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I brewed at the weekend and when removing the hop spider before chilling I noticed that the hop spider was pretty clogged up and the wort inside drained very slowly. I thought it had been the amount of wheat, 30% the grain bill was: 3.14kg Pale malt 1.35kg Wheat 270g Carapils I added T90...

I use Clarity Ferm in all of my AG beers as my Dad is coeliac. It works well and the beer is great but in my effort to make my beer clearer, particularly my lagers, I wondered if I also used another fining as well, maybe Irish Moss would it maybe strip some taste or any other effect I don't...

I'm making a stout ready for christmas and will be putting it in my keezer. I will be carbonating with CO2 as I can't quite stretch to more gear like nitrogen. I have 3 taps and serve at 10 PSI so I guess I can't carbonate it any lower. Does anyone have any advice/ trick that I may be missing...

I'm going to knock up some elderflower champagne this weekend and realised I have a spare 9L corny. My theory is that rather than burping loads of plastic bottles I can just do it in the corny and serve it in my keezer. I will ferment it for about 5 days in a FV and it will be a very low ABV...

I have only been brewing for just over a year and only on this forum since last summer. Obviously we have all been locked down for the most part of that. I was wondering if in 'normal times' is there usually a convention/ trade fare or anything similar? It seems nuts if not. Who doesn't like...

Having done several all grain IPA's I think I need to try a lager. I have a temperature controlled fridge and time on my hands, from what I've read these are the essentials. First question is, what style and recipe? May sound odd but I don't really drink lager much as I prefer hoppy IPA's...

So, I have now done 4 all grain brews and I'm missing my gravity points. I know I can make it up with DME but wondered if I'm missing something? I batch sparge and all of the brews have been Brewdog recipe clones (are these unrealistic targets for home brewing?) My temperatures are spot on and...

The waste of water when chilling my wort makes me wince so I was thinking about a water pump in a big tub of ice water which I can recirculate. I have have seen this one in Toolstation for under £40. Has anyone used this method or any better ideas? My main concern is that it may be too...

I have been fermenting in a plastic Coopers FV but will be upgrading for my next brew. Are the cheaper Stainless steel FV's like the grandfather and Mangrove Jacks worth it or will i be chopping that in within a year and spending even more? I generally do a beer every 2 or 3 months and can't see...

I brewed my first all grain beer after 4 extract brews and it was predicted to be 5.4% and turned out at 6.6% To be fair, I did alter the recipe (don't ask) It's a take on Brewdogs Punk IPA. The recipe was for 4.38kg of extra pale and 250g of caramalt I rounded it up to 4.75kg of extra pale...