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If the necessary minerals were added during production is using tap water not the equivalent of adjusting your mash water for AG and then sparging with mineral laden tap water which will just make any adjustments you made earlier in the process pointless and give you an entirely new water...

Sorry don't know what that is but bar someone qualified getting it under a microscope I dont think anyone can actually tell you. Personally I'd dump it and give everything a deep clean before brewing again, why chance it and if you did would you really enjoy it if it was fine or would you be...

Have you considered dip hopping? Throw your hops into the fermenter with a litre of 80c water for 30mins before transferring your wort on top and ferment as normal. I've done this with great results. I've also just thrown them in the serving keg before racking the beer and had great results...

I work from home Thursdays too...they needn't know it's primarily a brewday every couple of weeks 🤣 Kids at school, wife at work, ideal. Kick things off at 8, fermenter filled by 12 and cleaning done by 3 and that's while answering calls and doing the day to day. They do say you should walk...

Oh my god! Never thought I'd see Buckfast on this forum 🤣 not sure if this is just a west of Ireland thing but that was the teenage quick route to non sobriety in my day. "Bottle of B for the lads before causin trouble. Bukky all round" 🤣🤣🤣

I have a similar unit I got back in Novemeber, think they're all fairly similar in size and shape so maybe filters are interchangeable? Open to correction on that...

Lagers will benifit from time when they're done right but it's like everything else homebrew, when it's right for you it's golden, everything from your malt bill, mash profile, yeast choice, fermentation temp will affect how long that takes if it works at all. Sometimes it's not about flavour...

There's science behind water chemistry but one person's perception of how that affects the taste of the end product is going to be different to the next person's so is the result of the 'correct adjustments' already non-scientific? Maybe I'm rambling, I use RO now and adjust based on brewfather...

Highly recommend putting on quick disconnects or camlock adapters if that's your preference, makes life a lot easier and well worth the few quid. I have one long and two short pieces of 1/2 inch tubing with quick disconnects. One short one from the kettle to pump and can run the long hose from...

I just keep the pump at a lower level than the kettle (kettle on a dolly so I can move it around and pump down on the ground), open the valve and the liquid will naturally run into it. By the time I've reached for the switch for the pump after opening the tap it's primed

Leave it be. It's likely fermentation is done but lack of bubbles in the airlock isn't really a definitive sign. Even if the active fermentation is done it's no harm to give the yeast a few days to clear things up. Patience is your ally at this point.

That was one hell of a grain bill for a 14l aim batch. I salute you sir

Did you use any specific yeast or just the yeast with the kit? What type of fermenter? No harm to double check the lid is on securely. Wouldn't worry about it being open overnight, as long as no critters could get in you'll be fine

I'm taking this as a sign...I've always considered using rye in my Czech pils rather than Vienna but never pulled the trigger on buying any...in the basket for the next grain order now and will brew it in Feb and do a side by side in June

46l Czech Pils brewed today Rest of 2024 - 14 x 46l batches 644l 2 x 19l batches 38l 728l for the year Total 10162

Czech Pills, 46l batch 7kg Pilsen 250g Vienna 100g Biscuit 100g Melanoidin 100g Carapils Straight RO water, no additions bar lactic for PH adjustment 70min mash @63c in 33l water 21l sparge water @72c 30min boil 35g Columbus @30min 20g Saaz, whirfloc, nutrients @10mins 30g Saaz @5min 60g...

Further to above: swapping out the long dip tube for the sort one shouldn't be an issue if your keg cleaning regime is on point as you'll be removing it anyway

+1 on this, not sure on other people's experience but the third hole at the bottom of the filter is the only one I use now because I've had issues with the other two. All my cornys have these fitted as standard. I've tried using it without the filter and have had issues, I tried a marble as a...

Ah this isn't the answer for you so but if it's something you fancy trying in the future I'll post the results anyway. Hard to get a good pic of the reading but it's around the 13/14psi mark so little to no loss in this instance. I use a variation of this method all the time for beer on the...

This is something I've pondered and said to myself that I must test it but never have...but this has spured me on to actually do it. For this test I counterfilled a small bottle from the keg @15psi at 4c...fizzy. I opened and took off the carb cap to simulate putting a standard cap on after...