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  1. Fritzpoll85

    RO water and CRS/AMS

    I'm certain I read that there was no point using CRS /AMS to lower pH on RO watt because there's nothing fot it to work on. But my calcs suggest I need a little something for my brew this evening and I'm out of everything else. Will it do or do I need to take my chances?
  2. Fritzpoll85

    Stuck mash

    Two brews on my old 30L Grainfather over the past few days - same issue is that the mash sticks (and the sparge) even with today's 5.5kg of grain in 18.76L water. One of these is on a recipe I've brewed many times - only difference now is I have the rolled plates instead of the seals Grain was...
  3. Fritzpoll85

    Old Grainfather Conical fermenter seals

    I have a conical fermenter from before the rebounding to GF30. I've been coming back to brewing after a child-induced hiatus, so ordered some new seals from the Malt Miller for the dual valve But trying to install them, I can't get it back together again easily. It's like the seals are slightly...
  4. Fritzpoll85

    Late mash additions

    I'm going to knock out a weissbier tomorrow. I have tried a ferulic acid rest in the past, but realise I've always added acid or acid malt at the start with the rest of the grain. Apparently that rest is actually best with a slightly higher pH. So to give it a good try, I was wondering about...
  5. Fritzpoll85

    Wit Christmas

    Following on from my earlier thread, I had a go a couple of weeks back at brewing a Christmas version of my blue moon clone. Basically the same recipe but with some ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg added to it. Recipe as follows: Grain: 1.79kg Bohemian Pilsner 1.75kg Wheat Malt 600g Flaked Oats...
  6. Fritzpoll85

    Christmas Blue Moon witbier

    I have a fairly good blue moon clone, with a nice amount of coriander and orange flavour coming through. I was wondering about adding some additional spices to give it a Christmas twang. I'd guess nutmeg or cinnamon would be normal, but worried the cinnamon could be quite overpowering. Anyone...
  7. Fritzpoll85

    Yeast starter - no life?

    I've been getting set up to do another Festbier this evening. Had a pack of liquid Wyeast Munich lager so decided to make a starter. While making it, noticed the manufacturing date on it was May 2020. Not sure how that's happened, but it is well over the 6 month recommended usage, even if it...
  8. Fritzpoll85

    Fritz's Festbier

    Am pulling this out of my usual thread because it's a bit more complicated than my usual brews (though not as complicated as other folk's) Basically have a question about the fermenting schedule. Fermenting a Festbier with Wyeast 2633. SG was 1.057. Fermented at 10degC for 10 days, then...
  9. Fritzpoll85

    How long for a bigger beer to condition?

    I brewed up a weizenbock at the end of November. It fermented quite quickly but I let it sit on the yeast for 2 weeks to completely finish off. It has been in a keg on gas since early December. Early on, the taste was quite harsh, which given it is near 7% and a dark beer kind of made sense...
  10. Fritzpoll85

    Weizenbock Failure

    Now I've had a cup of tea and a think, I thought I'd write thing one up in case anyone can learn from my mistakes. I had some success recently getting better efficiency on my weissbier by two things a) better pH control and b) changing the grain crush. So I began to make a banoffee weizenbock...
  11. Fritzpoll85

    Tips for a large wheat-based grain bill?

    I'm cobbling together a Weizenbock for the first time, with just over 50% wheat. I've had some trouble getting my target efficiency with wheat, and it was suggested that this might be the fault of the crush, so I asked MM to fine crush it (and bought myself a malt mill for the future) In...
  12. Fritzpoll85

    Grainfather Glycol Chiller Fuse

    Somehow my cables have gotten all muddled up - cold night here and the heater on my fermenter has come on. Turns out I only had a 3A fuse in the plug I'd fished out for it. Have plugged in a spare 13A fuse and it's alive again. But now uncertain that's the right fuse rating and worried about...
  13. Fritzpoll85

    What Malt Mill?

    I've been thinking I need a malt mill to try and get better efficiency in my wheat beers. But I'm a bit flummoxed about what is good or not. For example, there's this one: https://www.geterbrewed.com/3-roller-mill/ But I don't know who makes it, and if it will last a while. I fancied one...
  14. Fritzpoll85

    Unscrewing a Tilt Hydrometer

    so I have a small problem, which is that my Tilt hydrometer rolled onto the floor and it looks like something (one of the weights) dislodged So I wanted to crack it open and see if i could repair it. But despite wearing gloves and employing the strength of 30 men or more, I cannot get the...
  15. Fritzpoll85

    Dried Valencia orange peel?

    I've been prepping a blue moon clone and found some great recipes. One ingredient everyone seems ovsesed with is dried sweet orange peel, but specifically from Valencia oranges. If you are in the US, looks like you can get these ground fro a brand called McCormack's, but this isnt available in...
  16. Fritzpoll85

    Fritz's Brewdays

    Now I'm settled in, I'll just post my brews into a single thread unless I'm doing anything odd/new! Oatmeal Stout Yesterday did a Jon Finch Oatmeal stout, but with the addition of 50g of Carafa Special II because I wanted it to be a bit darker. So the ingredients were: 4kg Crisp Pale Ale Malt...
  17. Fritzpoll85

    Gluten-free (reduced) Witbier

    I've mentioned a couple of times elsewhere, but my wife is intolerant to gluten and has been for a couple of years. This was a bit of a downer because she loved beer. She's able to drink gluten-reduced beers (labelled gluten free but still made with barley etc.) and she's been able to drink...
  18. Fritzpoll85

    Fritz's Recovery Helles

    Right. So this evening has not gone well. But while I was trying to have a good mope about the loss of perfectly good beer, my wife will have none of it and has insisted that I brew over the weekend. I am not one to say no, so here we go. I've drafted up a recipe for a Munich Helles based on...
  19. Fritzpoll85

    Grainfather conical fermenter pressure transfer kit

    bit of a grumble this. Someone bought this for me so I thought I'd give it a go today while bottling/kegging. But opening it up, they've used a very narrow 5mm gas line but no way of connecting it to a regulator - all my pipework is 0.25" So currently unusable unless I work out how to get...
  20. Fritzpoll85

    Split between bottles and keg

    I'm about to package my dunkles weissbier. I have a keg which is where the bulk of it will go, but some friends and family want to have a try so I also need to bottle some. I don't want to bulk prime since I'm kegging the beer. Do I just work out the bulk prime amount and then divide it...
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