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Full Sail IPA, please :)

I did not know this was there!! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

Hi HBF! After a few months off of brewing due to a technical issue, which resulted in many months of brewing recipes and future recipes lost, I have come back brewing strong for my wedding! But I digress. I am looking to carve out a space, be it shed or any kind of portable means, for a more...

I have found some variation in yeasts with regards to carbonation times and how floculant it is has been an issue before. Particularly, USO4 which needed a bit of a shake every now and again. Generally though, 3 weeks minimum for carbonation and another 3 weeks for it to condition. So like you...

Yeah, Hermes acting like the delivery Messiah is rich :laugh8: They never follow delivery orders and always rely on your detective skills to know they left it with a neighbour. I know with Royal Mail it is you round is done when all is delivered, so must mean some long days, but the scheme...

Ahhhh, that's a shame you are having trouble with Klarstein as well! I have heard many people make good beer on those, I am sure some people will definitely help you out with opinions. I actually came across THIS set up for sale on gumtree that comes with a PID as well! Also, depending on...

Thats the trouble, the quality of stuff on amazon is equivalent to a tat shop, where as shopping at a good homebrew store will not only give you amazing options but also far superior equipment that the shop (most likely brewers) are happy to sell. I am sure recommendations of good online shops...

CONTINUED FROM ABOVE Lowering the bottling wand below the waterline, I tap the button on the top to purge all the air out of the line then go about bottling. All in all, this took under an hour including sanitation time. Having more or less bottles doesn't really affect the time too much as...

So, at the request of @dearleuk I took a few snaps of my bottling process. Today I am bottling a tropical stout. During conditioning in the primary I thought, lets make this more tropical and break the guidelines and dry hopped. After sanitising the bottles I dissolved up my sugar in some...

I was having a great brew day and was chatting on the phone with some heaphones in. Went to switch on my recirculation for cooling only to realise, far too late, that i had not put the pipe back into the kettle. I don't swear often in front of my parents, but my dad got to hear a few words...

I know someone who went through the exact same thing actually. They ordered from Amazon and it took ages. It did, however, eventually arrive. Shame to hear yours didn't! Looking at the Brewster Beacon though, looks really good. How has it been? I like the power adjustment in 100W increments!

After trying a few things now, for me this is the best way that works. There are a few tricks to getting it to run smoothly though. First off is having a good seal on all the parts. I find the parts where the most trouble occurs are the black sediment guard and reduction adapter for the...

Just another person with a Klarstein Maischfest here. I did the same research as you with a similar budget and decided to go with the Klarstein, versus other setups, as it was the least faff and i didnt need to source this part or that part to make what i wanted. I was originally going to get...

I was also thinking this along with doing a full to the brim mash, removing some for the boil and adding it back during the boil. The name of this method eludes me though!

It would take a little longer, but you could always do a full volume mash then split it before the boil. It would make for a longer brew day, but then you would have all 23 L of lovely Doom Bar bubbling away! Haha

I have to say, I have been experiencing carbonating issues recently as I am going through different yeasts for different styles. I noticed some of them take a bit of time to get carbing. I found, with some of them, upending the bottles daily to re-suspend everything (particularly highly...

Hi HBF! Just a quick one. I know that the other types of mini regulators can fit a soda stream adapter, but does anyone use the one below? And do you know if an adapter fits into it? I have the opportunity to get a second-hand mini-keg set up for a very cheap price, but without the soda...

I found my efficiency fell off of a cliff after changing to the Maischfest compared to a bag in a pot on the hob. Sparging has become a necessity to hit the normal efficiencies i was seeing of >80%. The pump does seem to be alright with the flocculant solid that normally occurs and actual...

I tried to find this but can't see it anywhere. I have a friend that would love a tolkien named ale haha

A, hopefully good, bitter is my next brew. I am genuinely excited for this style as it has become a little pushed out among the craft boom i feel.