Recent content by gmc

Send me an DM when yours is ready to drink. I will make a tea for the porter I have on atm. I will let you know if it worked out in a few weeks

Down the rabbit hole in this website and turned up this incredibly useful video. All seems rather straight forward.

Thanks for the response. I have never even heard of a hop tea so thats a compelling topic to look into. If its what I am guessing it is, i at least wouldn't need any more equipment than I already have.

Hi, I have been making homebrew for a while now but I am by no means an expert and still come across some rudimentary problems from time to time. As a general rule, I like using dry hops and also using Harris Starbrite as finings. I ferment in my fermenter, then go to a bottling bucket and...

Thanks everyone. Conscensus seems to be that there will be no ill affects if switching to 2 weeks. My beers are seldom big, high % beers and are always at room temperature. I think I will aquire enough bottles to keep more batches at once and give it a go.

Hi all, I would appreciate some input on the following. I currently brew in primary for 3 weeks and bottle condition for 3 weeks. It works well for me for the results I am after. It means I get a new batch every 3 weeks and have 3 weeks to finish drinking them before the next batch comes along...

Is the conscensous that the c02 isn't making much difference to the hydrometer readings? That's a shame because I think my current batch is going to be **** water. 1.036 OG to 1.012 so far after 3 weeks. Had to dump 500 grams of extra sugar in it to get it to 1.036. Was 1.030 out of the kit and...

Hi all, It seems recently that my brews have had a ton of dissolved C02 in them, even after sitting for 3 weeks in primary. I have just put dry hops in my current 3 week old batch and the airlock has picked up to bubbling every 2 seconds. I noticed a lot of bubbles coming off as well when I...

Thanks for this reply. I usually hydrate the yeast when I am pitching in the first place. I will be bottle conditioning, so I appreciate you advice on erring on the lower side. There is still a fair amount of C02 bubbling out as well, so I definitely want to avoid bottle bombs.

Hi all, I am in need of some advice regard Kviek. I did a Kviek brew before, without a heat source, but pitching the yeast at 38C and keeping the fermenter insulated to retain enough heat for the Kviek. That brew worked really well. I am attempting to do the same with the current brew thats...

Lots of good suggestions here. I might have to get a few different yeasts together for the next few batches

It's not that I don't like the supplied yeast, it's that I am trying to understanding its role in the finished beer by experimenting with different strains. I can have consistency with ordering the same kit more than once, but see the different results when brewed with different yeasts

I like these suggestions. I had been avoiding us yeasts because my understanding was that they were lower flocculators (Is that a word?) The descriptions of these as high flocculators on the companies site is encouragement enough for me to give one a blast. Might get a couple of M44's in the...

Hi All, This forum has been an unbelievably helpful source of information for me starting out at home brewing. I am currently trying to improve my understanding the choice of yeast and its impact on the finished beer. I have the following example. I have brewed Youngs American Amber Ale twice...

Thats super information. Thanks for this. I have no facility for cold crashing but if I can just pour finings over the back of a spoon so get better results than currently, then I will press on with that. Good timing as well as I was planning on doing that tomorrow.