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  1. merrydown

    Kveik Voss Question / Brewing / Dry Hopping / Priming

    Hi, I hope one of you fine folk can help me with A Kveik kvestion about Kveik Voss brewing and bottle conditioning / priming... I'm fermenting a 25L Mosaic / Maris Otter / Extra Pale SMaSH ale with Kveik Voss at 33.5C. It has been fermenting hard for 5 days now. It slowed right down 2 days ago...
  2. merrydown

    Bottle Conditioning / Carbonation for Salted Caramel Chocolate Milk Stout

    Hi, Approximate Recipe I am coming up on bottling time for the 25L Salted Caramel Chocolate Milk Stout/Porter I am brewing based on: Hapless Ginger Brew's recipe: Recipe and Video on YouTube Bottling Plan Anyway, I bottle, I haven't got as far as kegs yet. After adding the cocoa nibs with a...
  3. merrydown

    Getting Brewing Supplies

    Hi, I'm trying to get some ingredients to get a couple of brews underway and as you can imagine, I am having a bit of a 'mare. One of them is a Salted Caramel Chocolate Milk stout too, so requires a couple of ingredients that the simplest homebrew stores don't sell. I favour The Malt Miller...
  4. merrydown

    How Many BIAB Brew Days Until I Don't Make A Mistake?

    I only have something like 7 BIAB beers under my belt and they have all been good results, if I don't count the one I bottled before it had settled out enough which was also slightly over-carbed (foam party). I drank half of them before they got to that state happily. Hoorah for desperation and...
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    Donny Earthling Ale: recipe based on a Wilko IPA Kit)

    A friend of mine was kind enough to gift me a can of Wilko IPA recently. I'd heard mixed reviews of tweak recipes based on this kit, so I was a little unsure of how to proceed. I just made up my first all grain recipe which turned out well, so I thought I'd have a go at making my own first...
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    BIAB IPA Citra / Rakau Recipe Idea / Feedback Please?

    Hi, TL;DR Does the recipe below seem viable for an IPA style beverage please? My figures and expectations may be off as I have cobbled together thoughts from a few different places and I am a novice. --- I am a touch adventurous (foolhardy probably) and have been looking at BIAB IPA / AIPA...
  7. merrydown

    First BIAB Should I Make A 5 Gallon or 10 Gallon Batch?

    BACKGROUND I have a 55 litre Stainless Electric Boiler - single element that I plan to use for BIAB. I bought large because I wanted to be able to make batches big enough to mature and share without running out. I can add a second element in the future if the single element really does my head...
  8. merrydown

    Peco 33L Masher / Boiler - OR - 50L Stainless Steel Pot With Tap & Element

    Hi, I am planning to move on from beer making kits (mainly interested in IPA like so many others) to Steeped Grain brewing / partial mash. I need to make a decision in the next couple of days about a boiler. I want to get something that will do well for now and hopefully be good as part of an...
  9. merrydown

    Dry Hopping After Fermentation

    So, following on from my1 last thread... Where I had trouble with excessive trub blocking my muslin covered racking autosyphoning to the bottling bucket... I wondered is there much difference between: Dry hopping just before fermentation ends. & Dry hopping after fermentation has ended and the...
  10. merrydown

    Syphoning 101 Required Big Trub In Little Beer

    TL;DR Syphoning stopped and air bubbles raced up the tube twice during racking. Would it be because the syphon got trubbed up and the syphon tube was too long? ------------ I have made wine for 10 years and beer for 4 or 5 months. My third kit, just bottled, I had a syphoning accident and I...
  11. merrydown

    Should I Dry Hop IPA Again After Unstuck Fermentation

    TL/DR: After restarting a stuck fermentation for an IPA that had been significantly dry hopped already, I am wondering if I need to dry hop a second time. ---- I am a newbie, I made an Evil Dog IPA kit a few weeks ago and then made a 2 can kit IPA I found here...
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