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Hi all, In need of advice please. I'm in the process of fermenting a Kolsch. Its currently sat at 2 degrees and I'm preparing to bottle. My questions are, at what temp should I prime, bottle and condition my brew ? Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers Nick

Done a brew a few weeks ago........something was awry. I was down by 10 points 1036 not 1047... (52% efficiency). I was using stuff I had left over, think some of the grains were over a year old......tasted it 2 weeks into fermenting and its bitter as a witch whose cat just died. Should I...

Hi gotta question, forgive me if its stupid, when brewing with the Ace it seems to me that when ive done a little research people are talking about using 14, 15, or 16 Litres for the mash, but wont this make the mash very thin, (i am assuming thats for 5kg of grain.) when i was ag "normal"...

Hi all, I signed up to labelizer last year and as it was soooo good subscribed my 1 dollar a month, brilliant site, great for doing....well labels, BUT when I tried to stop money been taken from my paypal account by labelizer it took me 4 months, and loads of phone calls, frustration, even...

Sooooo ive read quite a bit of info on overpitching yeast. Some say they pitch directly onto yeast cakes with no problem, but some say this is massively overpitching. What id like to know is how much yeast is too much. For example if I'm doing a brew that requires 250 Billion cells, is 500...

Hi All, I'm looking for advice for a Christmas brew recipe. Id like to make a brew about 8 ABV. Heres what I have Loadsa Maris otter Special B, Biscuit malt and cara aromatic malt 300g of each 30g challenger hops 6.6 AA, leaf 50g Prima donna home grown hops, leaf 80g Hallertau 4.7AA...

Hi there, Looking for advice. Gonna do a brew this weekend and have the following grains available. 5kg of Maris 500g each of Cara aromatic malt, biscuit malt (50 ebc), and Special B (500 ebc), If I put all the above in a brew would it be too much. Cheers in advance for any help Nick

AS you all know when it comes to brewing there are many different 'bits' to it. Slowly as I pass from a complete newbie to newbie +1 I'm trying to improve my brewing process. Anyway this month I'm looking at water chemistry. Most of this caveat seems straight forward but I have a coupla points...

Quick question, ived looked online about cold crashing ya ya ya, gonna give it a go just because. My question is, after ive cold crashed for a week what do I do before bottling. Raise the temp back to 20 degrees C or keep cold. Cheers in advance for any help Nick

Hi anyone Brewing a rev James clone tomorrow and the recipe calls for sinamar and treacle, but doesn't say when to add. I'm assuming it's at 10 mins but not sure so looking for confirmation /information. Cheers Nick

Hi Chaps n Chapesses, Looking for advice. I brewed my 6th AG brew that twas a Doombar recipe. Followed it to the t. Was in the primary for 2 weeks, secondary for 2 weeks, bottled for 1 week at room temp and then 3 weeks at 13C. With great anticipation opened a bottle and was sooooo...

Hi there, i'd love some advice please. I'm new to AG brewing on my 4th brew. The last one I fly sparged at 80 degrees but had trouble getting my grain bed into the 70 s. So I'm thinking for my next brew to either fly sparge at a humongus temp (90 s) or add a kettle full of boiling water to...

For those who are a little interested. Yesterday was my 3 brew, it was an extract brew so I ditched my usual 60l boiler, for a big pan 12l.......Anyway true to form my attention was diverted for nought but a lambs tail shake, and a massive boil over did ensue. Loads of sticky wort all over the...

So Saturday saw me trying my 2nd batch of AGB, a Belgium blonde. Had a few modifications, of my homebuilt system, that I was keen to try out, and a new spargeing system. Anywho all went to plan except as I was soooo excited to try my new my spargeing system that I did it far too fast. Ended up...

Hi Guys I'm about to brew a belgium blond but unsure of the mash temp. Can someone point me in the right direction. Cheers Nick nack noo

Hi Guys, I'm planning on keg conditioning my brew prior to bottling. Can anyone give me info on what temp I condition at and for how long. Cheers:grin:

Where's a good place to source liquid yeast from please. Nick nack noo