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Hi all, looking to get back brewing on the Grainfather after a few years away, totally rusty! I picked up the 'Hoppy American Pale Ale' kit from Get er Brewed ( Hoppy American Pale Ale All Grain Ingredient Kit - 23 Litres 6.4% - Get Er Brewed ) and looked at the Grainfather app (has changed a...

I was wondering if there was anything I could do with this load of hops that I have in the freezer, looking to buy malt and if required more hops - but would rather use what I have! Looking to make any IPA / APA any sort of hoppy pale ale variant. Columbus - 14g Cascade - 30g Calypso 30g Bravo...

Hi all, I've started getting foaming from my corny keg quite bad. It started towards the end of my last batch on keg one and has continued onto the second batch on keg two. I'm serving at around 3c, all tubing kept in fridge along with keg. The beer isnt overcarbonated. I've tried releasing...

Hi all, I was wondering if there was somewhere that you could input what ingredients you have and it would suggest possible recipies based on what you have in stock? For instance, i have a load of hops but unsure what would work in future recipies, is there a website or software that would...

Hi all, I've recently started using a refractometer, today when my wort was almost finished fermenting I took a sample and the refractometer gave me a reading of 1.023. (the refractometer has brix on one side, and specific gravity on the other) I double checked the same sample with a...

Hi all, I'm currently using a picnic tap to dispense beer from the corny keg to the glass however I'm looking to upgrade. Looking for a hand held gun or similar. This will be for pouring into glasses rather than to bottle with. Rather not go down the fixed tap route just yet. Thanks

Hi all, I'm just about to fill a corny keg and a handful of bottles from the fermentation vat. I have a brew fridge I can control, what's the ideal temperature to condition the keg and bottles at? Should I do them separately? I'll be using co2 with keg and priming sugar with bottles. Cheers

Evening all, I'm brewing a grain kit from geterbrewed, an APA that calls for fermentation to be at 19c. The instructions are pretty simple, should I be raising the temperature slightly towards the end of fermentation? Also, should I be racking to secondary bucket? I usually just leave in...

Hi all, I have 22 litres of an english IPA in the fermentation bin after 2 days. The OG was however 1.050 instead of 1.060, i'm thinking this was because I added too much water during the boil stage. I've ordered some dried malt extract to hopefully bring it up to 1.060, how many grams roughly...

Hi all, I'm brewing a saison (p127 of Greg Hughes book), it's been fermenting since Sunday however for the last day or so there's been no activity in the airlock. It started of at 1.048 and is now at 1.018 - the book says the FG should be 1.010. Should I give the tub a stir about? I...

Hi all, Going to brew Greg Hughes' Saison from his book, I have a question about volumes. I'm looking to finish with 23l as his recipe states. How much should I be looking to finish the boil with to put into the fermenter in order to account for loss to the trub etc?

Hi all, I'm looking for a strainer or device that stops gunk blocking my boiler tap when transferring to kegs. It's a plastic Peco boiler with the standard black plastic tap. I thought the false bottom would take care of this but it fits badly do need another solution. Thanks

Hi all, just completed the fermentation stage of my first AG brew. Attached is a pic of the outcome. Normally I get a crusty krausen with no floating bits after doing kit brews, is what I have this time normal or is it infected? I scooped out the bad parts from the surface and kegged anyway...

This may be the stupidest thing that's ever been asked... Would it be possible to do a BIAB brew with two bags together? As in one that lifts the grains out after mash then one that stays in for the boil that lifts out the larger sediment parts and hops alleviating the need for a hop...

Evening! If anyone's looking for a cheap false bottom, this is what Get er Brewed are using for their Peco boilers and selling on their site (albeit £8 cheaper). This might not suit everyone's set up, I'm going to have to adapt my one somehow for the boiler to stop it moving about but...

Hi all, I recently bought a starter BIAB kit from Get er brewed after reading a thread on here on how simple it was. After a few weeks sorting out various bits (wort chiller parts and something to prop false bottom up) today was the day. The kit I received from GeB was a Hoppy APA. 3 hop...

Hi all, Looking to get everything set up for my first all grain brew - hopefully this weekend. I've attached the hoses to each end of the wort chiller with jubilee clips and was hoping to use the submersible pump I bought...

Hi all, new to the forum, hopefully the first of many posts and contributions! I'm in the middle of gathering together all the bits and pieces to dispense homebrew kits from corny kegs. I was wondering if a fridge was required to cool down the keg prior to dispensing and initially...