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So I did the brew with a recovering/dodgy hand. Actually was a nice day doing it instead of just sitting in front of the TV. I oversparged so had to boil it for alot longer to get it down to a vol I was aiming for. Did kind of a no chill/slow chill in the fridge inside a sealed keg. My tilt...

I did have a ace boiler but that was shorting out the entire house electrics so I bought an ss brewtech induction kettle,induction hob and one of those coolers for the mash with a large coil inside. Its back to basic but certainly has made it more straightforward process,little fath unlike what...

With alot of people seemingly trying my recipe it's inspired?! Me to Brew it agian on my new equipment, I've done a few new brews using my new equipment but it'll also be a good test to see how a Brew turns out that I've done before. I'm holding onto a full keg of red ipa as long as I can do...

Hi matt, yes to most questions with the oats you could always buy some old fashioned oats from the supermarket if it works out cheaper. Otherwise the flaked oats MM provide will do fine.

I've got a call with the fracture clinic today to understand the extent of the damage. Dry hopping i can do as I'll be able to manage opening my brew bucket with my left. Moving the keg might prove an issue but I was thinking of using a bungee cord attached to my brew bucket handles to loop it...

it would be easier to add it at the start when your making the kit up as its not the most soluble sugar, use hot water to get it in solution. adding it later on will cause problems like adding air to the beer, poor solubility etc.

Found out today I've broken a bone in my dominate hand, come Friday brew would be 2 weeks in fermenter, havnt dry hopped it yet as I pitched some more yeast as it appeared to have stalled and my tilt still reads 1.018 after 4 days of adding more. Dont know how I'm going to transfer to a keg now

I added 200 g - lactose 10 min before flameout that was for 15l so something like 300g probably is what you be looking at

Sorry, I think ive had a stuck sparge on my latest brew too...It went done from 1:041 to 1:020 in 2 days and has only lost 1 other point since then in 2 days. Ive briefly read up on taking some wort out and using it as a starter for a some new yeast. There are different 'levels' that you can do...

I did reduce the crystal down slightly and added what i reduced back into the base malts, brewed it friday afternoon and the preboil sample didn't taste overly sweet at all. Did a no chill and pitched the following day, 12 hours after pitching 1st signs of activity. Colour seems more of a very...

Probably not quite as high. I have swapped red x malt with carared. Also wanted to add some rye malt in there so have added Simpsons red rye malt. So that probably has contributed. Would you suggest lowering to other two crystals down and raise the two base malts up a bit.

Probably not considering the other hops that are going in. I do notice however the bitterness isnt as "harsh" seems more rounded doing first wort for me. I've done it for the last few brews and it seems to work for me and what my preference in taste is.

Planning on doing a brew. After using some of the hops to good use for a recipe earlier in the year I wanted to use some of them again (Denali,Citra) and see how they blend with others. Also modified an existing malt bill I had with an old Red IPA, wanted to have the malty taste then the hops...

I brewed this 26th May 2017 did a split batch keg/bottle according to one of my blog posts on 23rd june 2017 the bottles and I gave big thumbs up. I started drinking the keg 12th June. So should be plenty of time. I just used raw, none grounded, ones I got where from the supermarket almost...

19c was what I fermented at for 2 weeks, I looked back at my brew log and tasted it after 5 days, then waited a few more days before I put the 2nd round of nibs in. nibs went in at flameout (similar to a hop stand) and then 5 days prior to transfer to keg.

I have a beko larder fridge too.. Its the only manufacturer that I could find that sells a fridge that can cope with low ambient temperature that you get in a garage.

What if your doing like 11l mash then batch spargng until full volume is reached? Would you put 1/2 in strike water other half in wort as its heating to boil. Or would you still put all amounts in strike water

I've recently got some new brewing kit, stepping away from the basic biab style setup I had now with a separate mash tun and ss brewtech kettle. Being loving Verdant's take on IPAs recently since a trip to falmouth a few weeks back , like a NEIPA style hazy and fruity ipa. I wanted to do a...

So after much deliberation and the Mrs doing what they do best, I haven't gone for the GF. I actually looked back in my threads and Ive been going round in circles over the last few years regarding all in one machines. Even asking in Jul 2016 would people choose a GF/BM or an SS Brewtech Kettle...

I like doing brews of beers I've done before and want consistent results and the least amount of faff over the brewday, In the past buying things and trying to make shift a similar type of system but usually a hiccup occurs at some stage of the brew. So I have been one of those people. That's...