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My latest brew has finished fermenting at 1.003! OG was 1.061, a 95% attentuation. The recipe was 5.45kg Extra Pale + 0.45kg Pale Crystal with BRY-97 yeast. I got distracted during the mash and ended up mashing for 90 minutes at 66C. My sparging isn't great either. I always struggle to get...

I'm planning to brew a czech lager tomorrow and have half a jam jar of trub from the last batch that I harvested just over 2 months ago. Do you reckon it'll be ok to just throw this in? I'm wary of the pitching rate and yeast quality. I have some DME so could make an overpitched 2L starter...

I don't normally worry about efficiency as I usually just throw in extra grain and brew to the size of my fermenter, but I've recently ordered a couple of ready made recipes from the MM. I really like them but they are only made up to 19L target so efficiency has come to the fore. I brewed...

What do folks use for storing their liquid yeast? I'm using 15ml centrifuge tubes at the moment but filling these with yeast slurry only gives 2-5ml of yeast once everything's settled. It's too much faff to grow a pitchable yeast size from this every time I brew so I'm thinking of other...

Hi all. I'm back to brewing after a 2 year hiatus! Brewed the Red Brick Rye from MM on Sunday. I want to dry hop just before the primary fermentation ends so took a sample this evening to check on progress. Surprisingly (given that the fermentation looked slow from the airlock bubbles) it's...

I have an SS Brew Bucket which I really like. The only downside is it has a crappy one piece tap that cannot be cleaned inside (when I dismantle my 3 piece taps it always surprises me how much wort finds its way behind the ball!). I have had a few bad batches that I'm putting down to the tap so...

Hi. Is there any advantage in stepping yeast starters up slowly rather than in one step so long as the cell count is the same? I collected some (WLP830 Hefe iv) yeast slurry into sterile 10ml vials 2 weeks ago. I don't really have time to do a 2 step so was hoping to make a single 1.7L...

For my next brew I would like to hit the ideal mash pH (5.2-5.3) and compare the difference to my usual output. I'm going to brew Mysterio's SNPA (http://themaltmiller.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=74 ) which has become a bit of a goto brew for me. A nice simple hopped pale ale...

Built this today. Looking forward to strapping this to my immersion chiller and trying it out. Should hopefully chill the wort a lot faster whilst also whirlpooling out the cr@p etc. I got the idea from http://www.mrmalty.com/chiller.php Does anyone have any recommendation for a suitable...

I have had a long standing and persistent off flavour that I just can't seem to evade. I am well read in homebrewing and my technique is good. But I still get this flavour/aroma in approx 50% of the brews I make. I could really do with some opinions on this on what to try next!! OK...

My brew for this weekend, straight from the recently released Brewdog recipes (https://www.brewdog.com/diydog), is Hardcore IPA. One of my favourite beers so really looking forward to this one. I could do with your opinions on a couple of matters: Their recipe states Crystal 150 which I...