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Brewed the U Fleku Czech dark lager clone today for the second time. Surprised myself with how nice it was and fortunately kept the yeast from the first one a few weeks ago. Went absolutely bonkers in the starter so hopefully it’ll blow the top off the brew fridge. Bit of trial and error with...

Thanks for the tips - I shall try again with different yeast! I will certainly mention the WLP775 yeast to the supplier that I bought it from. I've used several Ale yeasts and Lager yeasts over and over again without issue so I know what I'm doing with them. Perhaps it was a duff batch after all.

Maybe I'll try a dry yeast then! Which one do you find works best? I liked the idea of the appley flavour of the WLP775.

Excitedly tried my first turbo cider the other day but it was a total disaster. Inspired by Lakeybloke on YouTube, I bought my Waitrose apple juice and WLP775, made a starter (which wasn't very active but produced a fair bit of yeast), and chucked it all in to a fermenter. It went into my...

Thanks Fil. I do like gadgets so I'll give it a go if I don't have any luck with my extra tap.

Simple as that! Thanks, I'll give it a go.

Hi, I have just completed my first brew in my formerly gravity fed, now supercharged garage brewery which now includes 2x 12v mini pumps to distribute sparge water into the mash tun and sweet wort into the boiler during the sparge. I thought I could control the flow of the liquid by...

Glad to hear it! I'm going to shy away from a decoction mash but I'll do my best with what I've got and hope for similar results. No one I'm going to give it to has ever been to U Fleku so I can pass it off as the real deal no matter what it comes out like! :twisted::thumb:

Have you had any joy with this one? Does it look U-Fleku-esque? Looking at having a go with this sometime soon so would be interested to hear how you've got on so far.

Haha cheers! I'll see how the originals turn out after a generous conditioning in the back of the garage. If I can feel my liver pulsating through my abdomen I'll add a few litres of lemonade for good measure just to be on the safe side!! Should have made a small beer from the leftovers of...

Thanks for the suggestions! I originally brewed it for my daughter's christening (!) so I could do with getting it in a bottle and giving it some time rather than brewing up another SMASH to dilute it. I think as an experiment I'll bottle some as is, dilute the rest down to a drinkable state...

Thanks for the suggestions! I originally brewed it for my daughter's christening (!) so I could do with getting it in a bottle and giving it some time rather than brewing up another SMASH to dilute it. I think as an experiment I'll bottle some as is, dilute the rest down to a drinkable state...

Hi, I'm only a few batches in to all-grain and I've been experimenting with reusing yeast (having botched together a stir plate) and trying to fine-tune my kit. Made a "Hop Ottin' IPA" from Clone Brews which should have an OG of 1.072 and FG of 1.017. Nice little number. Loads of hops...

Hi Gaz. Just outside Nantwich myself and hoping to build a kegerator soon after picking up a few cornies at a good price. It would be good to hear how you get on with the build...

I'll try that right now! Maybe the beer isn't a great idea then, and it'll be best suited to a cake...