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Im having problems getting a good pale ale brew - they all tend to come out tasting the same, soft, fruity but nothing more than that, I mean you would be hard pressed to even say what hops were in it! I have been using an Excel spreadsheet calc that somebody added my water report into a few...

I've been doing all grain for a few years now but mostly brew IPA or Lagers... I want to dip my toes into the whole sweet desert type stouts, chocolate marshmallow type thing! I also have nearly a kg of brambles in the freezer that I wanted to use. So recipe, 250g of lactose? A few teaspoons of...

I'm looking to either build a 3 keg keggerator or buy the mangrove jacks one. Mangrove jacks takes 3 of the newer slimline kegs so I would need to swap mine at additional cost or just have 2 older cornies in use till I could afford to swap. Making one is obviously cheaper and if I could get one...

Hi, I have a fermentasaurus and the O ring thats at the end of the plunger to seal the collection bottle has snapped in 2 - does anybody know where I can buy a new one or what size it is so I can get one from amazon?

Ive got a kenwood American style fridge/freezer and want to run CO2 into it for my kegs (currently only got 1 keg and keep the gas in the fridge, but won't have room for 2 kegs and co2 bottle). Ideally I want to run it in from the side of the fridge but am very qorried about hitting a cooling...

My brew is under 12psi and I want to empty the now full collection bottle - do I need to release the pressure prior to emptying the bottle? Im thinking yes as the stuff in the bottle is obviously at 12pis as well and when I unscrew that pressure will release and boom!

Im wondering if this is the result of either or both as its the first time Ive added Lactose and also the first time fermenting under pressure..... My wort from the refractometer was reading 1059 (although now I think of it, its also brand new, could it be faulty?) but the iSpindel read 1070 -...

The little rubber washer/seal on the recirculating arm bolt thingy is torn - where can I get a new one?

Looking to make a nice hoppy Pale Ale with Galaxy and Nelson hops. I also have added for the first time a little lactose to the recipe - I'm hoping this will bring out some of the fruity character of the hops and maybe lower the perceived bitterness a little... As I say, never brewed with...

First time serving from my Fermentasaurus keg and only getting foam :-( I have it pressurised to about 12 PSI at the moment and have 3 metres of 3/8 beer line connected to a tap. All I get from the tap is foam and the beer line is not filling up with beer! It comes out is spurts, I can see big...

First time fermenting under pressure, read that it's best to leave it a while at standard pressure before upping it. It's went from 1058 to 1033, is now the time to up the pressure? Brewed on Saturday but wasn't fermenting until yesterday afternoon.

I won some UK/English hops so want to make an English Pale ale, how does this look? This is also the first time brewing with the fermentasaurus under pressure, any tips are VERY welcome! Fermentables Best Pale Malt Supplier: Simpsons 4.00 kg (83%) Wheat Supplier: Generic 0.40 kg (8%)...

Hi, I have one of these:Professional Co2 Regulator & Threaded Disconnect which takes the little 16g Threaded CO2 bulbs. I really want to convert this to a CO2 bottle - is there an adapter available that I can use? I assume I would need some tubing as well as I cant attach a 'proper' CO2...

Hi - after some advice..... My 80 shilling I bottled with too little sugar and although its carbed up, I hear a hiss when opening, its pretty lifeless and flat. Im going to add a carbonation drop to each bottle and recap (These are the carbonation drops that suggest 2 per 500ml bottle, so I...

I bought acid malt from brewstore in Edinburgh but they don't know what % acid it is and said to look in Simpsons page but I can't see it listed. Anybody any idea?

I'm looking to buy this Fermenter King Gen 3 Starter Kit the fermenter king gen 3 starter kit. It says it comes with everything but I'm not sure it does.... I'm just totally confused with it as I've never done any pressure fermenting or anything with CO2 bottles, so I'm looking for some advice...

I'm just outside Edinburgh and my water is pretty pure, I've got the water report and plugged the figures into the ez water calc. I'm adding 4.8g of gypsum, 1.9 of calcium chloride and 2.9g of Epsom salts to get the following profile Ca 76 Mg 13 An 8 Cl48 So4 155 Which seems good for a hoppy...

Is there such a thing as a little handheld CO2 gun that I could use to purge my bottles prior to bottling? One thing I'm toying with is buying one of those whipped cream dispensers, they take NO2 canisters but I'm sure that's ok, better than air and it might be able to take a CO2 bottle. I'm...

Hi Folks, Been struggling with getting my head round water profiles etc, have read a few of the primers but am still quite confused. I live is a very soft water area and think this might be causing me problems as its (as far as ive been told) pretty much RO water out my tap! Ive asked scottish...

Hi Folks, How does this look for a Scottish 80 Shilling ale look? I almost always brew pale ales so no idea other than I used to drink the stuff years ago!