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  1. Twopan

    The 'Recommend me a TV series' thread

    Yes, we love Astrid. A brave idea for a series. The plots are really quite secondary to the interplay between Commander Coste and Astrid, and the meetings of the support group, discussing the 'neurotypicals', are enlightening and amusing, without being exploitative in my view. Often, the UK...
  2. Twopan

    Using chilled keg dispensers

    Actually it was a new keg designed for home brewing, but as you say, the pressure that seeped out of the so-called non-return valve was obviously too much for it. Brewing in batches, I carbonate a Saison to 2.4 volumes, as any less than that in the remaining bottles wouldn't be enough. Hey-ho.
  3. Twopan

    Using chilled keg dispensers

    I have been trying using 5L mini-kegs. Recently got hold of a Salter chilled dispenser, which is exactly the same as a Daewoo one I borrowed and inserted my Saison, which is carbonated to 2.4 volumes. Anyone got any tips on tapping the keg with the big tube thingy? In this case the air inlet cap...
  4. Twopan

    The 'Recommend me a TV series' thread

    Try Golden Hour on Netflix. Dutch terrorist thriller. Real edge-of-the-seat stuff. Also Public Enemy on Netflix which is Southern Belgian so in French not Flemish. Really draws you in. Plus there have been so many excellent non-UK dramas on C4 in the Walter Presents section like, When the dust...
  5. Twopan

    BIAB Do I Don’t I

    Calculating efficiency can be done with a recipe calculator as @Agentgonzo says. I use the recipe templates in Brewer's Friend. It is useful as you know how much ABV your brew will produce. There is quite a difference between 60% and 75% efficiency. If you have undershot you can add some extra...
  6. Twopan

    BIAB Do I Don’t I

    Loving these replies. I made the move from kits to extract brewing and then BIAB a couple of years ago. It is simple but does take time; if you rush it you will lose efficiency. Allow most of a day for brewing and cleaning up as you go. Yes, there are periods of doing nowt but you can brew...
  7. Twopan

    There is nothing like a silly question, or so they say!

    Agree - my son bought me that book and it's what got me established in techniques. And nipping across to Belgium for beer supplies would be good, staying in the Eurozone.
  8. Twopan

    ISpindle

    @Agentgonzo is right. I have calibrated my ISpindel several times using the sugar solution method. The OG is usually right to +/- 0.001 but the FG reading is always far lower than the true hydrometer reading. They are great for monitoring fermentation progress and particularly, checking readings...
  9. Twopan

    What carbonation volume for Belgian tripel?

    I bottle all my Belgians at 2.2 volumes. Tastes right to me, although feedback I received on my dubbel in the dark beers competition, was that it was slightly over carbonated for a dubbel. I usually bottle when FG has been stable for 2+ days but don't know whether I'm getting some residual...
  10. Twopan

    Using Brewbrite

    Thanks - what do you mean by a plasticky break please? I am amazed that it seems to have had the opposite effect on the fermented beer i.e. made it look grim.
  11. Twopan

    Using Brewbrite

    Used Brewbite for the first time. Added 4g to the boil with protofloc and it just clumped into several blobs and refused to dissolve. When I bottled the brew looked different in the FV with lots of floating bits and it is very cloudy in the bottles still after a week; normally it clears down...
  12. Twopan

    Belgian blond resembling a pea-souper

    What dried yeast would you recommend as an easier yeast for a classic Belgian Blond flavour?
  13. Twopan

    Belgian blond resembling a pea-souper

    Yes, we drank two last night. I would say they are very slightly clearer. Not quite the soup it started as! It's weird because it was bottled on 7th July.
  14. Twopan

    Belgian blond resembling a pea-souper

    Definitely no film on the top. It may well have been hazy when it went into the bottle. Brews are normally a little hazy when I bottle, but it always drops out after secondary fermentation - you can normally see it clearing from the neck downwards after two days and it clears completely after a...
  15. Twopan

    Belgian blond resembling a pea-souper

    I have read the article you sent. It could possibly be a touch of wild yeast. Annoying because I am scrupulous with cleaning and sterlising, ensuring everything that touches the beer has either been boiled or sterilised. I can't say though that the yeast over-attenuated - the OG was 1.054 and...
  16. Twopan

    Belgian blond resembling a pea-souper

    No to my knowledge the malt is exactly the same as I ordered from the Malt Miller last time, In fact, I have made this recipe four times; the first three were fine but the fourth did this. The grain bill was the same each time.
  17. Twopan

    Belgian blond resembling a pea-souper

    No, not murky brown. The colour is nice and pale, but just cloudy. I've attached a photo of an unchilled bottle. The grain bill is Bestmaltz pilsner 2.63kg, Bestmaltz pale ale malt 1kg, Simpson wheat malt 1kg, Crisp caramalt 400g. Saazer pellets 36g and Citra T90 20g.
  18. Twopan

    Belgian blond resembling a pea-souper

    Yes - new yeast. Used soon after delivery and kept cold.
  19. Twopan

    Belgian blond resembling a pea-souper

    And the yeast was MJ Belgian Ale yeast M41
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