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    citra cascade attempt

    61L brew length (should have been 69 for 3 fermenters) 11.5kg marris otter .5 wheat malt .5 caragold 25 citra 20 25 citra 15 50 citra 10 50 citra 5 100 cascade 2mins went for about 30IBU, different yeast per fermenter: Maribrew, S-04 and US-05 will probably dry hop in secondary with 66grams...
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    AG32 citra , bairds pale ale

    Sabwelles No. 32 let me tell you about AG No 31 first:- as went for very high IBU, now my second beer is low IBU so hopefully I can see a difference 55 litres thought id go perle/citra, Sabwelles No. 31 Original Gravity (OG): 1.051 (°P): 12.6 Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1 Alcohol...
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    5kg citra hops

    just noticed simply hops have 5kg of leaf in again, about £100 delivered, heard their was a shortage, so bought one. Anyone got a vacuum sealer near J17 M6 I can make use of in exchange for some citra :grin: would like to make 16 300g bags from it, in foil packets if possible, as hear some...
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    just made some purchases

    been too skint to brew recently, since before xmas. prob been costing me more buying beer though well its bonus time at work :thumb: so got another 100l stainless for HLT, speed up my brew days, wastes time filling fermenters and then putting back into HLT to boil up the wort so have 2 of...
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    AG22 boddingtons clone

    made from GW book 10kg marris otter 600g crystal 120 300g cane sugar mash 66-67 degrees 100g EKG start of boil 50g Williamette last 10 mins s-04, got 85% efficiency so came out about 4.1% so a bit strong too so didnt really stick to the recipe but very close lovely clear wort with my new hop...
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    AG19 and 20

    Got fed up of running out and drinking green of beer, so purchased 25kg of malt and went for 2 brewdays this weekend both 64l, both 300g of hops :cheers: AG19 12.5kg marris otter, 500kg carapils, 500kg wheat malt, cascade/citra pale ale, 100g citra, 200g cascade Ag20 12.5kg marris otter...
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    S-04 vs US-05

    Just finished a citra pale ale and filled 3 fermenters Used US-05 in 2, S-04 in the other Started at 1048, the US-05 finished at 1006, S-04 at 1011 is it normal this difference in attenuation? This is AG17 dont think ive ever had one finish less than 1010 before, think mash was at usual temp...
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    Wild yeast infections?

    The beer im making seems to keep going off, it starts of tasting nice in the first week of kegging, then progressively get worse over the next 5 weeks or so, its still carbed and has nice head just i dont like the taste, seems to be the same taste regardless of the style (although all on the...
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    more dam infecvtions

    made 69L of a bitter using EKG put into 3 seperate FVs, which i sanitised with videne, even wiped with a sponge soaked in it 2 of which i put into cheap plastic kegs, which i let soak in oxy clean for 2 hours then sanitised with videne 1st keg started to taste vinegar after about 2 weeks...
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    red sea alkalinity test kit- HELP PLS

    just bought this as didnt have and salfert kits, its acid titration i believe seems my water is so low in alkalinity, the solution dosent even go to the start colour, which is blue as i add the solution it just gets redder So I assume its below 1.9 meq/l or 5.3dkh, which is very soft i...
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    will it go to vinegar?

    just opened the FV lid and the yeast scum at the top smell vinegary, the actual beer smells ok will it just be the lid and sides, or will it all be ruined? I had 2 FV`s the other smells fine...
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    AG8

    made this on Sunday, what you recon it will be like, can you see any problems? ---------------- Batch Size (L): 69.0 Total Grain (kg): 13.000 Total Hops (g): 300.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.051 (°P): 12.6 Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3 Alcohol by...
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    low activity after 16hours

    made AG8 yesterday, and have been ferementing too hot, so cooled the wort properly to 21degrees and pitched checked this morning and some pressure has been created but there is no krausen, just thin film of yeast hope its just due to the lower temp, was 22 now 21 is this normal at these...
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    cloudy beer

    why are my ales cloudy when i forget to add irish moss to boil I hear they should clear after time anyway but mine dont is my boil not vigorous enough? usually marris otter and torrified wheat Thanks
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    poor efficiency 63%

    made a pail malt today and only got 63% efficiency mash temp was 67.7, and sparge water 77degrees with the run off at about 65 degrees wondering if i didnt have it hot enough, but dont want to extract tannings
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    what will this be like

    thinking of making 70L using 6kg marris, otter upto 5kg of honey, 750kg torrifed wheat and 300g cascade hops do you think the cascade will be wasted with that amount of honey? would i be best saving the cascade for a all malt beer?
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    AG5 what do you recon

    Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 69.0 Total Grain (kg): 14.276 Total Hops (g): 230.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.055 (°P): 13.6 Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1 Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.68 % Colour (SRM): 5.3 (EBC): 10.4...
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    What should I make with this?

    have the below ingredients in stock at present 25kg Marris otter 1kg wheat malt 250g crystal malt 120 200g fuggles 3.7% AA 200g Target 9% AA IIRC 50g East kent goldings 5%AA IIRC looking for a 69L brewlength last brew i made had 250g of the crystal 120, the beers only 1 week only in the keg...
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    AG4 pics

    Made this using 69L 12.5kg marris otter 1kg wheat malt 1kg flaked maize 50G target or challenger :drink: 12.8% AA 90 mins 50g of above 60 mins 25g EKG 15 mins 75g EKG 5mins started off with a new beer fridge for £10 but SWMBO took a liking to it so ended up with this instead, its a freezer...
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    Little bottler speed modification

    Noticed my litle bottler was **** slow, and I mean SLOW just got a spiral or beer down the tube Upon checking it out I noticed the white plastic connection from tap to bottling tube has a very small hole in the middle, restricting the flow so I drilled it out with 10mm drill, went in from the...
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