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I’m still experimenting but I’ve found that using a 20g lupomax teabag (Mosaic, Citra or Amarillo) works best for me. I just throw it into a corny keg before packaging and I then purge with CO2. The concentrated lupomax hop pellets have less vegetal material so the taste is not grassy. At least...

You’re right, it is very well run. In fact, I almost quit the forum when someone made a personally insulting comment on one of my posts but the admin stepped in and removed it. And I’m glad that I didn’t leave. There’s a ton of advice available here and I’ve been given some great tips. So I...

Your right about hop flavours taking a while to come through. That’s why I started keg hopping because I’m too impatient!

I hate the smell of it fermenting, so fingers crossed for you! Let us know how it turns out…

Great post and now I have lots of new ideas! For me it’s: 1. Ringwood Old Thumper ESB 2. A heavily modified Beavertown Neck Oil (session IPA) 3. A strong hoppy APA 4. Sweet orange Hefe 5. My version of Guinness using quick oats

I use Lallemand Voss and find that you need to be under-pitch it by using half a packet. Then at temps above 34c it gives an orange/tangerine flavour to my IPA’s. I also use the slurry which I store in 50ml vials. Just one more is needed for each further brew. However, I’ve noticed that it...

I’ve had some similar experiences with my All Rounders and hence I’m doing less pressure ferments these days. But I always use a spunding valve and just leave it at 0 psi. This stops suck back during cold crashing. Then for bottling, I put a few bottles in the freezer and I let the beer warm up...

I had the same issue a while back and tracked down the problem the tap on my old FV (I use a fermzilla now). It wasn’t as clean as I thought. So now I dismantle everything for cleaning and I also replace parts more frequently than I previously did.

I used to love Punk IPA and even became a Brewdog shareholder in 2009 (through their crowdfunding process). And I had a great time at their Annual General Meeting in 2018. 8 bands, 10 bars, 12 free beers, and briefings from their brewers. But in the last few years, they sold part of the...

If I had my time again, I would have started with a small stove top pot for boil in a bag and used a sous vide for temp control. Then a small fermenter with an insulation jacket and heat belt. And I would also use Kveik yeast to start with as it’s easier to control the temps. Then I would have...

I’ve also pitched Voss slurry at 45C (because I was under pressure to get my brew day completed) with no issues at all. Fermented at 37C and done within 48 hours. I can’t say if the final fruity flavours were a result of the yeast or if it was more to do with my juicy pale ale recipe but it...

Lucky Freedom Grapefruit APA 😛

So I trundled into Curry’s today with my corny sized cardboard disks. Seems that the Beko fits 2 kegs but it’s quite a deep freezer, so it would stick out too much in our kitchen. And whilst we don’t have the fridgemaster brand in Ireland, I did discover that the Logik 198 is the exact same...

Yeah, the 194 has been discontinued but I’ve just cut out three 23cm cardboard disks so that I can try the sizes in the 198 and the Beko 3205 in Currys etc. So we’ll see! Thanks for your help, it’s much appreciated.

2 standard kegs, a CO2 bottle and maybe a couple of mini-kegs and I'll be sorted! What temperature do you run it at?

Ideally I don’t want to buy new kegs as I have a lot of the old refurbed ones. But the Fridgemaster is the kind of size that I’m looking for. Thanks!

Hi all, I’m looking to buy a small freezer to use as a keezer and I reckon that the Beko 3205 might fit the bill. So I wondered if anybody has one and could tell me how many standard 23cm corney kegs will fit inside without the need to add a collar. Thanks.

I've been on the NEIPA quest for quite some time and my current brew is the best so far. For a 23L batch at 5.9% I used: 3.6kg Extra Pale 900g Flaked Oats 900g Wheat Malt 600g Cara Gold No hops in the boil 75g Galaxy and 75g Nelson for a 15min Whirpool at 85C 75g Galaxy and 75g Nelson dry...

I did something the same. In fact, I now use a new dip tube after 3 brews. I also dismantle everything (carbonation caps etc) after each brew and put them in the dishwasher. Then I use PBW with hot water with my bucket blaster keg cleaner for 15mins before rinsing. Also, I've stopped using my...

Can't say I have ever tried Aromazyme. But ever since Brexit, I've given up buying things from UK brewing supply companies because of shipping and import costs to Ireland. Last year I did try the Malt Miller's aroma oil citrus extract and was unimpressed...