Recent content by muppix

Nice one Rod, good to know. I was at a beer tasting recently (Brewer was "Queer Beer" IIRC) and one of their pale ales was very citrus-y. Since they mentioned Kveik I thought I'd be all geeky and asked which strain, to which half the room chimed "Voss, Voss" and the brewer confirmed it. I'll...

Good call. I've used a spare mini keg in the past, but a PET bottle is probably easier since you don't have to squint at the transfer line to see if you're pushing liquid to the overflow tank. FWIW this method is also useful if you're fermenting under pressure (e.g. Fermzilla) and suddenly find...

I'm still finding my feet with all this and try to be kind to my yeast, more out of emotional empathy than any actual scientific evidence. Part of that is not subjecting it to sudden temperature variations, so if my wort is chilled to 21℃ (force of habit) then I aim to have my starter at a...

I too was considering some scales to let me know when my keg's getting full during closed transfer, but a much easier solution presented itself: condensation. I typically transfer straight from my ferment fridge after cold-crashing, and since the keg is at room temperature it's easy to see where...

I've now got a couple of brews with the same Opshaug under my belt, each time top-cropping, saving, and growing the yeast before pitching it on brew day. It's been an interesting learning experience and actually way easier than I was anticipating - kudos to the kind folk on 'ere who answered my...

Ha! My rock's bigger than yours! (not often I can say that...) 😁👋🏼

Easy: brew another ale and stick it in the fridge. 😁 Not needing my ferment fridge when using Kveik is an unexpected bonus since the fridge has been a bottleneck around which everything revolves - there's hardly a day when I'm not fermenting or chilling something. Now I can have one brew at...

That's a valid point about needing pressure to push it out of the dip-tube. I was about to counter and say that I can use one of the two posts on the side of the collection jar at the bottom of the fermenter, but as this brew wasn't going to be dry-hopped I hadn't bothered to fit carbonation...

I hear you. Opening the FV isn't something I like doing either, no matter how often I tell myself I cleaned and sterilised everything, but David Heath reckons that top-cropped yeast is better than that from the jar on account of it being fresh. I can sort of see the logic there, but I'm early on...

That's very reassuring @RoomWithABrew, thank you for putting some of my concerns to bed. I was about to ask what sort of pressure you go for, but on re-reading this thread from the top I see that you've already confirmed that several times - apologies if it seems I've made you repeat yourself...

Can I get in on the fun too please? IM7 3JP.

Checking in for a quick update now that my first experience with Kveik is in the fermenter. The brew day went reasonably well and I ended up with some extraordinarily clear wort after the boil, but I was greedy when transferring to the FV and pulled in quite a bit of gunk from the whirlpool...

I ordered a load of 'official' keg post O-rings from TMM since I just discovered a gas leak and wanted to be sure I have the right thing. Postage was only £3 too, but I'll grab some of those eBay hobbies as well. If you're using AEB / Cornelius kegs you may find that each of the two rubber...

Wait ... I'm after the single ring post type - sorry if I got that mixed up!!

Cheers for the offer to send me an O-ring sample, but one good turn deserves another, so let me know what I can ping back to you in return! [edit] - not sure that was a PM. Oops.