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All bottles were stored in the same place and cleaned in the same way. Rinsed and sanitised with vwp

Hi all, Recently brewed a Czech pilsner, brew day and fermentation all went well. Bottled and shelved in the spare room like usual. When it comes to drinking it half the bottles are fine and half have a bad smell and off taste. Not an exaggeration, actually 1 in 2 bottles are bad. Anyone...

I've not been able to find an Einstok clone so I figure altering an Icelandic pale ale recipe which wheat was a good way to go

Hi all, I'm wanting to make a wheat beer similar to Einstok white ale which is our lass' favourite beer. I've found an Icelandic pale ale recipe on Brew Toad (https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/icelandic-pale-ale) which I'm planning on substituting half the pale ale for wheat malt. I was wondering...

I'm all grain brewing and the readings are being taken at or around 20°C which is what my hydrometer is calibrated to. I'll definitely check it in water, is there any solution if it's not 1.000 or is it time to get a new one?

Thanks for the replies. I'm using Beer Smith to convert Brix to SG do I'm assuming it's pretty accurate, it also has a tool for measuring Brix in fermenting beer. Don't think the refractometer is dual scale but I'll definitely check when I next take a reading

Hi everyone, long time troll, first time poster! I'm having issues when brewing with determining SG/FG and percentage. I'm using both a hydrometer and a refractometer but the hydrometer SG reading always seems low but finishes in about that right place and the refractometer SG reading seems...