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This is a 7.5% IPA, and has come out very tasty indeed. However some of the bottles have ended up with a rhubarb-coloured top to the beer. These are mostly new bottles sourced from a friend, and were once cider bottles. The most likely culprit seems to me to be some kind of infection from the...

Hi everyone, I wanted to ask about fermentation and why I'm still getting bubbles after - I presume - fermentation has ceased. I'm using the BIAB method in a Peco boiler, and am letting it ferment in the Peco boiler as well. I've got it sat on top of a small freezer unit while it ferments...

I've got a fairly basic IPA fermenting at the moment, but with fresh elderflowers added in the last 5 minutes of the boil. I'm planning to dry-hop with Citra, but I'd like to add some extra elderflowers as well. I froze some of my harvest for this purpose; but freezing didn't work out that...

My most recent brew was made putting a recipe together on Brewer's Friend. When I put the yeast sachet into the recipe (Safale US-05) it said there was a deficit, and that I needed to add more. So I put 2 sachets in. But I'm puzzled - I've made a few brews before, and have always just put one...

Hi all, I've just completed my first full mash brew (an APA) using the BIAB method and a Peco boiler. I'm not expecting my first brew to be very good, as I think I made a few mistakes with temperature and sanitation, but I've learned some valuable lessons through those mistakes! Anyway - I...

Hey all, I've been doing brew kits for a couple of years and had some success with them, but I've decided to move on to full mash brewing. After chatting with a couple of friends who already do it, I decided to go with the brew-in-a-bag method (mainly to save space), and bought a Peco...