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Cheers, thanks for your help.

Hi I've just bottled a Belgian Witbier. The recipe said to cold crash to 5C for the last 3 days of fermentation, which I've done. Having now bottled the beer though, do I condition as I normally would at about 20C or do I condition at 5C? Any guidance would be appreciated. Cheers

Just got home from a lovely week in the West Country only to find the power had tripped out about 5 days ago. I had hops in the freezer - question is, can they be frozen again? cheers

21L. OG was 1.048. Not sure about the best before date but assume was okay as only just bought it.

Thanks, that's re-assuring. I'll bide my time. Any suggestions what i should do if nothing's happened in a few days?

I brewed a Pilsner two days ago for the first time. Following a recipe, I pitched Wyeast Pilsen Lager 2007 and started in the fermentator at 10C. Yesterday morning it was just about bubbling - a small bubble about every 45 seconds or so, by yesterday evening it had stopped and today nothing's...

I bought a load of crates with bottles from Facebook Marketplace. The bottles hadn’t been rinsed before they were put back in the crate and it looks like they’ve sat around for 12 months or more. The slightly scary black gunge at the bottom of the bottles does not want to shift. I’ve soaked...

Thanks all, you've given the new boy some confidence!

I'm gonna be honest, as a newbie I don't really understand Hopstands. I've been scared off of a few recipes because I don't know what to do. I assume you drop the temperature to the hopstand temperature in the recipe, add the hops for the allotted time, and then continue to chill. Question is...

I have a recipe that says mash at 68 degrees for 60 minutes and then mash out at 75 degrees for 10 minutes. (i.e. 70 minutes mash time). How do I account for the fact that it’ll probably take 7 or 8 minutes to get up to 75 degrees. Do I include those 7 minutes as part of the 10 or turn the heat...

Perfect, thanks very much. The was the answer I was hoping to hear!

Newbie question I'm afraid, so brace yourself!! Just transferred my third batch from the FV. The previous two times I've cleaned the FV with Stellarclean PBW which I've been using for the brewing equipment. Today it dawned on me this might not be necessary (and might be a waster of money). So...

I had thought about this but i did think that it may be difficult to get an accurate reading, particularly if there's a load of gunk on top?

Thanks, to be honest that's what I was hoping to hear but I'm still at the stage where I need reassuring!!

So my first two brews are both fermenting and things seem to be progressing well. Having done some reading I gather the best way to tell if the fermentation has finished is to take a reading and then take another a couple of days later and if it's the same then I'm good to bottle. However, I've...

Yes, did that after previous problems!!

3.6 Pale Malt and 81g Black Malt. boil of 28 litres I have to say the post boil OG is a lot closer to the mark so not sure what happened.

I’m attempting to brew a Mild that indicates it’ll end up at 3.8% I’ve just taken the pre boil OG and it’s only 1.015 whilst the recipe says 1.034. Anything I can do to get it back on track? cheers

Ah, could be it .It was a hot sample (or at least warm), about 25 degrees.

It's only a £20 Amazon special, it shows the OG