Recent content by Wouter

Thanks ACBEV, I'll check it out. Not sure I'll make it to the 10th pint though haha.

The advice I would give you is: use the brewsystem you're using in a way which utilises its strengths. For BIAB the strengths are: - Cheap - Very fast - You only need one vessle to brew in (also part of cheap) - Easy to make small batches When you're going to do a sparge you're always messing...

Hey guys, It's been a while since i've posted in the forums. As some of you may know (its been in the introduction threath :p), I'm coming to Oxford for half a year for an academic internship. Preparing for this has siphoned my time too much to be able to post much lately. But now the time is...

I think it would actually be pretty easy to automate some of the stuff yourself. Set timers for hop release and stuff.

Wow impressive. My first reaction was, what a ridiculous way to brew. Why would you remove all the labour of a hobby? But that being said. It can be pretty handy. Lately I've been incredibly busy. Something like this would really allow me to continue the recipe generation and fermentation part...

Priming sugar is for priming. Its not a part of the grain bill during mash.

I am not proud to be of any nationality. Being proud of something you have no influence on is dangerous I would say.

Best not to do that with just any yeast. The yeast may be a different strain than the one they used and therefor gobble up some extra sugars ;), making your bottles go kaboom! Better to use special bottling yeast! For instance SafAle F-2.

Depends on how they filter it ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filtered_beer 1 micron removes yeast definately.

Don't worry, it'll come. Just don't expect anything very fast from ali. If it doesn't arrive just do a paypal dispute and you'll get the money back. I order tons of stuff on ali expres and it always comes.

Controlled fermentation process is by far the most important factor in the process of brewing.

There is also a downside. The more you learn to taste off flavours, the more you will detect them. Thats a very useful skill to improve your beers, but also diminishes your pleasure ^^

The taste usually. Unless of course you mean you strip the golden ale of any hop varieties that are common for it and add typical IPA hops. Then there's no difference. But that's like saying: "Whats the difference between a "porter" and a golden ale with roasted malt chucked in?"

Better heat to above mash temperature. The grain lowers the temperature of the water.

Indeed. Even specialized hop growers would have a tough time to recognize a hop species from looks.