case of different palettes. Out of interest, what yeast would you use for British ales? The only other one I've used is London Ale III (Clipper from CML), which I...

I'm a fan of Notty over S04. I've never made a beer I've liked with S04 unfortunately and I've tried it in three to four batches now. I find the esters too intense and I didn't ferment high on any batch either - I even tried fermenting low and slow on one of them but still didn't like the...

I've used it as a fermenter and keg quite a few times! There is nothing wrong with it if you drink it fast. Once cold crashed in the fermentation fridge, a lot of the yeast falls out. As long as you don't disturb or shake up the all rounder, you can get right down to just before hitting the trub...

I just wanted to post and say I started watching from episode 1 a week or two ago and I'm now around episode 70! It is very interesting seeing the process of you setting the brewery up with all the little gear problems and learning curves/problem-solving. Thanks @chopps! Hopefully I can get my...

It's a great fridge! Very big internally for it's size. Two old fat style 19L corny kegs with a bit of extra room for other bits and bobs around them. I'm not using an inkbird at the moment to control the temperature. I pressure ferment, so I get quite a bit of carbonation in the beer before...

Had a reply from Neil at Phoenix. The next batch of analysis will be late August/early September - I think I'm going to go for it!

Thanks for the heads up on this! I've emailed. For me, the water reports I have are from 2019 and everytime I ask for updated ones they send that plus slightly different numbers which are around the same ballpark. I think it'd be good to just confirm for sure! I'm also going to be stepping up...

BUMP! Has anyone else tried this? I've considered this recently too.

Hey everyone! Been looking into British hops recently and I see Admiral is one of the highest AA British hops and seems to almost have similar descriptors as some of the US/New World hops. I wondered if anyone has used it to success? I'm tempted to try a SMASH with it. Cheers!

Oh nice - I'll take those off your hands. I'll DM you. So I assume they fit onto this? Just double-checking to make sure: Wednesbury Microbore Copper Pipe Coil 10mm x 10m | Toolstation

Update: I ended up returning my S40. After quite a few brews I noticed my FG was pretty much always incorrect due to the temperature controller not being very accurate during the mash. For me and the beers I brew, this is a massive issue. I like to mash high on low abv beers and it just didn't...

56L capacity! I believe I could really push it if I wanted and do a 45L brew on it! Last night was a quick test run really to get to grips with the new brewing system. 20L SMASH batch, no chill. Straight into a Hdpe cube and in the fermentation fridge to cool overnight. I want to build a...

She's a beauty! First brew on it tonight. Got running water in a rough fashion to the shed too. Happy days! The partner is happy I'm not wrecking the kitchen anymore too 😂 Cheers!