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    Clibit Brewday

    I used to have that problem quite frequently... I think crashing the beer hard doesn't leave enough yeast to prime fully in 2 weeks so I've started adding 1ml of yeast at bottling time. Always carbs up quickly and doesn't affect clarity :)
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    Clibit Brewday

    Definitely agree on bottle time... Some of my brews change every time I drink them from 1-3 weeks in the bottle but they always end up better than they start. Pretty amazing what those little yeasties do for us!
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    First time porter

    Okay, so I just activated some wlp001 in 30ml sugar solution at 1.027, aerated by shaking in sanitized jar and then pitched it with some yeast nutrients and gave it a good stir. I might have been able to rouse the yeast like RedDarren was saying but when it comes to saving a batch of beer, I'm...
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    First time porter

    Yeah, I was thinking something along those lines! I guess I won't lose anything but I'm prepared that it may not work. RedDarren- I've heard of rousing yeasts and assumed that it is just stirring them up, is that right?
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    First time porter

    So it seems to have fermented out at 1.027, so 55% attenuation. I want it to be sweet but not downright sickly, hopefully the sweetener hasn't buggered the yeast! Either way, I was thinking of pitching some active wlp001 with the hope that it would bump up the attenuation a bit. Samples are...
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    Clibit Brewday

    I think my cararye is weyermann, so I guess its German. I used it in 8% of grist, mostly based on its SRM contribution. I have no experience with rye so wondered how much flavour would carry. Did I overshoot?
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    Clibit Brewday

    Good work, need to get my hands on some citra, I've heard too many good things about them. What do you reckon on cararye? I'm just crashing an american amber which had a healthy dose of cararye but never used it before. Does the rye flavour come through?
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    Clibit Brewday

    Haha yes, I've been starting to think that! I quite like brewing an APA but I think I've developed some bad habits with them. Time to sort out my best bitters and such... I'll give 21 a try :)
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    Clibit Brewday

    Yep, hoppy beers make me happy. I think I steer towards clean, lightly hopped beers to try and please my BMC buddies, though most of them are pretty adept beer drinkers now :D I'm planning to try and bump up the hops in the next few brews. I always use WLP005 British ale yeast for my english...
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    Clibit Brewday

    I like the idea of splitting, I mostly do small batches to give more room for experimenting but might try what you've done :) Did you leave the wort sitting after the mash/sparge and boil them one after the other? Can you do this without side effects? Also, I did think about doing your separate...
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    First time porter

    Thanks Clibit, I'll let you know how it turns out and revise things accordingly when I get around to doing round two... I'll see if I can catch you guys before I brew next time though! If you think a beer has come out a bit heavy, would you cut down on some crystal and use more roast/black malt...
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    First time porter

    Ahh ****, the sweetener was kind of a last minute thing... I just wanted a little residual sweetness to try and bring out the chocolate flavour in the absence of lactose. It was maltodextrin and sucralose. Fermentation began quickly but has slowed a lot, leaving it at 1.030 (eek). Anyway, I...
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    First time porter

    So I recently plucked up (heh) the courage to brew something dark, and a chocolate porter had been on the cards for a while since it's one that I'm fond of that can be pretty hard to come by in the shops. However, I'm a little picky about porters and stouts off the shelf... It seems that a lot...
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    Cloudy beer with CF chiller?

    Dad's Ale- Not used any chemical cleaners but was thinking of giving it a try with phosphoric acid solution in case there is some kind of coating inside the pipe that is causing trouble? ManseMasher- Yeah mine comes out 25-30 just now but was 20 in the winter when the tap water was colder.
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    Cloudy beer with CF chiller?

    Hi MyQul, I've done several batches with good yeast (WLP005) that has never given me problems before! I was just chilling wort in an ice bath before so just wanted a faster chill, it seemed that counterflow was the most efficient but I feel like I was aiming too high now! Thanks for the...
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    Cloudy beer with CF chiller?

    Okay, so I have a bit of a strange one here. I got around to building a counterflow chiller earlier in the year to try and improve my cold break and get rid of some chill haze. It's a fairly standard design and the wort is in contact only with the copper pipe as it passes through the chiller...
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    AG#6 Chocolate Brown Porter

    I'm thinking of trying a porter, I'd be happy if I get something that looks like that! I was wondering about grains... Since I haven't got any black malt yet I was wondering what a porter would be like without it, with the colour coming from the brown and chocolate? I haven't seen any recipes...
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    Dry hopping vs hop tea

    I picked up on this idea while browsing the forum and thought it might be worth a try. It seems like it would be a lot more straightforward alternative to dry-hopping to get a bit of fresh hoppiness into the beer. So I was brewing an Anchor Liberty clone and when I got to bottling, I chucked...
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    Yeast culture infection

    I did consider this, especially with the opening and closing of the vial that I've got. I diluted down a sample from the vial to check but it seemed clean as far as I could tell! I'm guessing it was either airborne or the StarSan did't sterilize the syringe 100%.
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    Yeast culture infection

    Hey, it's a compound light microscope... it goes up to 1000x but it's nearly impossible to focus at that point unfortunately. I think it costs around £500-600; I'm actually borrowing it from University, taking advantage of being a biology student! I can't imagine ever being able to afford my...
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