Recent content by AlanJones

Used a full fresh pack of yeast (no starter) and no it wasnt an overnight mash, i just did the mash the night before and left it in the pot over night (minus the grains) to save time the next day. Thermometer is quite new and i checked it the first time i used it. Aerated wort and pitched yeast...

thanks for replies, OG was 1.039. I didnt do a mash out or cool the mash. After removing the grain bag i topped the pot up a bit with some sparge water, put the lid on and left it over night.

Wondered if anyone can explain why my latest BIAB batch has a gravity of 1.006 (after 6 days) instead of the estimated FG of 1.010. I know its an estimate and am not worried as the sample tastes quite nice, just wondered why its happened as never had such a low reading. My process was the same...

I brewed this yesterday, use BIAB method & thought i'd adjusted to 14L. But I undershot OG by about 10 points. I normally get quite a high efficiency but only managed 70%. The sample tasted quite bitter so I took a quick decision and added a jar of honey hoping to off set it. I didnt really...

Done quite a few biab brews never been one for getting hung up on the numbers but seem to remember calcutating mash volumes for the 1st few but now i just fill up my pan leaving enough room for the grain and go with that. I lose a couple of litres in the bag, sparge in my fv and use that to top...

I have a 15L and 5L pot. I use the 15L for the mash (with a grain bag) and boil. I squeeze the grain bag and then stick it on top of a metal colander in my fermenter and run the hot water from the 5L pan through it and the use this "sparge" water to top up during the boil. To save a bit of time...

The main reason i added it at the end of the boil was that for some reasotn i'd got a jar of set honey so it wouldnt pour out if the jar , if i do another i'll make sure its the clear pourable stuff and will add it at when pitching the yeast

I've added honey to a couple of brews. I think the nicest one had about 250 - 300g in a 15L batch. Had some biscuit malt in and combination of fuggles and goldings. Just added the honey a couple of mins from the end of the boil, seemed to add a nice delicate hint of honey.

Hi all, I have been keeping things simple lately hop wise and using only Goldings or Fuggles. Fancy trying a different hop this time and wondered if anyone had used Bramling Cross recently? Recipe will be something like; Marris otter 80% Crystal Malt 10% Biscuit Malt 5% Wheat Malt...

Yes, think i might have jinxed it as just opened a 2 litre bottle and it was definetly on the way off; same smell and slight sour taste has developed. Never had this before, where does it normally come from and do you think i will have got rid of it?

Quick update. Nothing sinister developed in the bottles and its tasting ok so can't have been infected. Left fermenter full of strong bleach / water solution for a few weeks, to make sure, and just bottled next batch which seemed fine. Cheers all Alan

It's down to 1.016 so think i'm going to use terrym's suggestion and bottle it in some water bottles. The sample tastes fine and smells quite normal. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the replies. Alan

Hi guys, Brewed a mild using my same equipment and BIAB method, only difference is that i pitched some more dry yeast after about 10 days as it seemed stuck at 1.024 ish. Checked it today and there is quite a strong smell (hard to describe maybe like spray paint??) and a strange white film...

Cheers guys. Did a 12L mash @ 66 and managed to keep the temp constant by wrapping up the pot in towels and some bubble wrap. Then brought it up to 75, took out the bags of grain and ran about 4L of water over them in the fermenter and left them while the pot came up to boil. I added this...

Thanks, just on with this now.