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Welcome to the forum, have found it a great source of info and help from fellow brewers

Does anybody know how long the sanitiser ie Chemsan will remain effective if mixed to the correct proportions. Have a spray bottle for use on small items of kit etc, that i empty and re-fill with new sanitiser every time i bottle/brew

The same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago, tasted the finished/conditioned beer at the w/end, tasted all ok to me.

Sounds about right to me. Yes the keg and bottles question. I personally use both to serve my beer, the bottles are great if you just fancy a couple of pints now and again but they take time to fill. The kegs are good if you are going to have a good session drinking the beer, over a weekend etc...

I used 10g of Citra Leaf Hops not pellets

Recently got the Party Star tap for my mini kegs, when i ordered it also ordered some spare 16gm Co2 cartridges everything arrived in quick time, but the spare cartridges have got the threaded ends, have seen a video online that say not to use the threaded cartridges is that the case?. Didnt...

Just started drinking a beer i made recently, the recipe used Citra Hops, but after conditioning for just over 3 weeks, there is just a hint of the citra hop flavour in the finished beer. Is this because the citra hops were added to the wort too soon after the boil?, have read that the best time...

Will be doing my 3rd AG brew today, a clone kit bought from The HomeBrew Outlet, called Kiss the Sky. It's described as a Tropical and refreshing session pale ale. This kit is in collaboration with Don Valley Brewing with all proceeds going to the NHS Charities Together, a worthy cause at this...

Welcome to the forum Gazc. As you have already said I found this forum a great help with any questions or answers to problems, good luck with all those brews you have planned

A bottle of Adnams lighthouse with lovely Citra hoppy flavours, followed by a couple of bottles of tribute. Waiting for my latest brew to condition, probably be ready next bank holiday

What is the best way of disposing of the spent grains & hops etc, have heard they can be composted is that true.

Welcome to the forum, as a returning home brewer after a long absence, this forum is the place for loads of info/help/advice. Used to do kits 30 years ago!!, but came back recently and doing All Grain now.

Hi All, Think my latest batch may be ruined, cold crashed it overnight & today. Just been to check it and the jar that the blow off tube was in which contained the sanitised water had almost disappeared, think that it may have transferred back into the FV, should I have taken the tube out of the...

Thanks for the info, terrym. Will have a look at the guide later

Hi All, Picked up a couple of AG kits from Homebrew Outlet(prompt service) one of which requires dry hopping, have only done 3 AG brews so far. Can anybody tell me what the major pitfalls are with dry hopping etc, worried about contamination of FV contents when i open the vessel to add the hops...

Beer is in the FV at the moment, has been in it for 5 days all seems ok,however in a bit of a quandary. Took a sample to check the FG and its hit the target 1.011 so it seems ok, but it still seems to be fermenting as there is a bubble every 4 seconds. Looking for some help, shall I leave it to...

All is good in the FV at the moment, however in a bit of a quandary. Took a sample to check the FG and its hit the target 1.011 so it seems ok, but it still seems to be fermenting as there is a bubble every 4 seconds. Looking for some help, shall I leave it to carry on fermenting or cold crash...

Yes Samale, the tap isn't the best. Have only done one brew using the 30l spiedel fermentor, I used a piece of tube but put it into the easy kegs, but put the sanitised tube right to the bottom of each keg, whilst the keg was sat on a set of digital scales to get the correct volume for...

All in the FV now struggled to get an OG reading due to external temps etc. Have spent most of the time smelling the Citra and Simcoe hops before adding them to the FV.

Just about to start my second ever AG brew, a pale ale with simcoe and Citra hops. Really like beers made with Citra hops etc, never tried one with Simcoe hops before, will be interesting to see what flavour profile it brings to the brew.