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Got almost exactly 23l into the FV at 1.039 OG, so a little lower than anticipated let's see how it ferments out.

I am also over running and we have to be at a BBQ, so I'm going to have to no chill this one and see how that works. Will pitch the yeast tomorrow morning.

You've got me worried Gerry! Hope it's OK. I upped the chocolate from 150g to 250g on a whim this morning.

Looking good in the boil.

I edited that, was my pre-boil gravity, not my OG (doh!) so actually looks like the OG will be about right. But hit my mash temp of 66.7'c and maintained for the hour, so should be medium body. Bit concerned that I overused the chocolate without adding more base malt, but we'll see.

Hopefuly not too bitter, though I do want a dry stout. Was based on the Brewsmith Dry Irish stout, only difference is my hops and I've added the chocolate malt to the grain bill. Oh well, we'll see.

Having a go at a stout today. Ingredients: 3 kg Crisp Maris Otter 1 kg Flaked Barley 0.5 kg Roasted Barley 0.25 kg Chocolate Malt (from my stock not pre-mixed in the kit) 40g Progress Leaf Hops 2015 (Alpha Rating 7.5%) @ 60 minutes 10g Progress Leaf Hops 2015 (Alpha Rating 7.5%) @ 30...

Great, cheers. I feel a project coming on...

Ah ok, nice one cheers. This sort of thing? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everbuild-EVB2ALUM100-100-Aluminium-Tape-x/dp/B005GO3JXA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499355305&sr=8-1&keywords=aluminium+heat+tape+100mm And I'd stick the lagged jacket idea up on the for sale bit for the forum and gauge the...

That looks great. How did you fix it together, no more nails type adhesive?

Far too far from me, but 65x 500ml bottles for £15! If you live near there fill your boots! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/brown-swing-top-glass-beer-bottles-500ml-/222559152279

I do, and thanks for them Rivvo! Great, thanks again.

Hi all. Just a little confused as to which figure to use for alkalinity when calculating CRS additions and could do with some advice. Anglian Water report says my water has 332.25 mg/l of CaCO3, but then goes on to say that the alkalinity is 225 mg/l of CaCO3. I did a Salifert kit which...

Nice one. I'll defo have the 8 Augustiner ones, and have a look at the others when I'm there if that's OK? Will PM you. Cheers.

Hiya, I'm in Norwich so could come and pick up. Would those Augustiner crates be stackable with 500ml (265 mm total height) swing top bottles in? Cheers.

The Belle Saison had it down to 1.002 after just a week in the FV. Going to leave it another week to clean up and then bottle. Tasted a drop when measuring the gravity. Clean, crisp, dry as, can really taste the Citra, not too much spice, but that may develop. A little thin tasting but not...

Yes. When I put the 22L batch volume into Brewsmith it then predicts an OG of 1.039, so I'm still well below that. Oh well. Sure it will still taste nice.

All done. Got 22L in the FV. But... OG was 1.033! Was predicted 1.043, so I need it to go all the way down to 1.002 to get 4%. Ballix! Any ideas why?

Here's some pics while she comes to the boil.

Got 31L pre-boil, Brewsmith predicted 29.5L. Pre-boil gravity 1.027 but adding dextrose in the boil.