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Tried that and it made no difference. Both read zero 🤔

Apologies for jumping on to this thread with a slightly different query, but I checked my wort before pitching yeast with both a refractometer and hydrometer just to see what difference there would be. Refractometer 1.057, yet hydrometer 1.052! I checked my refractometer with water again to...

I ended up going with a hop tea, which was the right move judging by a taste from the trial jar. It has made it taste like beer rather than malt only 🍻

Cheers Steve.👍

Hi folks. I've brewed a festival Old Suffolk Strong Ale. It said to add the 50g hops after 5 days. Now I did this, but instead of adding them loose as instructed, I filled the strainer bag that came with the kit, as I didn't want particles floating about. Five days later and it's floating on...

Yeah. I love drygate orinoco breakfast stout so this piqued my interest straight away. See what it's like compared to a belching beaver (no I'm not in Thailand 😉)

A bottle of Proper Job. Haven't had one in years. Really nice. Then on to this that I've never had before...

From tesco yesterday but having them now. Yum yum! Snapped them up. None left today!

Looks awesome. I'd love to shop there, but I'm not paying £19 delivery :-(

Brew No. 12. Festival Old Suffolk Strong Ale. Nice kit with two 1.5kg malt pouches, 1kg dextrose, 50g boadicea hops, hop bag and 90g priming dextrose. Makes 23l of 6%. I chucked in the 90g bag too. Interestingly my OG is either 1.057, or 1.052 depending on refractometer and hydrometer readings...

I brewed a kit today (cos I'm getting pee'd off at postage costs for grain); the Festival Old Suffolk Strong Ale. Nice kit with two 1.5kg malt pouches, 1kg dextrose, 50g boadicea hops, hop bag and 90g priming dextrose. Makes 23l of 6%. I chucked in the 90g bag too. Interestingly my OG is either...

That sounds interesting. What is it?! Like crabbies ginger beer?

This lovely selection from Lidl...ahaaaaaa!!

I've done three brews with CML Kveik Voss with no bottle carbonation issues, so you should be alright 👍

Thanks for your feedback. I wasn't sure either, as I'm sure I've read somewhere here that you don't need to for kits, but can't find it, plus this thread made me curious. Cheers!

Hi Steve. Sorry for pestering you again, but I've ordered a Festival Old Suffolk Strong Ale kit and wonder what water treatment I'd require? I couldn't get any calcium chloride, but do have gypsum to up the Ca, then adjust pH with bicarbonate of soda to keep my water between 5.2 and 5.6. One, is...

Thanks. I'll add that to.my to do list!

Looks good. How much hops?

Ah funky stout?

16 x 500ml bottles and 1 x 5l keg (with an additional 30ml vanilla extract). All primed with demerara sugar cubes.