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So I did my first batch last night and there are definitely some lessons learned. Firstly my pump is far too powerful to use with the fly sparge so I think I’m going to have to sparge a different way, it blew the end cap off the arm. I also didn’t account enough for dead space so...

That's great, thanks for all your advice, I'm still relatively new to all this so will probably be asking a fair amount of questions over the next few months.

Is there a general rule of thumb for the amount of sugar to use to prime like a certain weight per litre?

At what stage do you generally dry hop?

So you wouldn't bother transferring to a second vessel to condition, just keep it in the primary fermenter? I assume I still need to prime before bottling?

So I'm eventually about to start my first AG brew after a couple of weeks of owning my kit. I just wondered what people's thoughts are on conditioning, I am brewing an American double IPA. I was going to wait until the primary fermentation was complete, then transfer it into another vessel for...

I'm about to start my first AG brew so there's some great tips on here. I've never bottled before so it's going to be a bit of a learning curve I think.

I have a 100 litre HLT so I can heat all I need in one go which is the way I was thinking of doing it. I have a combi boiler too so that will cut down on the amount of time I need to heat the HLT.

Yes please

When heating the Liquor to the right temperature is it best to heat all that you are going to need for the whole batch or just heat what you need for the mash then heat what you need for the sparge afterwards?

I might give peracetic acid a miss then, sounds pretty nasty. I'll have a look down the StarSan or oxyclean route.

Someone recommended peracetic acid, has anyone got any experience using that? Looks like you don't need to rinse it afterwards either.

I think this question may have already been answered on here but what is the best thing to use to clean and sterilise your brewing equipment? I've just ordered my ingredients so I can start my first batch in my new kit.

I'm in Walkergate in the East end

If you find any clubs or meetings going on I'd be interested in coming along

I'm based in Newcastle, there must be a few other brewers in the area?

I'm based in Newcastle, be interested to see who else there is out there

Does anyone know a good supplier around and about the Newcastle area for bottled propane?

I started out with Malt extract kits and decided I wanted to get into AG. I kinda did mine the expensive way though and bought a stainless steel 100 litre kit. There's loads of advice and help out there (and on here too) along with websites and books you can buy. I'm only a beginner in AG...

January 10th 2016 in Nottingham