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Hi all, A few weeks ago, I brewed a non-alcoholic beer (<1% abv). I'd done it before with good results but this time I tweaked it slightly and the OG was even lower than expected. I then pitched some old yeast. Had a taste after a week or so and it wasn't too bad but not great. Then my son was...

Evening all, I have researched this a bit on other threads and in other forums and I'm not sure what new information I'm expecting to find here, but here goes... I collected about 70kg of apples back in August/September and had then pressed into juice. The juice started fermenting on its own...

Frustrated at not being able to get above about 55% efficiency when mashing above 5kg of grain in my Klarstein all in one, and at the variability of extraction efficiency making recipe formulation very difficult, I decided to try a kind of batch sparge method today, and extraction was miles...

Evening all, I've a bit of a frustrating problem with my fermenters and wonder if someone could advise... I use a glycol chiller for regulating temperature of fermentations, which involves a stainless steel coil immersed in the fermenting wort. The coils have started to develop a white powdery...

Evening all, Today I was giving my Klarstein all in one a good cleaning, and removed the box that accommodates the pump. It was a bit of a faff, and I thought in for a penny, so thought I'd give the pump impeller a good clean. Unfortunately, I dropped it and one of the blades split. It hasn't...

Hi all, I bought a glycol chiller and am looking at setting it up with detachable hoses. I imagine regular plastic Hozelock type fittings will probably leak. Would brass hose fittings be suitable or do I need to be looking at fancy fluid fittings like you see in garages and workshops that will...

Hi all, I'm after some advice. Yesterday, I ruined my back trying to lift a brew kettle. I think it will take a long time to heal, and I'm obviously not yound enough to be lifting 27L of wort anymmore. So, I've had a quick think about my options, and I think I need to invest in either a pump or...

Hello, I recently posted about my disappointment in trying to brew a big-ish IPA in a 35L Klarstein all in one. I used 6.5kg of grain and only got an OG of 1.041. This is lower than I would have got if I'd used considerably less grain. So I became aware of the limitations of smaller all-in-one...

Hi all, I used to brew with separate vessels - a HLT, mash tun and separate kettle. I would batch sparge and achieve around 80% efficiency fairly consistently. In the interests of space, I moved to an all-in-one system - a Klarstein Brauheld Pro. I have been having wildy varying efficiency...

Hi, I am getting terrible, splitting headaches from my brews. I had put it down to over consumption, but now I'm not so sure! Yesterday, I drank a pint of 2.7% and three pints of 4.4% homebrew. I also had a double scotch (not homebrewed!). This was all consumed over about 5 hours. I feel like...

Hi folks, I acquired a 72 pint ale cask from a friend's wedding. They said they didn't think the brewery would return their deposit because they'd let it sit for a couple of years and so they gave it to me. I'm not quite sure what to do with it, though. On first inspection, it doesn't appear...

Evening, I recently purchased a counter pressure filler and am wondering about the best way to hook it up. It has 6mm barb fittings. I could stick on tubing with jubilee clips, but it could be a pain to get the tubing off after each use. Additionally, it seems to require a connection to the gas...

Hi all, I have a stainless steel kettle and had always cleaned after brewday using ChemClean. However, I recently bought a new SS fermenter and heard about passivating. I ordered some Bar Keeper's Friend. The stuff is amazing at cleaning, so I used it to clean the inside of my kettle as well...

Hi all, I'm going to buy some Bar Keeper's Friend, but I notice that here in the UK, the most readily available version says "Stain Remover" on it, and is in a blue tub, whereas I feel like the original one is in a gold tub. I shouldn't be too surprised to learn that it is the gold one that is...

Hi all, I've recently purchased a 30 L SS conical. I haven't yet thought about how to maintain fermentation temps. It will be in an outbuilding, so very cold. A ferm chamber is not an option due to lack of space. I'm thinking the simplest way may be to buy some sort of heating pad and control...

I know that copper is kind of orange anyway, but... I've had a copper immersion chiller for about 8 years or so. As you might expect, it has the odd patch of discolouration here and there, but hasn't ever really looked much different until I soaked it in some VWP. That turned out a kind of...

Hi all, I recently purchased a Klarstein Brauheld Pro, which is one of the all in one systems that arm to go under so many different brand names. I'm really enjoying everything about the system apart from one thing, which is the correct sparging procedure. I've been home-brewing for about...

Hi all, Bit of a long post here but I'll be very interested to hear people's thoughts... I took a break from brewing a couple of years ago, but still had your 15kg of pale malt. I kept this sealed and dry. I brewed a beer with it last summer (which I stared another thread about back then)...

Hi folks, Any idea what this is at the bottom of my FV? It looks like it's got a rash! Just racked a pale ale out of it yesterday that had been sat in it for 3 1/2 weeks to discover the bottom of the white bucket appears to be turning pink! Beer tastes great, though!

Evening all. I'm really sorry to bring this up as I feel it must've been covered dozens of times before, but I've been searching for an hour and a half now with no joy... I recently purchased 2 KKTTs (more fool me..?) and I have a problem with both of them. Where the float goes into the...