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I have no idea of the context or really what it looks like. So, is in a fermenter? If so, for how long, what temps etc. Where has it been kept, what sort of experience do you have as a brewer, etc, etc. The more details we have, the more likely you are to get a helpful response.

Tupperware is a good idea, I think. I just use a clip from Lakeland, as the Mrs buys some every time we go up to the Lakes.

That is good to know about Spitting Feathers! I have not seen Seb (the proprietor) since he had to close the shop on Tonge Moor Rd a few years back. Also will sort out my WHS account and see if there are any bargains left, though buying cheap hops and leaving them for another couple of years in...

The Covid period sort of cemented what has happened to Society over many years - possibly back to 1945. The idea that Rights were individual, but without any of the corresponding Responsibilities and that Entitlements were also sacrosanct, but somehow dissociated from actual Obligations...

I generally estimate that a 25L beer will use around 125L of water altogether. The estimates of water usage for commercial breweries are typically 5-6 times the actual water usage to volume of beer produced. In the UK we use drinking water for washing, including washing cars, and, in our version...

Add Citric Acid?

I would imagine not. The boiling is all done in the process of boiling down the mash to get the DME.

Sorry for the slow reply, life and work have both been hectic of late! 4.5-5kg sweet spot is for total grain bill Doughing in is the time when you add the grain a bit at a time and stir the wort after each small addition 25L is the minimum volume I am aiming for in the primary FV. After racking...

Very interesting thread. It seems I have now done over 200 brews using 2 GF 30 systems and having cocked up (JUST SO) many times and in many different ways, many of which involved jugging wort from one container to another, recoding BHE using BrewMate software and even learning some stuff on the...

Good advice, here! The Grain bits can be stopped by using a tea strainer over the central overflow pipe. If you dough in / mash in slowly and thoroughly (it takes about 20 mins minimum) and use some rice hulls for either wheat / rye grain bills or very large grain bills, there should be no...

A Wheat Beer with 2.5kg of raspberries works well. I find it a bit much, so you could reduce the raspberry content. Basically, the end result, with a pale-ish sort of a base beer, will smell, taste and look like raspberries, so Belgian Strong Golden might be a fit?

39 days to Christmas, so you might get something OK to drink in time. 14 days in the FV, then 25 in the bottle. Should do the job,

I am going to try an English Lager tomorrow with XPMO, Pilgrim and the fag end of a bag of Aurora. Notty ale yeast.

I agree about leaving any brew for 14 days before thinking about what to do next.

What a finish to a washed out game. Hendre Pollard wins the game with a 48m kick. England can't possibly be upset, as the fifth best team in the NH. What a travesty the Groups were. NZ to be victorious?