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Thank you @Session - that's made me a bit less worried!

Hey all - brewday one for me a few days ago and there is a lot of hops still in the beer in the primary fermenter, floating on the top above the beer (due to idiot here not properly straining them out during brewday). Would you guys advise leaving them in (there is quite a lot) until it comes to...

@BrucetheFish Would that they represented the successful batches of beer I've brewed but sadly not - yet!

Hey, so its an American IPA using Safale US-05. The OG should have come in at 1060 and mine was a tad off at almost 1065. From what you have said though, seems I don't need to start worrying just yet and that even if its not really fermenting an increase in temp easily sort problem even five or...

Hi Banbeer, thanks for the reply, did you fit bazooka inside or out, guessing inside? In the mash it was 15 litres of water and 6kg of pale malt as per a Hughes recipe. I understand it's ok to open lid occasionally to check and I have once yesterday, gravity was the same. I think one issue is...

Hey all - so my first brew day went well, but of course came with a few problems: - During sparging, the mash tun blocked and wouldn't drain properly into the boiler. Despite having all the other equipment a process that should have been fluid was anything but - any voice of experience here...

So it went ok (ish!) - a couple of issues but I should probably post in the appropriate place with fitting title - will do so now!

No idea why! It's quite a fetching barrel picture, but it is interesting how we have all been allocated a slightly different barrel image!

Just that really guys - this is brewday one for me, and I am right now chilling the wort down. Would any of you bother straining at this point or is it better to wait to after fermentation when siphoning into conditioning bottles? Cheers!

As it's my first brew day today and I'm quite sure something's going to go wrong (haha, just don't know what!) I thought it might be fun to ask members to think back to their first brew day and share memories - what went right, what went wrong, comedy moments. Come on guys, I bet there are some...

Haha, ok - first brew underway - wish me luck!

Thank you nixhaz, Cerbera84 and others for these insights. Really interesting and useful, especially with the pic of the process in action - beats almost anything you can find online. I think currently lacking that extra vessel I'm going to go down the route of heating water in boiler then...

Thanks, Drunkula, so the third vessel is a help but not essential, right? Coz prices of HLT's with taps on are quite a lot...

I know this question probably sounds naive, but the only remaining uncertain area for me coming up to my first brew day (collating equipment in lockdown quite a challenge!) is the sparging. So far I have (from Home Brew Shop) got a boiler, mash tun, sparge arm etc but there was one thing I...

You could have another career at the Home Brewing Shop, r-evans! 1/2" is exactly what they said. Thanks for your advice, much appreciated.

Hey Brewers, just wondered if any of you had purchased this mash tun Homebrew Mash Tun 42 ltr from Home Brew Shop and if so what dimensions (especially width) of tubing you used. Site comes up with myriad tube options and its a tad confusing for a new brewer - plus they're delayed of course at...

Thanks all - food (or booze) for thought - An Ankou / Guybrush Threepwood, with gas, do you think doing the brew in an outbuilding/ garage with the door open would be safe enough?

Hi fellow brewers! I'm (very) new to brewing, currently assembling the kit ready to go. So hopefully I'll be able to repay some of the advice on here back in the future with my own but for now, just wondering if anyone has a take on whether a gas or electric boiler is better? Research so far...