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Hi, I'm selling my used, but in pretty good nick, Ss Brewtech 10 gallon mash tun. Comes with false bottom (slight tear on the gasket but it holds fine). It works great and also comes with the stainless steel ball valve, and necessary washers. Due to the weight I'm reluctant to post it, so...

Baby It's Cold Outside targeted as being an example of sexually coercive behaviour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46413209 In my view, the man in the song is simply concerned for the lady's well-being. The clue is in the song title - it's cold outside. Chances are she would not...

I want to upgrade my aeration from an air pump to oxygen. Can anyone give me any pointers on kit required and where I can buy suitable O2, either online or Glasgow/Ayrshire area? Thanks

I'm planning to brew my first NEIPA shortly, but I can't find solid, consistent advice on line. I know oxidisation is a problem, but can anyone tell me any other dos and don'ts? What yeasts are best, hops, specialty grains? If anyone has a good recipe that'd be much appreciated. athumb..

I live in a very soft water area, and my IPAs and similar pale beers usually turn out as expected. Amber beers too. My dark beers however are never anything special and I'm wondering if with all the dark grains, my mash pH gets too low. I struggle to hit FG with dark beers and they usually...

My first taste of homebrew was at a party about 10 years ago. Scotch ale from a king keg. I was pretty impressed (not sure what I'd make of it these days though). I got the basic kit for Christmas and made 2 very poor brews. I tried a wine kit, which was worse. I even gave some of the wine...

I'm looking for some keg troubleshooting help... I have 2 x 5ltr kegs, with the flow control tap. First time I used it, it worked a treat. This time I have a wheat beer with lots of foam, but no fizz - it's pretty flat. I'm certain I have no leaks. More certain than I was with my first...

Made a 800ml starter last night using WLP004 Irish Ale Yeast. It looks kind of lumpy, the way milk goes when it's off. Normally the yeast blends in fully with the water and DME mix. But not this time. It's as though it isn't breaking down enough. Anyone have any ideas as to why this could, or...

I recently got 2 x 5ltr kegs which run off the mini (16g) CO2 cartridges. Being a total noon at kegging, I have a few questions about it : 1 - can I force carb a 5ltr keg with the small cartridges, or do I need to prime with sugar, and use the cartridges solely for pushing the beer out? 2 -...

I have a brew planned for Sunday, but the current hot weather (27°c for Sunday), is putting me off. I imagine it would be unbearable. Do other folk still brew in this weather?

I think I need to replace my immersion chiller, and plate chillers have always interested me. What are people's experiences with them? Do you still have control over how much hop debris and trub makes it's way into the FV? And I've read that you can use gravity, rather than a pump? Is this...

Does anyone know of any homebrew clubs in the Glasgow/Ayrshire area?

1st sample of my tropical IPA yesterday, fermented with Vermont ale yeast (I normally use WLP001). Its really good. I was impressed with the fermentation, but even more so with the fruitiness it adds (peach, mango). It also adds a really nice, creamy mouthfeel, and has a fairly hazy, opaque...

On Monday when I went to rack my beer from primary to secondary, I noticed the fermentation fridge and inkbird were both off - turns out the extension plug had been yanked, pulling the plug out of the socket just enough to switch everything off. I had adjusted the temperature to 19° just 2...

About 8 weeks ago I bottled a Belgian blonde ale (using WLP530) carbed it to 2.8 volumes of CO2 with white sugar. Even after 8 weeks in the bottle, it is very poorly carbed. I saved the yeast slurry and brewed a Belgian dubbel. This one is only 3 weeks in the bottle, and though I planned to...

What are folks opinions on conditioning time for an IPA? I'm 3 weeks into conditioning an Amarillo IPA. It's finally carbonated quite well but, possibly as it's not heavily hopped, it's still a little green tasting.

I received a card through my door today saying my tap water is soon to be treat with a process called chloramination: Google tells me that this means Chlorine and ammonia will be added in small doses to disinfect the water. My water is soft, and the residual chlorine as Cl2 (mg/l) is 0.01. Can...

I am fermenting a Belgian blonde right now and I'm due to bottle it in about a week's time. I want to re-use the yeast to brew a Belgian dubbel. What are peoples opinions between pitching onto the yeast cake or washing the yeast?

I've recently been using Oxi to clean my gear but find it leaves a slippery, soapy coating. So I rinse and rinse, then use a little Starsan, then rinse and rinse some more. This works but is a massive PITA. Does anyone else have this problem?

I'm brewing a Belgian blonde this Sunday. Never brewed one before except from a Brewferm kit. Does anyone have any tips, particularly around pitching and fermentation? Is over or under pitching recommended? The OG is 1.056 so it's not that big a beer. I am using WLP530. I plan to begin...