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Hi folks, Rather excited to try my first kegged beer, til I tried pouring it and nout came out. Am I being daft? Have force carbed for a few days now as suggested (15 PSI every day for a minute or so), and tried to pour but nothing. I'm using a flow control tap. Am I supposed to have CO2...

Hi all. I'm kegging a beer for the first time this weekend. A 4.7% El Dorado and Mosaic pale! I've done as much research about kegging to get me to a point where I'm comfortable with what I'm doing, however naturally a couple questions. Do you *need* to put a corny keg in the fridge? If...

Hi everyone, I brewed a coconut stout on 14th June (was a big success) and am now looking to do my first kegged homebrew, for which I still have no idea how to use it. Anyway, my FV has like a bit of a leftover and very very subtle coconutty smell. My FV is just a plastic bucket. I usually...

Afternoon everyone! I've got my first stout in primary and I'm due to add (my first ever adjunct) coconut on Friday, looking to bottle Sunday. Roughly following another recipe. I could only get dessicated coconut, not flaked and I didn't want to use purée. That won't be an issue, will it...

Hi folks, So I've been BIAB for a bit now and I worry if my 20L kettle is scorched or scratched too much at the bottom, beyond repair. What do you guys think? I've attached an image. In my earlier days I would scrub and scrub with a scour (or however you spell it), which I know now is a...

Hi folks, I'm thinking of starting to keg my beers. I've had the following recommended from Dark Farm, which is 5L but looks good https://www.darkfarm.co.uk/product/home-bar-in-a-box-2x5l-mini-keg/ After a bit of looking, I found this which I think looks better(?)...

Hi folks. Wonder if you could help. I've always brewed BIAB, not really ever had any issues...but... I can never seem to get my overall intended FV volume. I usually aim for 11L in total, but always end up with 9 or 10. I wonder if I'm not sparging correctly. I usually mash with 11L (as per a...

Happy VE day all! I've had a mare with my mash temp. I BIAB and my kettle automatically heats and switches off the heat when it *thinks* it needs to. I set my mash to 65°C which was bang on, it was there for about 35 minutes for the 60 minute scheduled mash. I came back and it had shot up to...

Hi folks, My first time brewing since around September, and I have what is probably a stupid question. I pitched the yeast on Sunday, US05 and left it in the shed for some reason which is partially insulated. Overnight we had freezing temperatures and my FV was very cold yesterday. I've since...

Evening everyone, Looking on brewersfriend for a new recipe to try, found this one... https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/583324/citra-mosaic They've just run out of the Finland Wheat Malt so am looking for something in it's place that'll fit the bill. Any suggestions? I found...

Hi folks, I transferred my SMaSH citra wort into my FV last night after a night of no chill. Everything was fine, normal. Put the airlock on and filled a bit with water, sealed airtight and I haven't seen any bubbles since doing so. I'm a bit worried, should I be!? I'm using Omega OYL-052 as...

Evening all! This is something I've posted about before, but am after a bit of reassurance. I've been trying to chill my wort for a number of hours now but it's not getting below 33°C. It's an electric kettle so submerging it in water isn't really an option. Anyway, am I alright to leave it...

Hi folks, At this point I'd firstly like to mention that I'm still a beginner, so posting about creating my own recipes may seem a bit of a step too far at this stage. However...I'm really keen to start experimenting, or at least learning. I tend to only brew all-grain, and am used to what...

Evening folks, I've recently opened up my latest bottled homebrew and it tastes glorious! A 3.9% dry-hopped session pale with simcoe and centennial. On the brew day however, I had a nightmare cooling the wort. It just took ages (was 6+ hours). I use an electric kettle/urn so the electrical...

Hello! I planned to bottle my session pale ale today, but I don't have enough bottles (currently on order!). My "issue" is I currently have simcoe and centennial dry hopping. The instructions said to dry hop for 4 days (which is up today, hence me wanting to bottle today). Do I... A) Take the...

Evening everyone! So on Saturday I'm brewing my 3rd beer, which is my 2nd all grain brew. My first didn't go very well, as I spoke about in a previous thread of mine. I wondered if anyone has any commonly made mistakes that you'd warn novices like myself of. One thing I think I've come to...

Evening! Next weekend I'm brewing a pale ale, 19L. The guide they gave says "Bulk priming sugar: 87g". Which sugar should I use? Dextrose? I only say dextrose as it was the top result when I briefly researched haha. It then says "OR sugar per 500ml bottle: 2g" What sugar do you guys reckon I...

Quick question about water treatment - is it important? I currently do no water treatment in my brews, but I know people do. Does it affect it that much in terms of taste or whatever? I wouldn't even know where to get what you need for water treatment anyway! Cheers, Ben.

Hi folks, I was just wondering what everyone else does in terms of sanitising their equipment on brewdays? I myself have a non-rinse powder, I chuck everything in my 5 gallon kettle and fill it with hot water, along with a tablespoon of the powder and give it a swish around, then leave it to...

Hi folks, I've not long just tried my 2nd batch, which was a 1 gallon all-grain NEIPA...sadly nowhere near as nice as the first batch I did (which was an extract IPA brew). I noticed on the brew day that there was a LOT more excess sediment left over in the FV when I transferred it, I'm...