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Brewed my beer yesterday with safale us-05 yeast, first time I have used it. Only a very thin crust has appeared on top of the wort (soon to be beer) in the fermentor. Does this not generate a bubbly/fluffy foam? Should I be concerned.

I had this problem, and was in the process of designing one using some temperature sensors, relays, and an arduino micro-controller. Then one day I was watching my tropical fish whilst waiting making some beer and realised that I might be able to use a fish tank heater. A good aquarium shop...

Thanks, so far so good. The mash went really well in the cool box, I only dropped .5°C from the 64°C starting temperature. The wort looked really good, and tasted nice and sweet so that's a good sign.

I have found that 1/2tsp of sugar / bottle works for me. Not overly carbonated but gives a satisfying hiss when you remove the bottle top.

Thanks for that. We'll see how it turns out....After spending all morning trying to work out the best way to insulate my 20 litre pan for the mash, I found a coolbox in my shed that we had only used once - problem solved! My mash started at 1349hrs @64°C. I lost about 6°C on addition of...

Following much success with kit brewing, tomorrow will be my first attempt at "All Grain". My plan is to mix Goldings, Northern Brewer, and Fuggles Hops in a 15g/5g/15g ratio do these blend well? I will be running a grist consisting of 4kg Maris Otter Pale Malt, 220g Flaked Barley, 400g of...