Recent content by leojez

Hi, I bought a Hanna pH Test last month (model HI 98128), which I bought as I understand it is a good quality pH tester. Since buying it I am unable to get stable pH results. I followed the instructions for calibrating it with 7.01 and 4.01 buffers. Do I need to calibrate after each reading...

Hello, I'm following a recipe for a NEIPA which says to keep the beer in the fermenter for 28 days (Vermont Ale yeast). I usually leave for 2 weeks top. As I don't have a conical fermenter and can't dump the yeast, will this cause issues if left with the yeast for so long? What is the...

Hi Steve, Thanks for the brilliant advice! I've just realized though that my copy and paste skills are useless and I the figures I put for Chloride and Sulphate are wayyyy out. Here's the correct figures: Ions (All figures in ppm) pH 7.13 Nitrate 3.30 Total Hardness (as CaCO3) 867.00...

Hello, I'm looking at doing a Heady Topper clone and after reading posts on various forums one key part of getting it right is in the water treatment, and specifically the addition of gypsum. This will be the first time I use water additions and am more than slightly confused. If I'm not...

Great, I'll try that thanks! I was under the impression that the shorter the time dry hopping the stronger the aroma - would a 2 or 3 day dry hop be better or have I got the wrong impression?

I often dry hop in bags and works well for me, especially if you've got a lot of hops.

Funny that, that's where mine came from.

Where did you buy it?

Hi, I've got an all grain single hop pale ale with Amarillio pellets sitting in the fermenter and it's just hit expected FG. I used the Greg Hughes recipe from his book. I was excited to use the Amarillio hops after reading about them but even though the taste test from the trial jar was...

Didn't seem too fizzy but with such a head it seems like carbonation going on, no?

Hello, Is it possible that beer can start carbonating while in the fermentor? I poured some into my trial jar 8 days into fermentation (bubbling almost stopped) and got a huge head - had to wait and refill. The photo is taken after the head went down and after adding some more. I've...

Priming sugar (non-solution) was added to the bottling bucket before syphoning the beer into it so it should have mixed in pretty well. I always use this technique and have never had this issue before (after around 15 kit brews). I'll try a gentle stir next time ... shouldn't hurt.

Now drinking it ... tastes good but yeah, maybe a little bit yeasty. And really carbonated as well. Still very drinkable though. Do you think I'd be better off throwing the bottle out rather than reusing it?

Hi, Brewed and bottled a Festival Pilgrim's Hope kit and it's lovely. For a British ale it is perfectly carbonated, quite low carbonation with a one finger width head. However, around 12 bottles in I just poured a bottle and got instant foam all the way up to the top of the pint glass and...

Hi, Has anyone has done any of Greg Hughes single hop recipes? I'm just starting all grain and would like to try 2 or 3 of these from his book to get a good idea of the hop differences and am wondering how hoppy they are? I love hoppy ales... would it be worth adding more hops (end of boil...