Recent content by jonh

+1 for the Brulosophy method: https://brulosophy.com/methods/lager-method/ Works great with 34/70 in my experience.

A week and ~700 billion cells later, it looks like we have lift off. Albeit gently!

Thanks for your advice. Based on what you say, I'll keep plugging away at trying to get rid of some of the SO2, but without resorting to the peroxide any more. I've done lots of shaking, left things open overnight and now have pitched a massive starter at high krausen to see if that takes. If...

Possible reasons for non-fermenting cider must On Monday I started my first attempt at cider making, and pressed around 18L of juice from the apples on a tree in our garden. All seemed to go well, until the yeast didn't start fermenting. And... 2 pitches later, its still not got going! I'm...

Thanks for the info everyone! I might go back to the glass carboy and bottles for this one — although I dread to think what’s lurking in the bottles after years of non-use!

Hi all, I’ve moved into a house with an old Apple tree. There’s a lot of fruit coming this year, and I’m interested to see what it’ll taste like as a cider — it’s an ex-farmhouse, so I’ve got visions of discovering a harvest of perfect cider apples planted by a farmer of the past! I’m fairly...

Hi everyone, I had one of those brew-days the other day where everything seemed to go wrong. I thought I’d share my bad decisions in case anyone else can learn from them (although the main bad decision is something that is pretty obvious in hindsight!). For this brew-day I tried out a new...

Pivovarsky Klub has a massive menu, with over 240 beers. It’s a bit hard to get a seat and I recall though as it’s small. Head to Florenc metro and walk down towards the opera house. For a more traditional pub with good traditional Czech food, you can’t go wrong with U Vejvodu. Right in the...

Great. Thanks for the reassurance. I hope I get home from work to a nice krausen! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've just tried to step up a starter for the first time. I cold crashed the finished 1L starter, boiled and cooled 2L of new wort at the right gravity... and then poured it in, forgetting to decant the spent wort first! After realising my mistake, I panicked and ripped up to 2L and stuck it in...

I've got the second one. Does a great job. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've found that a bag on the outlet works fine, unless you suck up so much trub that the bag fills up completely (I use a little nylon bag that's about as big as a glasses case). A bag on the inlet was a disaster the one time I tried it. Syphon just wouldn't work, and ended up making everything...

That's a reassuring. I assume this means everything isn't going to blow up then? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Good point! I was very gentle when rousing the yeast, turning the bottles upside down and then rolling gently on the carpet a few times. Could this be the problem even with such a small amount of movement? If so, will things improve with time? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi everyone, I'm a forum lurker and brewing newbie (on my third brew). I'm driven to start my first post due to the potential threat of some exploding beer, and a bit of confusion about what's happening with my batch :-). I've just brewed an extract beer, based on the Brew Dog's Dead Pony club...