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    False bottom tun - strike water volumes?

    Having measured that dead space beneath the false bottom, it is 2lts of volume. When calculating my mash strike volumes - if the grain/water ratio to my given recipe requires say 14litres - do I put in 14 as, or do I need to add an extra 2lts on for that deadspace under the bottom - bumping it...
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    Digital flow meters

    Morning all. Any recommendations for accurate yet cheapish (sub £50) digital in-line flow meters? I currently use a large 2lt plastic jug to measure out my water volumes - whether that's taking water from my brew kettle to mash in with (which can be between say 8lts to 13lts for a normal 23lt...
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    False bottom tun - strike water volumes?

    Morning all... I've upgraded my old coolbox/copper tube manifold mash tun to a thermo-pot with a false bottom and had a couple of questions. The drain is in the base of the thermopot, not the sidewall. The false bottom is a circle of stainless steel mesh, with some bolts that create little...
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    That moment when....

    .... you realise that the boiler tap is half open and you've just sparged about a third of the liquor onto the patio.....asad. Now doing a second mini-mash of the last remaining kilo of Vienna malt to try and make a full length brew.... doh!
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    Graham Wheeler - 2hr boils

    My bog-standard mango chutney barrell boiler achieves a really fast rolling boil just on the one element from start to finish of 60mins, so i'm happy with that. In terms of the recipes, i guess it's time to play around with them.... they never turn out like a real, authentic clone - but if it's...
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    Graham Wheeler - 2hr boils

    Just flicking back through the GW book - with all the brews having at least a 90min, some a 120min boil - have others had success with just amending the recipes using Beer Smith or some such to achieve the same IBUs? I never boil for more than 60mins and still achieve good hot break - and...
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    Have I screwed 120 pints

    I had the same problem - when dry hopping after 2 weeks, maybe a little more, fermenting. the temp probe came out the fridge as it wasn't stuck properly in the bubble wrap pocket i have on the sides of my fermenting bins. the temperature went wayyyyyy up over the course of 10 days continual...
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    Re-priming a whole batch....

    I guess if I manage to salvage any of this brew I'll be pleased.... it's the problem with not brewing at home.... I had no time to find an alternative. the bungs are held in with string, so shouldn't be able to pop out. which comes back to the question - SHE'S GONNA BLOW! I may be passing...
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    Re-priming a whole batch....

    an eight pint session beer....?🤔 yeah, the demijohns were the best i could do at the time. i brew at my parent's house and am only there on occasion, so it was do something with it now or likely see it going off.....as not back til Christmas. I guess I'm hoping it's carbed up in...
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    What did you brew today?

    Ah! I was wondering what the paper mache head was from/signified..... nice work. I always love it when people take the time to come up with good names and designs for labels. I just never have time to do it, or get creative! Today, I made a Northdown / Citra APA. I'm too tight to go...
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    Re-priming a whole batch....

    So in addition to brewing a batch today that I couldn't get out of the boiler and into the fermenter (see my other question in a thread about hop-strainer arrangements in boilers), i've also tried to rescue a whole brew which i'd made a couple of months ago and which I found today had zero...
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    I'll show you mine if you show me yours....

    What ho! I'm having problems with hop debris blocking my boiler as I drain down the finished wort into my fermenter..... I have a mango chutney barrel boiler, with a 22-mm ball valve - on the spigot inside the boiler I have two elbows, in a sort of S-shape, which drop down then out again...
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    Dry hops. How long too long?

    Thanks folks. I had a second pint of driving-preventing Yeastie Boys .... Amazing how quick re expression "sod it" comes to mind.
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    Dry hops. How long too long?

    Evenin' all. I dry hopped an IPA 11 days ago and was hoping to get to bottling sooner than that but have been held up at work. If I leave it until Sunday, which is 13 days, what do we think.... Should I stop drinking this delicious Texas Brown Ale (Yeastie Boys 5.5%) and rush home to...
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    Dry hopping - how long is too long?

    Is 14 days too long to dry hop - would that ruin a brew? I've a batch of Amarillo IPA in the fermenting fridge back at my parent's which is an hour drive away. It's had 4 weeks, and on Tuesday last week 35gms of Amarillo were added as dry hops. My plan was to get over there on Sunday and...
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    Oh dear mash...

    Well this isnt going well today.... Missed my strike temperature by miles - and have had to put nearly 16lts of water into the mash tun to get the temperature to 66. With that much liquid, the grain is all in suspension so its not possible to collect wort without masses of **** coming...
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    Frozen cold Timothy Taylor Landlord

    Well - that was a mistake..... A friend offered me the use of their summerhouse/shed to store a fermenting fridge and to brew in, in exchange for beer... so, this allows me to expand capacity as I've only room for one fermenter at home. As I had the afternoon off yesterday, I cracked on with...
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    AG sparge question

    Morning all, Quick question - my boiler is a converted Wilkos fermenter and as a result doesnt have much more than 20 litres of capacity. Once I've sparged that much, I stick it on to boil. Then I continue to take sparge runnings into a couple of jugs - usually 2 or 3 litres ish. I then add...
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    Irish Moss - responsible for bad flavour?

    Hmmm - I sort of thought as much.. although as you say, hard to say if that's the source of the flavour. What I do now know is I need to throttle back on Irish Moss. Whether that was the issue this time round, who knows? The annoying thing is that this was "The Perfect Brew" - aside from my...
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    Irish Moss - responsible for bad flavour?

    Hello folks, I've just bottled up my batch of Banks and Shefford Pale Ale. I'm a little disappointed as although I guess it's still early days with bottle conditioning still to come etc etc which will improve it's drinkability, on tasting there is an underlying 'musty' taste. Hard to...
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