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For a few years, I have used dry yeast for my beers brews, but I’m now considering switching to liquid yeast. I only do American IPA, English 1PA, English Bitters, and some clones, so I’m wondering if switching to liquid yeast will make any real difference for those styles. I only do 11.5L...

You might be glad to hear that in my latest brew my OG was spot on along with my wort volume. Both outcomes the result of adding 1.5L of water after the boil. Looks like I’m on my way at last!

What do you mean by liquor back to your original estimate? Are you simply referring to adding water to reach the correct volume? And can you direct me to calculators to help with this?

I was settled on the route you are advising but two things happened to unsettle me. 1. To make progress I watched videos on using brewfather. I then started getting into brewfather scaling a recipe for 11L, but the hops were were wrong. People on the brewfather Facebook group discussed this...

I was on the forum last week over the issue of my Peco boiler boiling off too much wort (3.5L). You gave me some helpful advice. I am settled on just adding extra water to resolve this problem, but a friend advised me to pursue the possibility of an electrical boiler using a 5L stainless steel...

Would a 2.4kw Element be a big improvement over the 1.5 kw? Or would the 60 minute boil with this element be too vigorous resulting in too much liquid loss to boil off?

I want to convert a 20L stainless steel pan into an electric boiler for boiling my wort. Based on the size of my small batches there is likely to be about 14-15L in the pan. How long would it take for a 1.5 kw heating element to bring that volume to the boil and would it sustain a rolling...

Yesterday, I spend quite a bit of time following up on your suggestions. I am making progress and grateful to you for your pointers. So, I want to make it clear to you that in my reply to Bridgebrew concerning adding water to the wort I was in no way disregarding your advice. On the contrary...

Would you say that adding the boiling water didn't result in loss of body and flavour in the beer?

Thanks again for your reply. When I first heard of full volume no sparge I was advised to do a 75 minute mash rather than 60 minutes, so maybe that is too long. However, I also once heard that not very much is converted out of the grain after 20 minutes so the extra 15 minutes won't make any...

Thanks for your helpful reply. I will attempt to follow up on your advice. What you said may relate to another problem I have had for a while. Following the recipe for my last brew, my grain bill was as follows: Marris Otter 1900 grams Vienna Malt 500g Crystal malt 150g Chocolate Malt...

I’m not strong on the science of beer brewing. I just follow instructions and hope for good beer to enjoy. So, I need some help with your two suggestions. If the instructions say boil for 60 minutes, how can I reduce this to 30 minutes without affecting the quality of the beer? If the...

I use a Peco boiler for an 11.5L BIAB and lose about 3.5 litres in a 1 hour boil. This is because the boil is very vigorous in the Peco. I’ve been advised to get a power controller to cut the power and so reduce the vigour of the boil. Can anyone recommend a specific power controller that...

Thanks. That's helpful.

Thanks for your response. I only do 11.5 batches with a full 11.5g packet of dried yeast. Would that make a yeast nutrient even less necessary?

I'm considering using a Yeast Nutrient with my next brew. I usually get my ingredients etc from Malt Miller. I see they stock WLN1000, NBS Yeast Nutrient and WLN3200 White Labs Servomyces Can anyone recommend one of these? And what about Young's yeast nutrient?

For how long can protofloc tablets be stored at ambient temperature?

I am about to use Protofloc tablets for the first time in my wort. Will it be o.k to store these in the fridge and how long should I keep them?

I am simply taking the expected OG on the recipe.

I do 11.5L batches using BIAB. Before getting a Peco boiler, I used to do dunk sparging because my pan was too small for a full volume mash with no sparge. Since getting the Peco, I have been able to do full volume with no sparge, but the OG is very high. My first attempt was 1058 rather than...