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Congrats on getting your first brew under your belt! Carbonation might add a bit more feel to it as people have said. 1.004 is pretty low, even from a 1.052 start. Did the kit include a portion of plain sugar as well as malt? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They are waterproof and should be fine (at least my 308 probe is) but you can always use a bag if you want to be double safe

Might just be a bit overcarbed? How much priming sugar did you use?

I was curious about this too, I think there is one in Lewes that meets at the Snowdrop, were active till Feb at least..https://twitter.com/southdownshbrew Haven't quite had time to make it down yet

I'm not sure what you'd gain really, I think you would either need to leave the gas attached to the keg with a regulator, which would cost more for the same effect, or would be constantly having to top it up as the CO2 got absorbed, which seems like a lot more effort that just throwing some...

There’s a bit of discussion in this article about decoction vs step vs single mashes: https://byo.com/article/german-hefeweizen-style-profile/ The takeaway is this though - “If you do not have the ability to perform a decoction or a step mash, or are too lazy like me, then do not worry. Yes, a...

I might be wrong (not a kegger) but I think carbing with C02 at 8PSI would take as long, if not longer than carbing with priming sugar? Most force carbers in cornys seem to do it at 30+ PSI to get in done in a day or two.

It's only a matter of time before I do this :doh: If that wasn't it, were the grain bills on the last 3 much bigger? On my third brew I didn't realise the grain:water ratio affected efficiency of extraction and split the mash with extra water when it wouldn't fit in my tun. After boiling it...

IIRC, brewdog recommend using just the grapefruit peel (making sure to avoid as much of the white pith as possible as it adds potentially unpleasant bitterness). I think I would add it in the fermentor like a dry hop as you want to keep as much of the aromatic/perfumed compounds as possible.

You see unknown quality, I see nice german beer for 25p per bottle :smile6: All my swing tops came used, either from beer I bought or from bought second hand (25-40p per bottle). Got about 100L worth at the moment and never had any problem with them, even after accidentally overcarbing them...

Wild beer co Nebula to start the weekend :cheers7: Not always a fan of the hazy/Neipa style beers but this is really tasty

A completely different use for cherries but Jamil Zainasheff's Black Forest Stout is on my list to brew at some point, got fairly good reviews and is supposed to be quite balanced (i.e not too sweet or OTT chocolately). Might be one to consider for your next harvest:cheers7:

I think Syria would be better with Assad gone but it's not going to happen. My guess is that if anything, they'll launch a few missiles, claim to have damaged his capacity to use chemical weapons and then pat each other on the back.

I love peanut butter but the only PB Stout I've ever had was pretty nasty (a strange 'artificial' sweetness to it if that makes sense). Can anyone recommend any good ones that are reasonable to find?

Intresting insight thanks. I don't crush my own grain at the mo so don't have much control over flour content, guess I can try to leave as much as possible in the grain bag (and i assume take a small efficiency hit). I bought 2 elements following a build guide somewhere. I did try with one and...

"I've been really focusing on heavy hitting, high oil hops with aromas of fresh fruits, danky notes, and petrol" Love me some petrol in my beer o_O Was it the Brut des Flanders? (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/202/7661/) I bought a bottle of that a few years back in lieu of...

I recently moved from stovetop BIAB 10l batch’s to 20l by building a diy pot from a hdpe bucket and 2 cheap 2.2kw elements cannibalised from kettles. First brew went perfect, used both elements to heat water pre mash and both to bring to boil before turning one off to maintain a rolling boil...

This /\ Brew days are so much nicer when they’re relaxed and don’t finish at 1Am :laugh8:

I haven’t brewed the same brew twice yet so for each one I’m always really keen to try them out. I usually last a week before popping one out of curiosity, then another week before trying another. If it’s good by then load up the fridge if not I’ll wait another week. As a bonus you get to taste...