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Happy new year to one and all, I'm currently in the process of brewing a lager and is currently in the brewing fridge sitting at 3 degrees in the fermenter. How long can you keep it there sitting on the yeast as it been there now for 3 weeks and i totally forgot about it in all honestly.

Evening all just checking does the regulator have a washer/o ring on the attaching end to the gas bottle? I seem to have a leak and surprised there no washer inside the nut that you attach to the regulator

Good afternoon all, Decided to do a 19L california common today and used the grainfather app to build the recipie. Mash 16L Sparge 12.5 On transferring to the FV I was around 3 liters short!!! I decided to have a look at the grainfather water calculator on their website which gave a totally...

Aftwrnoon all, I'm just about to start a brew of the above and will be using Wyeast California lager yeast. What temperature would you set the fermentation at please?

Afternoon all, Got a brew on today and in around 5 days will need to add the dry hops. The FV is a SS Brewmaster bucket. I'm trying to think of a way to add the hops while minimising the oxidisation of the beer. Any suggestions as I'm at a loss!!

Morning all, I think my palate is having enough of the IPA world now and my taste buds have had enough. I have been looking around to brew something a little different, something easy drinking but with flavour. Not into stout or dark ales etc. So please hit me with what I should brew next

Afternoon all, As the title says really name a beer/lager that just makes you go wow and sit back and appreciate it.

Afternoon all, I'm after a book that showcases the different types or beer/lager around the world. I'm not fussed if they don't include recipes as just want to see what out there that might take my fancy

Afternoon all, Any one got ideas or know where I can buy a sparge arm for the grainfather instead of using the jug etc?

Morning all, Just getting into kegging and wonder where do you guys get the beer lines from and what to look for? Been searching over the Internet and with home brew stockist and there is a vast difference in price!!

Evening all I'm just about to passivate my SS brew bucket with 5 gallons of Star San solution. Not wanting to waste it, can it be reused? What is the best type of container and how long will it keep for? Will temperature fluctuations affect it as well as I will be storing it in the Gardem...

Moring all first time brewing lager and I'm comming close to the end of fermentation in my SS brewmaster bucket. My gravity at moment is 1.017 and I'm now starting the diacetyl rest for a few days. Once that is complete my intention is to cold crash for a few weeks. Do I cold crash in FV or...

Having had enough of bottling I have decided to venture into legging and bought two 19l kegs. Has anyone got an idiots step by step guide on how to transfer from SS brewmaster FV to the keg without oxidation and secondly carbing up the keg? I.e what pressure to carb then what pressure to serve etc

Brewing my first all grain lager and heard a lot about this diacetyl rest. Currently the brew is brewing along at 11c in a brew fridge with a gravity reading of 1.034. OG was 1.047. Yeats used was whitle labs mexican WLP940 Question is at what point do you start the rest 75% 50% etc I've...

Afternoon all just finished my first lager brew using the grainfather. The only part I struggled with was getting the wort down to 12c the pitching temp for the yeast with the counterflow chiller It just stuck at 20c any suggestions ?

Attempting my first lager on Monday and just starting to plan things out. I intend to use a liquid yeast. At what temperature would do the starter? As I'm aware lagers are brewed at a lot lower temp than ales

Good morning all, When conducting a brew do you calculate the Mash efficiency so that you can adjust the hop additions to the boil to reach the desires IBU or do you not bother and go with the recipe as is?

Morning all as above I have bit of dilemma which is confusing me so I thought I would ask the experts. Currently, I have a IPA on the go which has been fermenting away nicely for the past 7 days monitoring with the Tilt Hydrometer. ( I changed the battery before placing wort and forgot to...

My first brew for two years is bubbling away nicely and the gravity is falling nicely to the point where I added the dry hops last night in a bag. I tend to leave them in for 3 or 4 days and hope to start to cold crash to drop most of the sediment out. Would you drain off to another fermenter...

Evening all just completed my first brew in over two years and went well apart from the filter comming off!!! What adverse affect will this have on the brew? I did use a hop basket for the pellets wich only included 68g in total