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I pitched a sachet of dried Kveik Voss at 08:30, there were signs of activity within an hour, and now it's gone mental. This yeast is crazy o_O

I'm running a little low on stock after not being able to brew for a few months, and I'm considering doing something lagery and an APA with some Voss I bought from CML. My question is, can I do the lagery one at 25C and hope it finishes in a week, and while that's going, brew the APA so it's...

I've used my blender before, which made a very fine grind. I wouldn't recommend it, but it made beer. If you do use something like that, use a BIAB bag if you have one else you'll end up with a very cloudy wort because of the flour produced.

A wee update; this turned out remarkably well. In the end, I didn't use frozen fruit, I simply tipped a litre of mixed tropical fruit juice in the keg, racked the prison hooch on top, force carbonated it and stuck it in the keezer. It tastes EXACTLY like Lilt :laugh8:

That's normal, mines does it too. I'm also paranoid about losing all my gas at the moment as I will be unable to get a refil for the forseeable, so I'm switching off my gas when I'm not using the system. I turn it on periodically to ensure that everything is suitably carbonated when I want a beer.

I like it in this pale, I haven't tried that many :laugh8:acheers.

I'll give it a whirl :)

It's been the same over two separate kegs, so seems unique to that position. I redid all the lines when I changed kegs over, but I'll have a look at the weekend to ensure that everything is straight, and I'll check the temperature. It doesn't taste like it's much warmer than the others, but...

This one turned out lovely, falconer's flight are lovely hops. Edit; had to substitute half a kilo of pilsner malt for Munich because I didn't want to open a fresh 5kg bag of pils for 500g :)

Hi folks, After a few months of using my keezer, I've noticed that one tap foams up notably worse than the other three. It's not unusable, but it's very irritating in that I can get 3 taps to pour perfectly and one looks like it's been poured by someone that has no idea how to pour a pint. I'm...

I once kegged a beer onto a litre or so of StarSan, it tasted fine.

I started with AG. I watched a bunch of YouTube tutorials, bought a Peco starter kit and just went at it. The first couple of brews were questionable because of a lack of patience, but after that it's been fairly plain sailing. Remember that brewing is about 75% waiting for things things, 20%...

I cold crash for a week then siphon from above the trub. You may get a few bits in the keg, but if you leave it in your keezer / kegerator for a while, it'll sink and get spat out in the first half pint. Chuck that (or drink it, I do) and then it pours clear until you kick the keg. I might be...

I've brewed a Kolsch, a Munich Helles and an APA so far, plus an experiment with what I hope will be a hard seltzer. No idea what to do next, probably another 80/- or Edinburgh Gold clone if I can find a good recipe.

I'm sure it was 10mm, my eBay order history doesn't make it particularly clear.

Evaporative cooling isn't very efficient, and might cause damp in your flat. Putting your fermentor in a builder's trug with cold tap water and bottles of frozen water might help to keep things cool during the summer months. Keep an eye on Facebook Marketplace or Gumtree for cheap second hand...

I think I'm out of USPA, so I might have to throw in some US05 and see what happens. Edit - the lid was slightly off, so I popped it back on and it's actually going like the clappers :laugh8:

Thanks @Keruso , I didn't rehydrate, just pitched straight in and so far there's nothing. It smells funky in my fridge too, not sure if something has spoiled or if I'm just getting CO2 venting from somewhere other than the bubbler.

Anyone noticed lag with the US Pale yeast? I pitched on Sunday and I'm not seeing any activity yet. No bubbles through the airlock, but more concerningly, no krausen. Temperature was a bit low maybe, but I've just raised it from 18 to 20 degrees, so I'll just wait and hope that all is ok.

I don't take FG readings most of the time, I just assume after 3 weeks it's as done as it'll be and package it :laugh8: