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Some advice please. As you can tell from the image my IPA brewed yesterday is fermenting like crazy, but I'm about 2 litres short. Could I top up with water now, or should I wait until the fermentation has calmed down a bit? Thanks.

English Pale straight from the FV. Hit 1010 and bottling up at the weekend.

Hi, my next brew will still be extract (DME) English IPA and I want to improve head retention. I've read that substituting some wheat extract for the malt will help. What ratio would you suggest, for example if the recipe calls for 3kg of DME in a 23 litre batch? Thanks in advance.

My homebrew career amounts to three 5 gallon batches so far, all extract. I've a few leftover bits and bobs kicking around and two spare 1 gallon demijohns. I've got: 425g crushed crystal malt grain 265g crushed Carapils malt grain 65g Challenger hop pellets 85g Stryian golding pellets ...and...

Hi, I've brewed three batches on the oven hob (10 litre boils) and whilst that works well for me I think I'll soon be coming under pressure from my good lady about the smell and condensation and will be looking for an outdoors solution. I have two gas bottles which I use for camping... one is...

Panic over. 36 hours in and it's going bananas!

Good article, thanks.

Dumped it straight in.... WL web site says should fine without a starter up to OG 1050

Hi. I pitched WLP005 British Ale Yeast pack into well oxygenated Pale Ale (OG 1045) 20 hours ago. Temp at constant 70F. No Krausen or any other signs of fermentation yet. Is this lag time normal for this yeast? This is just my third batch and I'm a bit paranoid as my second batch failed during...

Hi. I have a fermentation that is stuck at 1.030. It's a DME brew fermented with dried us-05 yeast. I think I under oxygenated the wort at the start and didn't pitch enough yeast (OG was 1.060). I repitched a second pack of us-05 over a week ago but still stuck at 1.030. I'm thinking my next...

Yeah, thanks. Only my second brew, the first went fine. Think I'll see if anyone comes up with any other suggestions by the weekend, and if not I'll cut my losses, dump it and crack on with a new one. Got the John Palmer book now so reading up about yeast management and hopefully can put some...

Hi, I took SG reading tonight. Still 1030, it's not moved a single point. :headbang:.... I'm fermenting in a glass carboy with a tight bung so shouldnt be leaking co2. Anyways, I've just stirred the trub up to see if that wakes it up.

Well, I rehydrated a pack of us-05 and pitched it in six days ago to try and restart my stuck fermentation. I've not had any airlock action at all and no obvious signs of anything happening so I'm not sure if its worked. Should I have seen anything going on? Was thinking of just leaving it alone...

Got it, thanks very much

I've got my probe dangling in an insulated brew cupboard, just measuring and controlling the air temp in the cupboard. I also have a stick on thermometer on the carboy which normally reads 2 degrees below the inkbird reading.

Thanks. So to do this I boil up some sugar I guess, transfer to a sanitised jug, let it cool to 68F and pitch the yeast into it? How long should I leave the solution before adding it to the FV?

Just 1 packet pitched, sprinkled in dry. Sounds like thats where I've gone wrong. I'll hydrate another packet and drop it in. Thanks.... another lesson learned!

It's and English pale ale. DME and single hopped with east kent goldings. Yeah, temp was a problem with the very cold snap we had, I struggled to keep the temp in my brew cupboard much above 62F. Thats still within range for the yeast though so was hoping that would be OK.

Hi, SOS!!.... Im having a dodgy fermentation. It seemed to start OK but I think for some reason attenuation has been low and I've been stuck on SG of 1030 for over a week. OG was 1060. If I repitch another satchet of safale us-05 yeast into 5g batch will it work and finish the fermentation or...

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