Recent content by Hollow Legs

antony uk, no you are probably right it's not a true starter but as Evanvine says I know that the yeast is working and have not had any brews not start within two/three hours of adding the yeast. Thanks for the link.

in my opinion the temps you describe are not ideal but are also not to be concerned about, I agree with conan that you should just leave it alone for a week or so(in total) and test it a couple of times for consistency with your hydrometer. I have a Wherry on the go at the moment and it has...

All the starters that I have made are done on the day of brewing, if you have the yeast in the fridge then you need to keep it out until it reaches room temp and then add the malt/brew sugar or wort and wait until it starts(I have an airlock on my vessel) and then add it to your brew when that...

+1 with evanvine, I have used brewbelts with temp controllers for a few years now. I agree left on they get too hot but hey so does the central heating without temp control!!!!

I mostly brew AG now but still do the odd kit, as I'm primarily a lager drinker my first choice is obvious but I do enjoy a nice ale/bitter/Ipa :- 1. Coopers Euro lager (Bohemian yeast (smackpack) 2. Woodfords Wherry (kit yeast) 3. Coopers IPA (kit yeast) I bought a Greene King Gold IPA as it...

Second the two elements but don't skimp on them, I made my own boiler when I went AG but the switches etc failed as I bought the budget Tesco kettles.

Never ever used to get hangovers when I was younger no matter what I drank until I got invited to a HB party across the road, I only drank about four pints of bitter and the next day I suffered.

Yeah, it will ferment it ok but it might take a while to start, I used to do only kits before I started AG and I found that the kit yeast took a while to start things off so I then started experimenting with other yeasts i.e. Saflager 23. I used a Bohemian smack pack yeast on the lager kit you...

Hello, first of all what Coopers lager kit are you intending on using? the reason I ask is that the Coopers Euro kit comes with lager yeast although there is not enough in my opinion. I use Saflager S-23 and have had some nice results with the Euro lager (I'm an AG brewer that uses kits to re...

I emailed my water provider and asked questions that weren't given on their web site and got a great response from them.

I've used it and as the last post says it will ferment out a lot of the sugar that wouldn't be normally fermented, hence a dryer more alcoholic brew. never needed it for a stuck brew tho'

+1 on the last post, it will taste thin and spoil the taste.

After a brew day on Saturday my wife came in from the annexe where I brew and panicked saying there were lumps of caulifower floating in my brew :D :D I had to re-assure her that it was the yeast multiplying etc etc next day it had calmed down and had rissen to the top, so the lesson learnt...

This is a great lager yeast and has a crisp clean taste.

When I first started to brew AG I thought that 5 - 6 hours wasn't worth the time as I thought that I was producing some pretty good results with my kits and different yeasts, I now brew AG every couple of weeks and I really enjoy it as I have got used to the process etc, I probably make a kit...