Recent content by NickW

Rinse* sorry can't see the edit button

I don't though. .! I ri see straight from the tap. I brew with asda smart price water though

I ofted do a rinse under my tap with bits and bobs and also I clean my FV with oxy, then rinse out with tap water.. drain the excess, star san and re-starsan on brewday.. I've never had issues with excess tap water causing TCP tastes - surely it can't be that?

I've done a couple of brews where my old boiler conked out and there was a mess everywhere and ended up with less than 17l in a 5 gallon youngs FV. Everything went fine :thumb:

I have to say Pittsy (another forum member) makes a fantastic hefeweizen. Best I've tasted by far. I'm sure he'll come along with some advice :thumb:

:rofl: sorry... i thought you said mash temperature!! 18c for first day (pittsys advice) then 20c for the duration

Hops only release their bittering qualities when boiling. So no worries about that. Some people say they get grassy tastes when their hops are in dry for too long. Personally I would leave them be but that's just me :thumb:

Are you doing overnight mashes? I got to 1.008 once but that was a rarity. Usually finish around 1.010 - 1.012 depending on the beer.. Edit... i do 90 minute mashes

I've never used 40 - S Elafas yeast before but from what I've rread it can be of benefit to the beer if pitched at the correct temperature upside down. Just make sure you store the bottles upside down when conditioning :thumb:

Here's hoping the brew came down to a reasonable temperature below 24c during fermentation. But as pittsy says it's likely it may have even pushed 30c+ as the yeast does get excited during the initial stages and generates heat. Please say you were using some kind of temperature control :pray:

Sorry I didn't mention that.. 63c for 20 minutes then 71c for 70 minutes :thumb:

Like morethanworts I also user BrewR. It's very basic but so easy to use.

It's nuts isn't it! Great yeast though. Looking at all the other brew day posts on here makes me want more shiny things!! edit... i see your blow off tube made no difference :D

Hi all, A good brewday, hit volumes and a a good OG. Only problem was I had a leak in my FV by the tap so had to quickly improvise and move the wort to another FV. Lost about half a litre so not too bad.. Brewing this for The Spring Thing competition. Hopefully it'll turn out well :) Here's...

Wine yeast :shock: :doh: This will dry out the beer a lot..