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  1. Simonh82

    Pump for DIY keg washer

    I'm planning to build a keg washer as my set up at home means it is very time consuming and labour intensive to wash kegs. I always put it off because it makes such a mess and takes ages. Having toyed with the idea of getting the SS Brewtech one which looks amazing but costs ££££, I've decided...
  2. Simonh82

    Ridiculous beer descriptions

    I was just listening to the excellent Basic Brewing podcast and they were interviewing a commercial brewer who was serving a "barrel aged, imperial raspberry mild". I cannot think of anything that sounds less like a mild. I think almost by definition it can't be a mild. I know the beer world...
  3. Simonh82

    Under pitching with Lallemand East Coast Ale yeast

    I brewed a 31L batch of session IPA last night, OG=1.044, mashed at 66°C. Usually when I brew 30+ litres I pitch two packets of dried yeast and that was my plan this time. Unfortunately, when I went to my fridge I found only one pack of Lallemand East Coast Ale yeast which was slightly past it's...
  4. Simonh82

    Turning my brew fridge into a glycol chiller

    I am considering updating my fermentation equipment and I would really like to get a 60L Fermzilla All-Rounder. I mainly brew hoppy pale ales so I would like to be able to do closed transfers to keg. I am not particularly interested in pressure fermenting for the beer styles I mostly brew but...
  5. Simonh82

    Ridiculous endings.

    Writing this post has just given me the name for this beer. I was going to call it Hoffman's Bicycle but now i'm going to have to call it ridiculous endings because that's how my brewday ended. I was making a session IPA and despite being a bit rusty, having not brewed much recently, most of...
  6. Simonh82

    Low attenuation with Lallemand New England

    I've just kegged a rye session IPA that I brewed using Lallemand New England yeast (the one that's been around for a few years, not the Verdant yeast), which I think is meant to have come from the Conan, Heady Topper strain. I've not used it before but the average attention is meant to be 75%...
  7. Simonh82

    Is all rye malt around 30 ECB?

    I just brewed a session IPA which was meant to be a single malt beer with golden promise as the base malt. At the last minute I swapped out 800g of Golden Promise for rye malt from a total grain hill of 6kg. The wort was much darker than I was expecting and when I updated the recipe I realised...
  8. Simonh82

    Fobbing with 5L Stainless Steel mini kegs

    I have a couple of 5L mini kegs with ball lock lids which I use for kegging and force carbonating. I usually brew 30L and put 19 in a standard corny keg and then fill the two mini kegs. I can carbonate the corny perfectly using force carbonation but I can't carbonate and serve from the mini...
  9. Simonh82

    Cleaning equipment after using diastaticus yeast

    I'm brewing a hoppy saison at the moment using Safale BE-134 which is a diastatic yeast strain that will break down starches and dextrins to give a very low final gravity. Great in a saison but I'm aware that some breweries have had bad infections with diastatic yeast. How do people clean their...
  10. Simonh82

    Using 3/16 line for gas

    I'm planning a new kegerator at the moment and wanted to ask about gas lines. At the moment I have a 2 keg kegerator in an under counter fridge. I can fit two of the newer tall kegs side by side and fit a 3.15KG CO2 bottle behind them on the compressor shelf. I'm using standard 3/8" gas line...
  11. Simonh82

    CO2 volume in kegged beer

    I'm carbonating a beer at the moment. My usual process is to hook up the keg full of cold beer to the gas and set it to 50PSI. I leave it out in my brew shed for about 20 hours and then bring it in and connect to the gas in my kegerator at 14PSI. A few more days at that pressure and it is...
  12. Simonh82

    Hoppy saison recipe feedback wanted

    I'm planning on brewing a hoppy pale saison. I've come up with the recipe below and wanted some feedback on it. I've not brewed a saison before but I really enjoy a well made one. I'm not trying to brew to exactly to style as I know that it should probably be a bit less bitter and have less...
  13. Simonh82

    Carbonating corny keg at room temperature but serving chilled.

    I'm brewing some beers for a party later this year. I will be kegging them in cornys but I can't keep them all in a fridge until the day so will probably be carbonating it at room temperature. I'm planning on serving the kegs from party taps with the kegs sat in builders trugs with ice to chill...
  14. Simonh82

    Cleaning and passivating stainless steel

    I'm about to pull the trigger on a 55L SS Brewtech stainless steel kettle. There's lots of info on their website about cleaning and passivating the kettle before using it for the first time. Whenever I've got new bits of stainless before I've just given them a good clean with soapy water and...
  15. Simonh82

    New piece of shiny - Hydra immersion chiller

    I just received a new piece of shiny brewing gear. My Hydra immersion chiller from Jaded Brewing arrived yesterday from the US. It really is a great piece of engineering and I can’t wait to start using it. I brew in the evenings when the kids have gone to bed so I’m often chilling wort at...
  16. Simonh82

    American Pale Ale with Eureka, Cascade and Amarillo

    My current brew is a classic West Coast pale ale using Cascade and Amarillo which are a favourite combo but also Eureka, which is a new hop for me. The descriptions say it's intensely citrus and piney with tropical fruits and opening the hop packet I was not disappointed. The smell from these...
  17. Simonh82

    Strong Arm Tactics - Hoppy Best Bitter

    Planning this one for the weekend. The recipe started life as a strong golden ale but as the night have drawn in I tweaked it by upping the crystal and knocking it down a few ABV point to become a very hoppy best bitter. I'm going to be reusing yeast from my last brew. Its only been in the...
  18. Simonh82

    Less common hop varieties

    I love a hoppy beer whether it's an American IPA or a hoppy British Golden Ale. My personal preference is for a decent amount of hop bitterness and lots of hop aroma and flavour. I've used a fair few hops in my brews, I think I've tried most of the common ones like East Kent Golding, Fuggle...
  19. Simonh82

    How long to leave elderflower champagne on fruit

    I've made an elderflower champagne recent. I bottled half the batch earlier this week but I kept 4L aside and added it to 1Kg of raspberries which I had gentle stewed for a few minutes to release the juice and kill off any nasties. It's taken a couple of days for fermentation to kick off again...
  20. Simonh82

    First beer down the drain

    I've been brewing for 2 1/2 years and so far have always made beers that I've enjoyed. Unfortunately, I've finally ended up with a beer that will be going down the drain. What's even more galling is that it was a perfectly fine lager until I tried to jazz it up with some extra dry hops. The...
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