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A quick question: can I use Lactose instead of candi rocks towards the end of the boil for a Belgium Blonde? I have lactose left over which I want to use up. Would I get a significantly different sweetness? Thanks Kimosabby

Quick question, I put a Wine Co Californian Chardonnay on 6 days ago SG 1087 which was in range; I reconstituted the yeast pack instructions which were 35 degrees but I only did about 25 degrees; ferment temp 20.5 degrees. Today its 1055 and it needs to go down to 0.996 current temp is 20.5...

Ladies and gents, ordered a borosilicate glass Erlenmeyer flask 3000ml £26.36 from these people as going into the voodoo world of liquid yeast https://www.kingscientific.co.uk/laboratory/Laboratory-Glassware/Laboratory-Flasks Wide range and great prices; what I like is its coming from a...

Good morning all, i have a liquid white labs WPL004 Irish ale yeast and going to do a dry Irish stout next week. Beat before is 9th Jan 21; always been refrigerated including when delivered. is it useable or shall I get afresh one?

Dear all, I usually do 3-4 days drying hopping towards the end of brew; then 2 days in fridge for cold crash but it takes a day to get down to 1-4 degrees. Does the time cold crashing count as contact time on hops as that would make 6-7 days total if it did Kimosabby

Doing a full 23l boil and pitching reconsituted dried yeast. I have an air pump and steel air stone using for the first time. Going to aerate for 10-15mins; Aerate before or after pitching yeast? Seems to be alot of divided opinion out there? (as Tom Baker said in Balckadder 2 - "Opnion is...

Quick question on wine expert and generally for wine kits. I’ve done a wine expert California Chardonnay and it’s turned out a great taste. I’ve got an Aussie Reserv on the go. Both about 12-12.5%. Can you add sugar at the beginning of fermentation in the same way of increasing ABV like with...

Ladies and gents, as ever a quick question, what's the best base hop for a dry irish stout? I've previosuly used East Kent Goldings but that was with a John Palmer "Mill Run Stout" which was a more fully flavoured brew including crystal and choc malt which I won't be using on this one thanks...

Quick one gents: how long to sanitise a straining bag in boiling water thanks

Gents, quick question and appreciate a quick answer as I have a 23l wort of IPA awaiting its yeast and I'm already at 20C and ready to go. I recently bought a Brewfirm Brouland wort aerator set with inline filter and airstone. Seems to all work but I can't connect the airstone to the tubing as...

Putting on a brew as we speak - if I had a video of me trying to put them on and posted to utube I reckon I would get 1m hits Entitled - angry man looses rag; again!

Good morning all, putting on an American Wheat beer on tomrrow; the base receipie I found is: 2.2kg Lager Malt 2.6kg Wheat Malt 269g Cara Pils 33g Citra (20 start of boil & 13g at end) Safale 06 WB yeast ABV target 5.3% 23l I think I tasted something similar called Bio Polar from Beer 52...

Gents, quick question; I bought a fermentasaurus gen 2 for doing all grain ales; at the time both my other FV's had beer in and I also had 23l wine on the go that needed racking with finings for the last week. So I transfered the wine into the fermentasaurus and the wine was crystal clear as...

Gents, just a quick one on the use of Campden tablets. I usually add a quarter to the mash water at the start of heating and quarter to the sparge water at the beginning of heating when doing an all grain. I thought I would rough it with a kit today (Magrove Jacks Simcoe single hop). Following...

Gents, am doing a stout which is a combination of several receipes ive found and there are a couple of questions i've got. The receipe is: 4kg pale ale malt 450g roast barley 450g flaked torrified barley 200g crushed choc malt 200g medium crystal malt East Kent Goldings 50g - intial and...

Gents, when I ferment in a FV i always use a heating belt and inkbird in the back room. I have a Beko larder fridge and use that for secondary on the bottles and a heating tube and inkbird. Is there any issue with the escaping CO2 (like a build up) if I do the initial fermentaion in the...

Gents. been doing all grain beer for a couple of years and want to try my hand at wine. I've got a Calafornia Connoisseur Carbernet Sauvignon 6 bottle kit as an opener and need advice on a few basics: I always treat my water for beer brewing with a Campden tablet to remove chlorine and...

Gents, some advice would be gratefully received. I started this all grain kit as below 12 days ago and decided to add 325g of butter scotch syrup 10minutes before the end of boil in about a litre of wort. Starting gravity was 9 points higher than expected at 1063 and its been at about 19...

having a clear out and found various sugars in a tuppaware box I have. the brewing sugar had a use by date but the table sugar had no markings; thoughts? I generally use sealed stuff like packs and cans up to a couple of years down the line wihtout an issue

Gents, im doing a chocolate stout and the receipe suugests 4 days into fermentation add cacao nibs to sterlised muslin bag and add to fermentor (pre soaking in vodka for .5hr to ensure sterile). Not done this before - is 4 days into fermentation ok or is it nearer 4 days from end like with...