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Hi :-P I made some lager, bottled it about two weeks ago. :hmm: I just looked at in the bottle and it was quite clear except for a few small lumps floating very near the bottom. Not a single bubble in sight... Thats wierd i thought. Not one bubble?! Hardly any settlement. It had come...

Hello, Im not much one for puzzles but prehaps some of you are. Ive started making a delicious IPA with a recipe of left overs I had and by accident its become highly sort after and everyone has enjoyed it. The problem is it doesnt have a name. When I am brewing, bottling or generally faffing...

Got up fairly early as i am an outside brewer, then I got ambushed and waylaid with a financial discussion in which I couldnt miss. So finally at 11 I get all the gear out, I start running the rain water through the water filter as it heats up... Filters clogged... I knew i needed another one...

Hey, My local rhythm and booze has 450ml swing top bottles of Grolsch in a really nice plastic crate for 1.29 a bottle. Friggin Bargain! At first the manageress would only let me have one crate but she has since been told by a driver they dont need them returning so I got another 2! Each...

I have 23 litres of mead chilling to clear. I made it entirely from honey and water and lots of yeast nutrient. Ive stabilised it with pot sorba and pot meta. It has a pleasant taste but doesnt really taste of anything... I was thinking of using some more honey but how? Do I just heat it...

I used to work in a bar when I was younger. I can pull a pint. However with home brew I either get it just right or I gain too much head making me slow down and getting a big dollop of yeast in my glass or some how seemingly when everything is fine, some yeast sneaks in... I dont mind...

Hi, In the run up to crimbo, (the official word is still banned till the 1st of dec: see Callum Scotts campaign) I have been brewing like a mad man. I have made: Previously a faux-lager An ESB A lager A slightly different ESB An IPA Some cocked up mead that ended up being 20 litres instead of...

Well, I was bored so I had one of my "Dream ale"s... :cheers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=44845 I knew it wasn't really ready. I think all the priming sugar is gone, 1/2 T-spoon per 500ml - so 42 I think it was, I'll leave it a few more days in the warm and when my lager is transferred to the...

28th August I put two batches of honey into (4.5 litre) demijohns, topped up with water and yeast and plenty of yeast nutrient. About a month went by and I suddenly realised I used too much honey. I used 3.5 kg of honey in each... :shock: So I syphoned off a third from each and with some...

Made a pale ale yesterday (outside in the rain and eventually dark) 5kg Pale malt 400g white sugar 90mins 100g challenger 30mins 17g fuggles 20mins 17g fuggles 0mins 17g fuggles Mash 90 at 66 but was more like 68 Boil 90 mins... Left to cool over night after topping up to 23L. Checked...

I am a pretty big drinker, I might have 10 or 12 cans of commercial larger (usually around 5% mark) 3 times a week, I find that commercial beer will 95% of the time give me a muddy bottom :grin: I was really starting to think something was wrong. When I started making my own beer last month or...

I noticed whilst looking at some old beer recipes that it was very much the modus operandi to use only one type of hop in the start of the boil usually about 200 grams. This made me wonder, as in comparison the newer recipes tend to call for lots of small additions at frequent intervals and its...

I had an idea, in spring I might get some hop root and grow some hops, I cant do it in my garden but what about just planting it near a chain link fence and letting it go ape? There is already stuff in there between a hedge and a fence the council doesnt bother with so why not let it be hops...

I walked past my ESB and looked kinda red in colour. So I then thought have I made an ESB or IPA? I googled and some Americans on another forum determined ESB has a caramel flavour whereas IPA was more hoppy... But their beer is quite different to ours. It can't be just related to strength...

I read a post not so long ago about lager-ing here, it was from the advice of a John Palmer publication. They listed different lengths of time based on different temperatures. Im really not bothered about how long it takes but I need to use the fridge to cold and clear a ESB... but my Diacytol...

Erm having just fluffed my first lager I thought I'd try a bitter. Is it just a straight forward ferment and bottle according to the Hydrometer? - it's been 10 days now and I suspect i need to start taking readings soon. What do you guys normally do? :wha:

:thumb: Followed an Aleman recipe for lager from a google search, and totally fluffed it up... It turned out fantastic! :party: I was really pleased with my first "lager" :clap: So thanks to everyone on the forum for the help and thanks Aleman for the recipe which i butchered...

Hi, I am trying to force carbonate without blowing myself up. :rofl: WIKA 0-10 Bar It has scale for argon in red and CO2 in black. The black scale is l/min and goes from 0 to 28. It wont serve until its on 4... I assume this is litres per minute of flow rather than pressure. So, what...

My first AG lager will be force carbonated soon. I heard lager especially can be problematic if it comes through to short a line, 5 feet minimum I heard. I have one but its only 2 foot. Should I order a new serving line now or try it out?

For 23 litres: 5kg pale malt 200g Caramalt 200g Wheat 450g Golden Syrup (could'nt resist :doh: ) Just brewed this up but my gravity with temperature correction is reading 1.054 which might put my bitter to 8%!? But I hear only 75% of beer sugar turns to alcohol? So am I safe here or this...