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Hi all, I have a question regarding chilling your wort to your desired pitching temperature. Is there a calculation to know how much water at a certain temperature is needed to bring your wort down to pitching temp? For example I make small batches and dilute my wort up to around 5l. So, I was...

Hi everyone, hope all is well. I recently harvested some Kviek from a brew I did with dried flakes. It's in a jar in my fridge and I'm a bit unsure how to use it as I've never used liquid yeast before. I know with Kviek it's an under pitch so I'm aiming for 1/2 a teaspoon. My question is, do I...

Morning everyone hope you're all having a good Sunday. I'd like to buy my step-dad a couple of hop plants for his birthday but I'm not sure where to get them from in the UK. Does anyone have any recommendations? Cheers

I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but if I used dextrose instead of sucrose when I bottle will it make any difference?

Hi guys, I am trying to get my hands on some kveik for brewing in the summer. I live in Spain so from the end of this month till about November it's going to be too warm to brew with most yeasts. The only website I've found a comercial kveik on is Brouwland and they want to charge 27€ just for...

Hi guys, I have a question about oats in the mash. The last few brews I've made I've just mixed them up with the grain before I add the water to mash. I've seen today on Youtube one video talking about adding oats after the mash has started to ensure they stay at the top of the mash, and another...

Morning all! After reading the excellent the water treatment post on here I tested the alkalinity of my water. It's a little high so in future I will be treating it with lactic acid. But at the moment my brew supplier didn't have any in stock and because I am desperate to get a brew on I bought...

Evening all. I was wondering if anyone had any experience of growing hops from rhizomes ? And if they wouldn't mind giving some tips to a complete novice? I'm opting for Cascade and Chinook because I've read they handle the heat a bit better (gets proper scorchio here in summer), but other than...

With the rise of popularity of veganism currently, there's something that I've been wondering, especially when I see the vegan label plastered on beer cans. How do vegans justify drinking beer when yeast is a living organism? Not only is it a living organism but we are "forcing" its growth...

Our tap water has quite a bit of chlorine in it so I have been brewing with bottled water for a while. We recently bought a Britta filter because the cost (and plastic) was mounting up. So the question is could I use this filtered water for brewing or shall I continue with the bottled?

Evening all, as my brother is a hipster he has started making his own Kombucha instead of brewing beer. We were chatting about the potential for alcohol to be present in the homemade stuff. Does anyone know of a way to test homemade kombucha for alcohol content?

Apologies if this has been asked before and please point me in the direction if it has. My question is, what could I brew when temps start climbing in a couple months time? I live in Spain and while it's cold right now, from March on the temperature will start rising and the coolest part of my...

Afternoon all. Hope everyone is well. I recently cleaned my new tap for my mini keg with Oxy (sodium percarbonate) and the plastic parts that were black are now a kind of grey. Is this something to worry about? Cheers

Morning Everyone, hope you're all having a good weekend thus far. Quick question about how long to leave a brew in the FV. I was thinking of brewing today, I fly home to the UK for crimbo on Thursday till the the 7th of January, so the brew will be in the FV for at least 3 weeks. Is this going...

Morning all, hope everyone is having a nice Sunday. I have a question about plastic water bottles. Recently our tap water started to not taste very nice so we've switched to bottled water. This of course means we have mountains of plastic bottles in our house. So, I was wondering could I put...

Morning all I bought one of those reusable 5L cans. Luckily it was empty so I didn't have to battle through 5 litres of awful Heineken. I'm going to use it for the first time this weekend instead of bottles and I'm wondering the best way to sanitise it. I was thinking of an Oxi soak and then...

Morning all. I have a couple of questions about temperatures during fermentation. I live in Spain and the area I live in is cold in winter but roasting in summer which means I only have a window from Nov-Apr to brew. I live in a second floor apartment so no garage or dedicated fridge. So...

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and also to brewing. I'm looking forward to picking the brains of the more experienced brewers out there. I apologise in advance for the number of daft questions I'll no doubt send everyone's way. Bit of background about myself. I'm originally from Buxton in the...