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  1. Urbangoose

    Bottling Sugar cock-up -Recoverable??

    Hey brewers Help a chap put would you. Just about to bottle a crystal clear Pilsner which I haven’t brewed for an age. Texting work colleague to try and sort out a problem and not 100% focussed - added 4x the amount of sugar needed. Never done this is 6 years of brewing. Was intended to...
  2. Urbangoose

    Raspberry

    Morning Brewers I run a beer club for charity donations so try and mix things up a little for my regular monthly subscribers. I am looking to brew a raspberry beer, but on recently brewed a saison (the natural fit). Wondered about brewing a Belgium strong ale with raspberries, but wondered...
  3. Urbangoose

    No fizz

    Brewed a decent blonde a few weeks back - all bottled, no fizz! Not sure if I calculated wrong, but at nearly 100 home brews, pretty familiar with the process. Left for nearly two weeks in the warm - any steer what I can do to recover. i mean, it flat!
  4. Urbangoose

    Blue Moon Clone

    Afternoon all just sampling my Blue Moon clone which is just about ready for bottling. It’s pretty much there but despite a stack of orange peel, still lacking that killer zesty punch which I am driving for. Just wondering if Anyone has any tips - have some Mandarina Baveria, wondered about a...
  5. Urbangoose

    Best Pilsner in 6 weeks

    It suddenly dawned on me today that in 6 weeks i will be 50 - hopefully lockdown will have eased and sun will be shining. Would like to make a good rounded Pilsner - can it be done in 6 weeks? If so, any recipes would be most gratefully received. (will need to be bottle conditionEd)
  6. Urbangoose

    Best Fermentors

    Morning brewers I have been brewing now for a couple of years and regular brew a couple of 30l batches each month distributed to circa 20 individuals in support of local charity fund raising. I have noticed recently that my plastic brewing buckets are looking past there best and thinking of...
  7. Urbangoose

    Basic question of gravity

    I am brewing a grapefruit IPA - OG reading was 1.054 about spot on. A week later its at 1.022 so still some way to go. Was looking to transfer to secondary and add more hops, but have often wondered that If I transfer now, will it affect my final gravity?
  8. Urbangoose

    Frozen Beer 😩

    Looks like I have had a thermometer malfunction - as I have just checked on my beautiful passion fruit pale ale which I thought I had cold crashed in my fridge ... Only to find it frozen. I was intending to bottle, just wondering if it will now be ruined? Anyone provide a steer please - i...
  9. Urbangoose

    Which recipe to follow

    Kicked off a rhubarb saison yesterday - the recipe stated fermenting at 21 deg, however the yeast stated ideal fermentation temp was 26 deg upwards? Which do I pick??
  10. Urbangoose

    50th Celebratory Brew

    Hi brewers i am rapidly approaching my 50th brew and on the whole my two years of a brewer have gone pretty well - fruit beers, stouts, saisons, blondes, ipa to pilsners. Fancy doing something special (doesn’t need to e complicated) for my 50th brew ... what would you recommend?
  11. Urbangoose

    Finings impact on Carbonation

    I fear I may be asking my learned brewers a foolish question - but if I use finings to clear my beer, will there be sufficient residual yeast to carbonate when bottling
  12. Urbangoose

    How much powder in my Peanut Butter Stout

    Evening brewers I am looking to brew a Peanut Butter Stout - aiming to brew a standard Milk Stout adding PB Powder at time of bottle priming. Usually I make about 18 to 20L - any steer on how much powder to add? thanks all
  13. Urbangoose

    To peel or not to peel

    A question to the beer wise - a while back I made a great wheat beer with NZ hops and lots of fresh orange peel. I am planning to revisit the recipe, but thought I would drop the faff of using fresh orange and go for dried instead. However I have noticed that the dried peel has a massive...
  14. Urbangoose

    Best Star SAN Alternative including all new Chemsan

    Hey brewers With Star San becoming an increasingly rare commodity, can anyone give me a steer on what you believe is the best substitute? My stock is now pretty much gone Thanks All
  15. Urbangoose

    Damn - forgot the honey

    Made a cream Ale two days ago and now fermenting nicely - suddenly dawned on me that I forget to add the honey. Need some friendly advice - do I just forget it, should I add to current batch? Need an experts steer Thanks all
  16. Urbangoose

    Which Keg is best?

    Afternoon all After a year of brewing I have just branched out to increase my capacity- now up to 8 Gallons. So thinking I will bottle part of my new first batch and keg the rest. Now kegging is new to me and it seems there are two choices: plastic keg vs Corny Keg and Sugar primed vs CO2...
  17. Urbangoose

    Wheat Beer - not quit on the Mark

    Evening all A few week back I brewed a whet beer, trying to replicate Blue Moon - I used NZ hops, added orange peel and was eagerly awaited by brew. I got the zest, great scent, solid orange tang - but a slight let down - a crystal clear brew, slight fizz, but no head. Six tests latter (beer...
  18. Urbangoose

    Using Oak Chips

    Evening All I am going to make a Burton Ale tomorrow and the recipe states adding oak chips at time of fermentation. Surely these wouldn’t be sterile and would cause a problem? Would be great to get a steer on this Thanks all
  19. Urbangoose

    First contaminated beer

    Recently made what I thought was a lovely Saison - gave out to friends, a couple said it wasn’t drinkable- cloudy, nasty bitter taste and looked like it was about to bubble over. Must be something that happened when bottling - saw a video, but couldn’t upload and it did look like it was...
  20. Urbangoose

    Bottle conditioning

    I am just about to bottle my first wheat beer - it’s been two weeks in primary, 1 week in secondary sat on some orange peel, in garage at about 4 degrees. It has cleared relatively well for a wheat beer, but looks exceptionally flat. How will I know if there is sufficient active yeast to...
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