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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...

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...

I have successfully brewed several Brugse Zot clones. However, the last one never cleared in the bottle. Not just chill haze, a real murky look to it. Taste is not as good as my usual but not undrinkable- just lacks as much body. I did nothing different except...I think the protofloc I used was...

I brew Belgian style beers using BIAB method. I have cracked better efficiency and hitting target OG. However I would like to improve head retention. I am careful to avoid washing up liquid residue in vessels and glasses etc but still don't get a long-lasting head. I have seen additives for...

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Reposting this as not sure I put it I the right place. I use these yeasts in my Belgian beer clones. Habitually M41 for a Brugse Zot blond and T-58 for a Leffe blond Clone, simply because Malt Miller ship the T-58 as part of that standard all grain kit. I find the M41 has good esters and very...

I use these yeasts in my Belgian beer clones. Habitually M41 for a Brugse Zot blond and T-58 for a Leffe blond Clone, simply because Malt Miller ship the T-58 as part of that standard all grain kit. I find the M41 has good esters and very good attenuation - the gravity drops remarkably low and...

I have a favourite Leffe clone recipe that calls for 500g of clear candi rocks or syrup 15 mins before the end of the boil. It's out of stock generally. I have read you can substitute ordinary table sugar (sucrose) as long as this is included in the boil so it doesn't add a cidery flavour ...

My first attempt at all grain using boil in the bag method. According to John Palmer's book this requires no sparge. Ordered the Malt Miller Leffe clone recipe, precisely scaled down to achieve a final volume of 17 litres (only have a 23L kettle). Used a large bag which fits around the rim...

I regularly make the Mangrove Jack's Brewer's Series New Zealand pale, with beer enhancer or LME. My partner loves the beer. I have read you could improve it by chucking away the very basic yeast that comes with it and substituting one of the MJ's better yeasts. The question is - which one is...

Hi - I have made the step from kit brewing to extract and have made a Bière de Garde and a London Pride clone. I also like Belgian dubbels like Leffe Brun or Brugse Zot brun but am struggling to find a recipe. Lots of Belgian pale ones, but dubbels seem quite rare and usually all grain. Any tips...

I have a Bière de Garde in the FV. Extract brew ingredients from Brew UK including Wyeast Saison liquid yeast. 13.5 litres actual volume, OG was 1.056 and stated target FG should be 1.011. Now on day 13 and gravity still dropping albeit more slowly, currently 1.009 at 19°. ABV 6.1%...

I have set off a Mangrove Jack's Brewer's series Pale Ale. It's a 1.7Kg kit to which I added a 1.2Kg pouch of light liquid malt extract. Normally I would expect that to increase the fermentation potential of the brew. The kit claims to produce a FG of 1.006 and an ABV of 4.4%. So, I had trouble...

New to the forum and fairly new to brewing. I have made two batches of the Festival Belgian Pale Ale and it just goes in our house because we love it! Now seems to be out of stock everywhere. I have had some recommendations for other types e.g. Muntons, but they are all very, very strong. I am...