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Still not convinced this is something to worry about with a starter: http://howtobrew.com/book/section-1/yeast/yeast-nutritional-needs/aeration-is-good-oxidation-is-bad Not saying you are wrong mate, the chemistry of oxygenation, aeration and oxidation will be way over my head !

Oxidation (as long as introduced into ambient temperature wort and not warm/hot wort) is a good thing in the early yeast growth stages. Most of us beat the daylights out of our wort or run it through a sieve etc into the FV prior to pitching yeast. So definately no harm done at all - your beer...

I only use tap water in my starters (boiled then cooled etc just like yours). I do treat my main brewing water with a campden tablet the day before brewing. You will be fine, the 1-2 litres you are pitching into a 20-23l brew is such a small percentage , once diluted will make no discernable...

You will get a little bitterness addition from your flameout hops, for however long your wort temp remains above 80°C. I think the calculators don't add any bitterness from flameout hops as it will be very small impact and they don't know how long it takes you to cool to 80°C with your...

It was just a thought, I guess you either live with it and adjust for the .004 discrepancy or return to supplier. Wilko's do one for £3.50, you could give that a go and hope for an accurate one !

Just a thought but some need to be read from below the miniscus and some are meant to be read from above the miniscus. Are you reading it correctly ?

First ever competition I have ever entered any brew into so well pleased to receive a 3rd place. Will need to look up the shedule for coming months so can brew something relevant for a future comp. Thanks wfr42 and will look forward to some more detailed feedback, including any constructive...

I quite like a lager but have found the couple of 'proper' lagers I have brewed a bit of a PITA - tie's up the brewfridge for weeks and weeks. So decided to get a Kolsch on the go - SWMBO has been full of cold this weekend so she wanted a quiet weekend tucked up at home. So gave the chance of...

Think Morrisons is usually £1.65 a bottle or 4 for £6.00 (wow, what a saving !)

Did a Brewday on Sunday, went with a recipe based on the 'Oatmeal Extra Pale Ale' from James Mortons book 'Brew'. Toned down the grain bill a bit and also used different hops from my freezer - used Mosaic, Simcoe and Willamette Added a yeast starter built up from a St. Austell Proper Job...

Cheers, I have access to packaging bits through work so would have been disappointed if broken. Interested in your feedback - always hard to get honest feedback from friends and family !

Thanks Tony, your post gives me some hope ! Will take a gravity reading and bottle if ready in the next week or two (racking carefully from under the oily surface).

Eyup, My Mongrel Pale Ale is showing on Postman Pats tracking site as being delivered with you yesterday. Please confirm it has arrived safely in one piece ?

Hi, not done anything with this yet as been busy with work and other stuff. Checked it last night and still looks exactly the same, not got any worse at least !

My Mongrel Pale Ale is boxed and ready for dispatch today - should be with you in a day or two (post office willing).

Have you got a Fray Bentos Pie in the larder ready for your brewday ? Other than that your list looks fairly comprehensive to me.

Will have a think then probably rack off to clean demijohns and bottle if it doesn't go manky in the clean demijohn. thanks for the advice.

Thanks for your thoughts. Plums were grown on a small tree in our back garden, so not treated/sprayed with anything. The plums were rinsed off and then mashed with campden tablets and some boiling water then left before adding the yeast. Demijohns were cleaned out with oxiclean and rinsed...

Hi, got a blackberry wine on and a plum wine - first go at wines (brew all grain beer a lot). 28/8/17 Started my Plum wine off - used 6 campden tablets and pectin 29/8/17 Added Youngs Grey GV5 yeast. 03/9/17 transferred to clean bucket (through sieve) 09/9/17 transferred to clean bucket...

If ordering some supplies you won't go far wrong using a 50-70 EBC crystal for pale ales and maybe 120 for bitters and darker beers. Only other way round it is to enter the recipe from the book into something like beersmith or brewersfriend (Free and quite good) and you can see where the EBC...