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Hehe thanks! I checked ASDA and Lidl, neither had any, not been to BM but I would be surprised if they had any wheat beer. I've seen wheat beer kegs in Lidl before but they obviously sold out now.

Does anyone know where you can buy commercial beer in easy kegs apart from Iceland? I am after some German Hefeweizen for an Oktoberfest-themed get together but even getting it online seems tricky, let alone in the shops. I've got some Bitburger from Iceland and would like to offer a wheat beer...

Okay, that's what I thought! It's still a young beer anyway so will "settle" more. Because I only brewed a small batch I have them all in a fridge :)

Yeah I mean, I guess it is normal, that's just the way things are when homebrewing/not filtering and bottle conditioning/lagering, but I guess what I am wondering about is, if there is a way to get/keep the clean taste of the lager or if I just have to suck it up and accept that it won't be...

So I've made a lager which didn't turn out bad at all and after fermentation I put it in the fridge at ca 1°C for about three weeks, then turned the fridge up to about 4-5°C now for week 4. The beer has cleared nicely, but as it is bottle conditioned all the stuff is obviously now in the...

I only have demera sugar here to prime the brew, do I have to use less of that than I would with table sugar?

I am struggling to get commercial labels off the bottles before oven sterilisation. Any tips? They are now soaking in hot water with soap, not ideal as it is a pain to rinse out.

Okay! The problem with the keg is you have to drink it all in one go, pretty much. Actually, I had a look at those picnic bags but couldn't find one quite big enough. Have you got a link to the one you used?

To be honest, I am not sure yet how I would lager it. I understand it should be conditioned pretty much at the temp it fermented, so ideally like 13 degrees, for 3 weeks, is that correct? And then lagered at cooler temps or am I wrong? Oh I know the taste will mellow out and settle. but I guess...

So I thought I'd write a little update on the brew after 18 days of fermentation. So as I told you, I had no option than to ferment the beer with the FV in a big waterbath with iced bottles. Of course, as timing would have it, the first week or so, the weather was great - to great for beer with...

Quick update: Good news! Came home from the pub last night and the beer had a mini-krausen kind of thing so I moved it straight out into the water bath, where it's at 12 degrees now :)

I pitched at 18 degrees then left it alone for the night and in the morning it had cooled down to 16. Then I brought it in and it's now around 20. I just read, that if you pitch lager at room temp and leave it there until it is active, it will chuck out a lot of diacetyl. People in that thread...

Yeah, fingers crossed! I have to say, really they should advertise it differently and suggest a starter at least for lagers if that's better. so... How much longer should/can I give this one to get going before I need to repitch? So I know when to order backup :P And... if it does get going...

Well I think for this 12l batch, one pack should have been fine (both dry or liquid) but in my case, I am expecting to re-pitch I guess. Just not sure whether to get another Wyeast and therefore to stick with the same strand or a saflager 37/40 as it is a lot cheaper and stores better. I'm...

It's the first time I bought liquid yeast. I read about the dry Saflagers and wasn't sure if they'd give me as clean a taste as I was after as people reported about fruity tastes with both of them. I think that the 34/70 would be my backup though? I don't want to mix yeasts but if I buy another...