Recent content by Cotters14

Thanks for the thread Clibit. It's inspired me to have a go at this small batch AG BIAB as I've just got my hands on some crushed malt and I found an old bag of hops that I bought about 2 years ago, although they have never been opened so I'm hoping they will be alright to use. So, in total...

I'm 37 years in and I've never heard that too 🤣🤣

I'm in please!

Thanks for the reply MyQul. I've spent the afternoon clearing the garage and now have a nice half which can be setup for dedicated brewing. Keeps the wife happy, she wasnt keen on another brew in the kitchen 😅

So, I haven't brewed since this attempt, long story short I changed employment and that coupled with the poor electric hob in the kitchen I just never got back to it. Then a few weeks ago, I came across a few bottles of this that were still in the garage and when I opened they were still well...

Should have mentioned I fermented with the Brulosophy quick lager method. For the cold crash I just put some loose foil over the lid of the fermentation vessel.

5 weeks later and here it is...... Lovely clean beer and tastes not too bad either IMO. Head retention was OK and carbonated pretty well considering it was bottled 13 days ago. Poker night tomorrow and so hence why I wanted to try it before taking a few samples with me tomorrow.

Thanks terrym, that is how I was looking at it too. Time will tell :)

Ok, so I am going to ferment the beer out as it has a nice krausen forming on it and when I think back to the amount of potential Brew Safe in the chilled wort, it would be something like the following. I diluted 20mg of Brew Safe in ~4l of water which was used to re-sterilise the...

Thanks Oneflewover, I appreciate the input

Thanks terrym, I did read this when you posted it and thought I'd achieve the boil with 3 gallon adding in the rest from the smaller pot for the total. As I'd got so long in, could I have still split the pot down even though I'd begun? For example, took the 3 gallon pot and transferred say 1...

Here is the fridge and some other pics.

Thanks for the reply, I was using Brewsafe as per the image below and following link: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&toolid=10001&campid=5338413729&icep_item=232527037410 In terms of the temperature, I can probably adjust the bottom of the fridge to allow for...

WHAT A NIGHTMARE BREW! So having started around 17:30 getting the brew equipment out and giving it a little clean before starting, I didn't actually start to dissolve my 1st kg of DME (Light) until 19:26. The electric hob I am using is not capable of boiling the 3 gallons I had in the pan...

Good afternoon, I now also have some Hersbrucker hops (100g / 2% AA) and also some flaked grain (250g). Thinking I will save the Hersbrucker for another brew (unless someone thinks it would be a nice combo) as it appears very similar in profile to Saaz but I did want to ask opinions on...