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Ah, then no yeast wouldn't have made any difference! I think I need to get a couple of kegs! It's an easier life isn't it?

Did you add the co2 with a bottle or prime it with sugar?

A friend donated a fridge to my noble beery cause after hearing I wanted one for cold crashing in hot weather. Great timing! But it froze a 5 gallon batch of brown beer... I've turned it right down but it still at 2 degrees C. More importantly, I defrosted to 18C the brown beer and, assuming...

My all time best result with smash experiments is Sorachi Ace... Wifette says it's the worst beer I make, I think it's really successful! Perhaps slightly an acquired taste. It's also kinda strong at 7 pc or more depending upon mash temp. I've tried it without the dextrose addition but...

That or my lippy 😬

I wonder if a recent change of dishwasher tablet brand might be the culprit? I'll experiment with the old ones... I can't remember what they were but the box might still be in the recycling.

It's yet to stop them talking! I think it's probably about 6+ percent

Cushyno you might be onto something there. I'm a bit lazy with numbers and tend not to measure for OG and FG! I know .. I don't mind how strong or weak it is. So perhaps that's it. I do get complaints about the strength of it, from my wife and her sister whom I quote 'i can't feel my face'...

No I haven't washed the glasses differently, in fact I have had the same idea and sanitised a pint glass before rinsing it and using it. Very little lacing instead of the usual. Bit bizarre really as I have had no issues at all! Ever... I wondered if anyone else has any experience of suddenly...

Ok so this is going downhill fairly swiftly 😂 Love a good descent into farce

I've never suffered a lack of hygiene or a lack of head. I do agree however the two may be intrinsically linked. I don't think it's responsible for the current 'drought' though... Any ideas?

The last couple of batches I've done seem to not have the same head and head retention as usual. I'm worried about sanitation maybe? I've done a brown beer and a wheat beer and I haven't done anything different to usual, but the beers are lacking head retention. What's going on? Could it be...

What am I talking about I don't cold crash Hefewiezen!

Davy6mac; not exactly filtered, but off the roof after a while runs clean, I can see there are no bits in it and although this doesn't account for tiny particulate I did boil it before I used it, I used it the next day and in terms of filtering, after mash/flocculation/cold crash there's not a...

Has anyone tried brewing with rainwater?! I'm doing it now for the first time... I've got a Hefewiezen on the go, it's just carbing up. I figured it might have fewer chemical elements to it, maybe less flouride/ chlorine and other things. Is this pointless? I've done no research...

I have changed what I do a bit... When I bottle I sanitise all the bottles in a big bath of starsan, and when the beer is in the bottles I rinse out the FV and wash it in the same bath. I then put a lid on it, then when the next boil is cooled I just pour it in from the kettle. No problems so...

Or just try it and see if it works. My chai tea dry hopped Christmas beer was a disgusting disaster and got poured away but my earl gray pale ale is fab.

Sorry about the sideways thing. Not intentional

I love a bit of Sorachi Ace, here's the recipe I use

I got two off eBay here in the UK. I don't know what 20 Oz translates to but a pint in my little world is 568ml (I think anyway) and they're definitely that. Think the two were a tenner (£10)