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  1. Red Raven Brewery

    Fermzilla and heaters

    Hey, So I have a fermzilla, the gen 3 if that makes any sort of difference. It's in my ferm chamber/fridge in the garage which I've been struggling to maintain temperatures in so I've purchased another green house heater. This heater is bigger so the only place I can put it is right next to...
  2. Red Raven Brewery

    Thanks everyone!

    Hey, So I don't post often, life gets in the way, but I browse when I can and get a lot of help when needed. I've been a bit busy recently and had a really bad outcome from my last brew and it kicked my confidence a little. What was worse is it's something I've brewed a few times now and it...
  3. Red Raven Brewery

    Black marks on stainless

    Hi all. Last night I got my gear ready to brew this morning and as far as I could see everything was fine and clean etc. I prepped my water and additions (phosphoric, calcium carbonate and sodium metabisulphate) and left it all ready for this morning. When I've started to mash in I noticed a...
  4. Red Raven Brewery

    OG way off 🤷‍♂️

    Hey, So a few weeks ago I brewed a Czech pilsner and my post mash was roughly +3 on what it should be but post boil was -7 on where it should.have been. Then today I've brewed a witbeir and despite an entirely different AIO system it was +9 on post mast but -10 on post boil. I can't figure...
  5. Red Raven Brewery

    Bottle cleaning residue from oxy cleaner

    Hi, I have a load of swing top bottles I left in a solution of water and oxy cleaner for just short of a month as I forgot all about them. I've just gone to take some put and they all appear to have a grainy residue on the inside and out. It's almost like a sugar coating. I assume the oxy...
  6. Red Raven Brewery

    Digi hydrometer and temp

    Hi, I hope to keep this simple. I have a rapt pill and am pressure fermenting. My fermentation finished at 1.011 and I proceeded to cold crash. Could the big change in temp have any bearing on what the pill is telling me as it is giving readings now of 1.008. I suppose there is a chance...
  7. Red Raven Brewery

    Fermzilla Gen 3

    Sorry about the terrible picture but I've just gone and got myself the fermzilla Gen 3 😁 got the thermowell and pressure kit so fingers crossed I can brew again real soon!! Paired up with the rapt pill and the WiFi inkbird in my fermentation chamber it should be a fun experience 🤘
  8. Red Raven Brewery

    New kegerator tap!

    Just wanted to show off the new tap on my kegerator. Got an intertap months ago but due to moving and then having to use the kegerator as our actual fridge until today I wasn't able to install it. I'm definitely going to look at upgrading that other tap in the future, or at least get another and...
  9. Red Raven Brewery

    Yeah over 100% attenuation?

    Hey! Need a little advice please. I am on day 8 of a pils fermentation and I'm currently getting readings around 1.000 (started at 1.037 and was hoping it would finish at 1.010 or there abouts). Brewfather is telling me it's 106% and I'm using wyeast 2278. Could I have an infection of...
  10. Red Raven Brewery

    Kegerator Rookie Mistake?

    Hey all, So I got one tap setup on my kegerator (more to come in the future) the other week and so far so good. Last night however it occurred to me that I probably made a very silly mistake...I have left the line connected to the key continuously. I poured a glass last night and a little...
  11. Red Raven Brewery

    Should I dump it?

    Hi, So I am trying to make a dubbel. OG was 1.058 and I'm aiming for 1.018. I'm using t-58 and feel it's struggled to ferment thus far and for the last two days there has been no action. As it was my first time using the iSpindel I have even taken hydrometer readings just in case but it all...
  12. Red Raven Brewery

    [Solved] iSpindel & Brewfather

    Hey all, I brewed yesterday, attempting a dubbel, and I've put the iSpindel in but am wondering if I've missed a setting or something because it doesn't seem to be reading the gravity 😩 Any thoughts? I've included a screenshot of the output, not sure that will help but 🤷‍♂️ haha Thanks.
  13. Red Raven Brewery

    Carbonation issues

    Hey, So I kegged some beer into a corny keg a few weeks back. I left it for a good week at 25psi as I didn't have anywhere cold to put it so had to compensate. I just left it and found it was totally flat (still alright to drink though). I then left it for another week at my girlfriend's...
  14. Red Raven Brewery

    Belgian candy syrup - water used

    Hi, So I just finished making some Belgian candy syrup using the method give here by another member. It wasn't until the end something occured to me...I used tap water. But when I attempt a dubbel in a week or two I was planning on using spring water from the shop since I'll have to do a lot...
  15. Red Raven Brewery

    Should I be concerned?

    Hey, I'm due to keg my beer tomorrow ready to be carbonated and I couldn't help but take a peek and noticed all these bits sitting on top. Should I be concerned? The smell of the beer is fine, I just didn't expect to see these bits. I used FM30 yeast so maybe it's something to do with that...
  16. Red Raven Brewery

    Calcium chloride - HELP!

    I'm trying to get some calcium chloride for this evening and every brew shop I've called that's in a reasonable distance to me don't have it in 🤦‍♂️ Any ideas where else I could get it or if it goes by a different name? 😩 It's driving me mad!!
  17. Red Raven Brewery

    First AG beer didn't go well 🤦‍♂️

    Hey all, So I finally got to try my first AG brew and it didn't go so well. Firstly I screwed up the water when brewing so ended up with a lot less and came away with around 7.5% of alcohol when it was meant to be closer to 5.5% 😬 it's very very dry. Almost like a wine 😂 I put it in some...
  18. Red Raven Brewery

    First AG SMASH

    Hey, So on Monday I did my first AG brew. I kept it simple and just used some pilsner malt, saaz hops and saflager s-23 yeast but it was an interesting day. I made some mistakes but I got 15l of wort at the end which is fermenting nicely at the moment. I made a few mistakes, but expected...
  19. Red Raven Brewery

    Plate chiller

    Hi, I need a wort cooler and was thinking about getting this Plate heat exchanger BEER & WORT CHILLER cooler HOME BREWERY Brewing | eBay I was wondering if anyone knew it it was any good and would work well on a 25-30l setup? Thanks.
  20. Red Raven Brewery

    First AG brew questions

    Hey, So I am new to AG brewing and I haven't actually made any beer in years (previously it was partial mash brews). In a few weeks I'm getting some more gear and me and my partner are planning on making some beer. I put together this (Easy AG Amber Ale | No Profile Selected All Grain Beer...
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