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Hi folks, I’ve been brewing beer for some time now and recently made the jump over to wine. When brewing beer I need to made several adjustments to my hard tap water, in particular, I need to add AMS (Carbonate Reducing Solution) to soften my water. The couple of wine kits I have made so far...

Hey Everyone, I tried force carbonating a keg for the first time (used priming sugar before). I attached the gas to the beer out connector, as I read this helps to push the gas through the beer. The carbonation went well, but I made a school boy error and when rolling the keg around for a few...

Hi folks, I’ve been pretty impressed with the Dark Rock all grain kits, and wanted to try brewing up a crisp IPA, something like Neck Oil type of thing. from what I can see they don‘t do a kit in this area, but maybe I missed something, and wanted to ask if anyone found something similar in...

Hi folks, Do any of you remove your malt pipe when the sparge is virtually complete, and sit this in a bucket, to a) catch the last bits of wort the drip out, and b) stop it making a mess until you can empty it! I’m struggling to find a food grade bucket with a base of 30cm to accommodate my...

Hi folks, I recently bought a Brewzilla gen 4 that came with an immersion chiller and whirlpool arm attachment. For my first brew in the system things worked pretty well, I didn’t use the whirlpool arm on this first go, but the immersion chiller done a good job to clear the wort. However, when...

Hi folks, Due to space constraints I dispense my beer from 5L SS kegs. Previously I used a Nuka Tap directly attached to the keg, along with a CO2 injector to top up when needed, but I was getting too much foam. So I have now switched to a Pluto gun and 6 foot of thin beer line, which works...

Hi folks, I’m in the process of fermenting a batch of Espresso Stout from a Dark Rock part grain kit. I’m using Safale S-04 dried yeast that comes with the kit. I’m very Strict with my cleaning and sanitation process too. And I ferment in a standard sealed bucket type fermenter with airlock...

Hi folks, I recently started using 5l SS kegs for dispensing, as I don‘t have a kegerator and these fit in the family fridge 😉 I’m using a nuka tap, and a mini CO2 dispenser. I’m also currently still performing* a secondary fermentation in the kegs, and conditioning before I cool them in the...

Hi folks, I’m currently fermenting a high ABV double hopped IPA Using US-05 yeast. I transferred to the fermenter on the 12 June, and active fermentation started quickly and was VERY active for a week. We did have a few really hot days during that first week, but I managed to keep the temp...

Hi Folks, As the name suggests, living in….Kent! Seemed very rude not to start brewing beer 😉 I dabbled many years ago when kits were rather dubious, but saw that things have massively improved. I‘ve been working through some of Darkrock part grain kits, and despite the small mistakes I’ve...