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Speaking of "Naughty" - I made a "Theresa May's Wheat Dream" Wheat Beer, for something that tasted a bit "Naughty" (Personally I didn't like it, just like the current government) I've taken your advice on board and chucked them. I'd like to be able to feed Hens, but alas I don't have any...

Hello All, (I hope this is the right place.... mods, feel free to move if not the right place!) I'm currently brewing an Irish Red Beer (Smells really good at the moment!) I have a lot of spent grain left over and I don't like wasting it... has anyone got any recipes that use a bread machine...

Hi All, I'm searching for some Russian Hops, known as "Serebrianka" or "Serebrianker" (also known as Silver Hops). Basically, it's the father of the hop we all know and love as Cascade. However, this hop has an earthy aroma of tobacco, black tea, and herbs.... which I'd really like to shove...

Thank you all for your quick replies, suggestions and encouragement! Like I said before, I worked in a brewery, and they had several vessels that were open top. The whole place was a contained area with mats with cleaner on to remove any nasties on the bottom of your shoe. The wort was...

Hi all, I've had you all answer questions before and you've all been fantastic with your replies, so I'm hoping you'll be able to help again. I first started brewing in 2013 after doing a voluntary industrial placement in a brewery. Thinking "How hard can it be?" I started brewing when I...

Thank you all for your replies, puts me more at ease anyway! Is it bad to overpitch? I always thought that yeast packets didn't supply the required amount of yeast for what they recommend. I've just looked on another wilkos yeast packet, it's 11 grams... I take it that is too much for a...

Hi all, Few details about the brew first: Type: Pale ale OG: 1.048 Batch Size: 2.2 Imperial (UK) Gallons Yeast Used: Wilkos ale yeast (packet says for up to 5 gallons (don't shoot me!) I finished brewing a pale ale on the 24/10/17, did my yeast starter about an hour or so before the brew...

I took a sample off, and it didn't taste of alcohol at all, it had a very sour taste aftertaste. It tasted like a yeast infection if I'm honest. Like I said, I've learnt a lot from the first beer since returning to the hobby

Hi everyone, first of all, thank you all for the quick replies! Unfortunately, either my intervention or the massive deadspace in the fermentation vessel, the beer was contaminated. I've learnt from this and I've dug out and sanitised 2 Demijohns for the next brew, which was today...

Hi all, I've just restarted brewing veer after a 3 year hiatus, and I'm a bit puzzled by my pilot brew in my new system When I used to brew, I had trouble with sanitation, and this time around, I've bought better equipment, read a few books and generally been probably overcareful with...

Hi all, I'm currently in the process of making my own spreadsheet that calculates how much grain, hops and water and other ingredients I need for making brews. The way the spreadsheet works is to select an ingredient, which brings up its average extract amount, from there, you select a %...

Hi guys, after having a few mishaps brewing (a couple of brews ruined by yeast infection/sterilizing) (I've been using caustic soda) I've also bought some StarSan. I essentially have a bin with a waterbutt tap on the bottom... Am I okay to fill said bin with 5 gallons of water and the...

I've used Wilkos yeast nutrient on all my AG brews apart from 2 thus far, and I must say, it has helped the brew quite significantly. All my beers have finished on time and often gotten the hydrometer reading down to 1.000 hth, Andrew

Yeah I have a hydrometer, it read a nice healthy 1.046, so hopefully I should get something in the 5.25%and at a push, 6%. I should have probably mentioned, it says move to a secondary fv, and leave for another 4-7 days, though I'm not sure what this would achieve if I'm not adding anything...

Hi all, I've recently brewed a ginger beer (the smell was amazing) I cooled it down, poured everything in, including the bits of ginger and lemon and the yeast Anyway, my question is: the recipe says to move the beer into a secondary fermenter after 4 days. Should I filter out all the bits...

Hi guys, So I've brewed 4 beers up until now, and they've all been a varying degree of success; The first came out at 2% due to equipment errors The second was doubly concentrated in bitterness - not for the faint hearted The third was a cloudy and quite frankly horrible tasting pumpkin beer...