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Appreciate the tip but sometimes you have to wonder how important some of these things are. We can drive ourselves crazy with all the science! TBH, I haven't noticed any difference in my brews with and without filters. In the future I may just filter half the water I use as there seems to be...

Yep, I used a brita filter perched on a hop spider going into an unused FV with the water dripping slowly from the tap, down through the ciller on my Grainfather. Easier to do than explain!

Precisely, and when I did leave the lid on this is what happened!

From what I've seen and read you re-circulate after the boil.

Even though the Whirfloc tablets were on the Grainfather recipe, I didn't receive a reminder like I did with the hop additions. So you see, it's not really THAT automated is it! :) Seems that I will have to be on my toes in future!

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Not at all really, obviously it reminds you of when stuff should be happening, but you have to do the hard work. I imagine the biggest benefit is temperature control. As it was my first AG experience as well, it's hard to judge. I made a few mistakes along the way for sure. However, I can see it...

I just completed my first ever all grain brew (on Grainfather) and have a few questions: 1. What is first wort and is it different to a 60min boil addition? 2. Hopstands - how many of you do them? As I wasn't sure what to do for the hopstand I added the hops in when the temp was 90deg for 15...

Thanks Terry!

When placing at a low temperature, does it have to be a steady low temp? I'm thinking of loosely cold crashing this one in the garage. I imagine it can be anywhere between 3-10 deg at the moment.

According to Brewdog's Punk IPA recipe they advise dry hopping after fermentation at 15deg. 'To get the best possible profile from the dry hops we recommend dry hopping post fermentation for 5 days. Dry hops should be added at cellar temperature. We find 14°C results in the most aromatic dry...

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I'm happy to stick with it. Just don't know when to dry hop.

That's true, forgot about the priming! Can't do cakes, already getting larger with all this homebrewing!

Thanks guys. Guess I'm stuck with 5kg of brewing sugar!

Thanks for the responses guys. How come there's not enough sugars in the liquid malt extract you find in kits?

So, after 9 days I still have a foamy Krausen on top. Can't be normal surely.

Hi All I'm a tad confused, so I've done a couple of kits and will now embark on my AG journey with the Grainfather. With kits we obviously add a certain amount of sugar before fermentation. But from what I've seen/read there is no such step in AG brewing. Is this correct? No sugar is added at...

Hi All I'm looking into an Inkbird fermentation chamber. My wife an I were considering buying a cheap freezer to put in the garage and it occured to me that maybe we could kill two birds with one stone. Is it possible to use the fridge part of a standard 170cm fridge freezer whilst using the...

Thanks Simon, that all seems to make a lot of sense. Didn't think about the pressure aspect. Cheers!!