Recent content by Jason s

I have no problems with head retention using the dishwasher, just give a quick rinse before sanitising on bottleing day. I thought I'd share my bottle drainer as it's smaller than a bottle tree and so much easier to store underneath my dedicated wahing up bowl. Great for the folks that don't...

Steam will get up inside the bottle. So there getting cleaned and sterilised.

I just rinse the bottles out after pouring with warm water. Stick your finger in the top and give it a good shake. Then into the dishwasher for a good clean. Store away until required, give a rinse and sanitise on bottleing day. Jobs a good un

The drainer

Just thought I'd share this drainer that I picked up in robert days. I hate bottleing up what I have left over after transfering into a 12 litre cornie. But this drainer and flip tops makes it an easier process.

Sun's out. Man and his best friend brewing beer. That's living

My first taste of the German pilsner I brewed back in January. I have to say I'm pretty pleased with it. Nice malty flavour from the Vienna malt and just enough bittering and flavour from the German hops that linger on the pallete. I will certainly be brewing again but swapping the diamond lager...

I may give a kit a go again. Now I have improved my processes. Also I have temp control and learnt to be patient. I used to follow the 2+2+2 rule to the letter. I have now learnt its just a guide. It takes as long as it takes.

Just came across this guy doing an experiment trying to nail down where the home brew twang comes from. . I'm going to follow this with interest as sometimes I don't have time to do a full day all grain brewing. I consider a kit but then remember the twang and give it a miss.

Thanks for the great advice. I will up the temp in the fermentation fridge gradually over the next few days and then crash towards the weekend ready to keg. Cheers

My other idea was to get a keg king pressure fermenter and transfer 16 litres into that and lager. That would mean though that it would only be half full. Would that cause any issues. Also I'd have to slip that past SWMBO. BIG problem .

Should I just raise the temp a couple of degrees for a few days to D rest. I have tried cold crashing once but had suck back. So tend to skip this step. The FV is just plastic bucket with tap so can't do a closed transfer. Although have seen some videos on you tube of closed transfers from a...

Another lagering question. I have 18 litres of pilsner in the FV that's been fermenting for 2 weeks at 14c. And It's now down to FG of 1010. Today I plan on putting 11 litres into my 12 litre cornie keg and purging to 30 PSI to seal. Then placing back into the fridge off the gas to lager for 6...

Hi all I would like to know if this is normal or is this going to be going down the drain. I brewed a pilsner lager on Saturday and put it the fermentation fridge with the inkbird set at 14c. Checked Sunday evening to find fermentation had started, all good. Opened the fridge today to get a...

Hi all. I'm in need of some advice on keg hopping. I made a beer a few weeks ago and was experimenting. Was aiming for body and texture of a neipa without the massive hop additions. The beer turned out good in that respect, nice and soft with nice foamy head. It's lacking any hop flavour as I...