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    Russian Imperial Stout attentuation issue

    Hi guys, I recently brewed the Brew Your Own Old Rasputin clone (link) with reasonable success from start to finish, just ended up diluting it a little as I over sparged by a few litres and didn't boil off some before adding the hops. That aside... I pitched a nice big starter of White Labs...
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    M84 yeast has gone to sleep...

    Hi guys, got a stuck fermentation by the looks of things. I made the Bohemian Pilsner from Greg Hughes' book but decided to use a starter of M84 instead of his recommendation of White labs. Everything seemed to go well at the start and after nearly 2 weeks and 2 24 readings, I'm stuck at 1.020 @...
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    Guinness Black Lager Clone help

    Hi everyone! The brother-in-law has been asking quite a lot about a recipe for making a clone of the Guinness Black Lager (https://www.guinness.com/en-ie/beers-around-the-world/guinness-black-lager/). Unfortunately, I have no idea where to start besides using lager yeast and roasted barley in...
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    Gooseberry wine weird taste

    Hi guys, I had a crack at making some gooseberry wine with my mother-in-law's harvest this year. I used the recipe on this link: https://homebrewanswers.com/gooseberry-wine-recipe/ It seemed to go quite smoothly, got a lovely clear product after a couple months of aging. I went to bottle and...
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    Klarstein Brauheld Mash Kettle

    Hi guys. The brother-in-law got a Brauheld 35 for his 40th and we're playing with it today, doing GH Japanese Rice lager. It feels like a whole other kettle of fish as I've only done brews the classic way (HLT -> mash tun -> kettle) and we've already missed our mash temp after making a stupidly...
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    Power shower issue - Pull cord or shower issue?

    Hi guys, thought I'd see if anyone with knowledge on electric stuff is around to lend a hand! Seems our power shower isn't working and we're not sure why. We have a pull cord switch with light indicator. When this is on, the light is on - all good. When I go to turn the shower on, there is no...
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    Using fruit in a brewbag

    Hi guys. I started a gooseberry wine at the weekend, pitched the yeast yesterday. I mashed up the gooseberries in a brewbag a couple days before and found my lid fit over the bag on to the bucket, so i have it lined like you would a bin. However, i have taken a look at it today and found the...
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    Yeast Nutrient in Turbo Ciders

    Hi guys! So summer is on the horizon and I'm planning on doing a 5 gallon batch of my cherry turbo cider. It seems to be a favourite amongst friends and family (and myself!) and makes rather fruity and refreshing drink if i do say so myself :-) My usual 1 gallon recipe is as follows... 2.5L...
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    Adding yeast nutrient (DAP)

    I have just started a new 1 gallon batch of mead, I'm going to be adding cherry juice to it later on (silly me didn't check the ingredients list before buying, it has sorbate...). I've used EC-1118, rehydrated with some tronozymol before pitching, then added just under a tsp of DAP after 24 and...
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    Using juice for Melomels?

    After what I'm hoping to be a successful first attempt at a mead, which is currently aging, I'm looking into the future and researching melomels. There are a great many variations, which I'm glad to see, but I've yet to find any recipes that call for juice instead of fruit. I find this odd...
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    Taking the AG plunge at last...

    Finally biting the bullet after a few kit brews and messing with TC's and got myself some ingredients to attempt my first AG! I was messing around with the Wort app last night to come up with my recipe, and here it is - 5 Gal batch Malt - 6kg Pale Ale Malt - Mash 60 min @ 68-69 °C Boil - 60...
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    Solomon Grundy Bilberry wine.

    I've just finished adding all the extra bits before racking and bottling. FG before this was 0.993, so i followed kit instructions after this and now waiting for the rubbish to settle. Have any members made this wine and did you give the wine any time to mature? I can't wait to try it, or at...
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    Trying mead before brewing

    I've been doing a lot of research into all thing fermentable and meads are interesting me more and more, especially since finding out about bochets! However, after trying Lanchester mead, which is quite a sweet mead, i wouldn't mind trying a dry mead to compare to. Before I go diving in...
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    Brew fridge for the garage

    There is probably a topic somewhere about this already, but I'm struggling to find it, so apologies, but I need some help on this... I'd like a larder fridge with no freezer for the garage so I can shift my brewing out of the house and out of the wife's way as well as prepare a set-up for...
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    Yucky plastic aftertaste :(

    So, I tried brewing the Bulldog Strawberry Pale Ale kit (2nd homebrew ever) and after a long awaited 3 week wait to try it after bottling, I get this horrible plastic smell followed by the taste of plastic when drinking... After a quick google, it seems that my issue is chlorophenol. Can anyone...
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    Transfer from keg to bottles

    Morning homebrewers! I've had my first (EVER) homebrew in a keg for a few weeks now and carbonation seems minimal to non-existent. I'm convinced that I didn't lubricate properly and the gas leaked out. So, I've decided I want to bottle the rest of it so the oxygen doesn't go and ruin the 3...
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    Asda's Never from Concentrate Range for cider

    Hi guys, I've been looking into brewing some cider in the future as the missus doesn't partake in the beer very much (but I will get her there eventually...). Normally she goes for the flavoured ones and I've seen Roddy's strawberry and lime TC already. I was wondering how well other fruit...
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    Hello from NI!

    Hi guys, I'm Steve, born in Pontefract, reared in Chesterfield and now living in Northern Ireland. I'm a chemist by trade, doing a lot of research, but also a keen cook and just starting on the homebrewing front. I attempted a Coopers kit back at uni, but it turned out so badly that I didn't...
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