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Just wanted to say that if that hydro is in water, it appears to be at least 2 points out (possibly 4, although may just be the angle). To me that’s reading about 1.002-4. It should be read at the water line as you look straight through the trial jar, not at the raised circle of water directly...

No and yes. A good proportion will be dormant yeast that’s settled out after doing its job. Hence why some go to the trouble of culturing up the dregs of commercial bottle conditioned beers.

Dry or wet? It’s hard to tell you. But it’s grams. I only have the one plant and this is only its third year. First year nothing, last year probably under 50g wet (so at the most 10g dry!), but had lots of problems with snapping bines as I trained it, which didn’t help it’s productivity. This...

One thing to say - they don’t look like Goldings. The flowering shoots of my Goldings (see photo), at least, are long with quite neat rows of paired cones. It’s unclear in the photo but the flowering shoots on your wild hops look much shorter, more clumpy and bunch-like. Not that I know what...

That’s some healthy looking hop plants! Much better looking than my own scratty home grown hops in my garden 😬

Dropped another point over the weekend to 1.009 and stabilised. Have bottled 10L as is and will dry hop the rest on Friday - just don’t have enough time to do yet more bottling this week! It had cleared a lot before bottling (though still a slight opaqueness to it). Still v fruity and not at...

Sorry, me again. Just had a thought! How and how much are you carbonating? I’ve sometimes found highly/over carbonated bottled beers can easily throw settled yeast back into suspension when opened, particularly if not poured smoothly. Also, you mentioned in the OP that this hadn’t been the case...

I never cold crash either, use only Irish moss (no other finings) and I don’t usually have a problem with beer pouring bright from the bottle (unless it’s a yeast drive style 😁 ). I am an AG brewer though, but I can’t see what difference that would make be at this stage of the process. Sorry...

Another vote for Nottingham purely for its availability (I’m sure it’s not just rumoured, but was confirmed by Wilko’s that their Gervin yeast was Notty) as a great all-round yeast. It’s a fantastic high floccing yeast for neutral, dry styles. Personally however, I find it finishes a little too...

You are correct, of course, but it’s a kit, so it’s unlikely (I think!).

NM. Forgot quote :rolleyes:

Did you taste the beer at other times before bottling? If it tasted fine up to bottling, it could be either a bottle infection (in which case, other bottles might be fine) or possible skunking from sunlight (which shouldn’t be an issue if using amber bottles and storing somewhere dark). Strange...

Down to 1.010 by day 7, which is lower than I was expecting from the 67° mash, but no bad thing. I’m thinking that must be FG but will do another reading early next week before bottling. ETA: looking and tasting much better too. Still an alcohol hotness though, and it is v v fruity (on the...

Ok, that makes sense. Make the kit as usual but without the additional fermentables. I guess if you can find a kit somewhere in the 3.5% range (maybe a mild? I think you’d def need to look at a malt forward kit for this, and possibly dry hopping it) you might be able to get down to 1.5-2% ish. 🤷‍♂️

What you’d actually need to do is brew your kit very long (as brewing short would increase the alcohol content not lower it). However, unless you can find a specific LA/NA kit (and I’m not sure such a thing exists), what you are essentially doing is watering down your beer, and that’s going to...

We love the easy questions here - makes us look clevererer than we are! :laugh8:

😁 This is exciting!

Just to third the reassurance everything will probably be fine. On my second to last brew I had to shove my whole arm in the kettle after the boil and cooling to pitching temp to attach a hop filter I’d forgotten to put on before the boil. The tap had clogged almost as soon as I’d started...

Day 5 in the Big Kveiker house... I’m pleased to announce the Krausen has finally dropped on my Golden/Summer Ale. Still some insistent airlock activity (bubbling every few seconds). Will take a further sample on Friday to see if we’re near predicted FG. If it’s stabilised over the weekend will...

You can just put them somewhere dark and coolish until you need to open them. Only need to go in the freezer once opened. As to what to use them in - you’ll probably get as many answers as posters! I don’t know Perle, but looking at hopslist (Perle - Hopslist) suggest they wouldn’t be out of...