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Safale S-04 that I made up into starter 2 days before brew day. As suggested I will take another reading tomorrow. Ta for the swift reply Ceejay :-)

Hi all, Currently brewing a clone of Hopback 'Summer Lightning' 5%... O.G 1049 F.G 1011 Been fermenting for 7 days. No activity in my airlock for past 24hrs - just took a gravity reading @ 1014. Should I leave it be for a few more days (even though no visible activity) hoping it'll get...

I primed with 50g of cane sugar added to the cask before I transferred the beer from the fermenter (30 ltr batch) - I've since read I should of made a syrup with boiling water + sugar and not just added the sugar as is :( Have just checked the room temp of where I'm storing the beer - 17.2 deg...

Hi all, 5 weeks ago made the Morland Old Speckled Hen recipe from Graham Wheeler's 'Brew Your Own'. Fermented for a week which bought it close to F.G then have had it in the cask for the last 4 weeks. Just pulled a 1/4 pint off and the remainder of the pint glass is full of froth - but the...

Thanks for the swift reply guys !! Fantastic book by the way Graham :thumb: So to confirm the Munton's Spraymalt replaces the Pale Malt in the recipes. Does it also replace the Sugar/Crystal Malt/Black Malt etc in the recipes or are these still required ? Thanks for the help all, really...

Howdy, Being a newbie I'm gathering the ingredients for my first batch of ale and I'm a bit confused (it doesn't take much!!). In Graham Wheeler's book it says, for malt extract brewing, to either use DME (Syrup) or DME (Powder). Is the DME (Powder) the same as spray malt ? i.e. can I use...