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I notice, H, that you purge all of the air from your plastic bottles after filling them. I’m clueless with the physics involved but could one of the causes of the over carbonisation issue be caused by that. I only bottle in glass bottles and always leave about 2 or 3 cm of headspace before I...

Thanks everyone for the really helpful advice. I’ll use the Pilsner malt and MO. My Candi Sugar is from Dark Rock. It’s unbranded but I think it will be fine. For my yeast, I’m planning to use Mangrove Jacks M31. I’ve only got 3 packets though. I’ve never made a starter before and just...

I normally plan my brewing schedule in advance and buy in bulk everything I need for the next 12 or so brews. I’ve made a late decision though this time to add one to the schedule and brew a Quad to commemorate my 50th brew. I’m going to base it on the James Morton recipe from his “Brew“ book...

West Coast IPA for me, please. 🤞

This one. I’ve just scaled it up a bit and added some Carapils.

Brewing your Summer Breeze for the first time this morning, H. (Is that allowed in mid November). 😉

You never get a poor Salopian beer but it would be Thornbridge Jaipur for me. 🍺

Thanks Obadiah I was confused with the website initially. I didn’t know how to just express an interest in the malts I wanted. I simply needed to select them and then proceed to the checkout. At the checkout no payment was taken but there was a message to say that the order had been received.

All my dozen or so early cars were either an Austin, a Morris or then later a Rover. A lot of my friends worked at Longbridge and I only wanted British built cars. in 2006, my company car choice became a Vauxhall Vectra or a Vauxhall Vectra. 😟. After a few years I bought a Rover 75 just for...

I’m in. Lucky Freedom, please. 🤞

Hi Chippy B62 8SS

Thanks Jerryjo. Sorry but I’m struggling to visualise the setup you’re describing. Is the pipe simply used to recirculate the wort back into the Cygnet? If so, couldn’t I do the same with silicone tubing?

It was from AliExpress. Delivery was about two weeks and cost an additional £6.45.

Over 40 brews in but the thing I still struggle with is getting clear wort into my fermenting vessel. I use a 30 litre Cygnet and drain the wort out straight after cooling. I always end up with 4 or 5 litres of gunk. Currently, rather than throw this away, I strain it into a saucepan, boil...

I bought this recently. It was £6.00 + p&p from http://www.bibliophilebooks.com/ A really interesting read that goes through the development of modern brewing from the 17th century to the present day.

I had three bottles go during the very hot spell that we had at the end of July. My beers are stored on a bench in my garage that gets hot on sunny mornings. I moved them all onto the concrete floor where it’s about 3 or 4 degrees cooler. I’ve had no problems since until I found this one, this...

I’ve used these finings from Dark Rock Brewing for over a year. They work for me.

Sparkling, Hazel. What do you use to get your silicone tubing looking like that?

Schoolboy Error I remember drinking one a few years ago at the Zoo. I’d taken a bottle of beer and had drunk about half of it out of the bottle. After putting it on the ground for a few minutes, the next swig was beer & wasp. 😳 It stung me inside my mouth and I spat it out. Mouth was a bit sore...

I had a similar shock back in June. (See the “Infection” thread posted on April 19) This one turned out sort of OK I’d spent a few hours washing & sanitising bottles when I discovered it, so went ahead and bottled it. It’s got an odd sort of sour taste, but definitely drinkable.