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Hi all, Sorry another stuck fermentation thread. Did a grain brew a week ago but mashed a bit high at 70-72 (trying to get a full body beer but overdid it.) SG was 1043 when I pitched. The yeast head fell in after 2 days so I took a gravity reading = 1027. That's 2% abv. But a...

Hi everyone, my cousin has just had a kidney transplant and the doctor said he could only drink stuff that's been pasteurised. We often drink my homebrrew together so I'm wondering whether I can do anything about it. So my question is, if I make beer from boiled grain, does that count...

Hi all, I am looking for a no rinse sanitizer but I'm in a hard water area. The PH is 7.35 according to the water people. I would use Starsan as people rave about it, but I read this is only ok for PH of 3 or under. Hard water (or high PH) renders it ineffective. Can anyone recommend a...

Howdy all, Do you drop your beer into a secondary fv after a day or two? Graham Wheeler says the benefits outweigh the risks. I've always been afraid of infection. I'd be interested to know what percentage of brewers do this. And if you do drop it, at what stage, and how? If you need...

Hi, I'm wanting to get stocked up so thought I'd get a few batches bottled instead of drinking it faster than it can mature! I have bought from ampulla, and I think wilko and the range. I can of course save up shop bought empties, but there's all the hassle with removing labels. I can work...

Hi all. Did a best bitter all grain and dry pitched Safale US05 12 hours ago and nothing. Just flat wort. Pitched at 23c cos it was a very warm day and it was taking ages to cool with the chiller. Put in fermentation fridge which is now set and standing at 19c. I don't think I did a...

Hi all, Does anyone know of a cheap way of monitoring temps in my shed without having to run down there morning, noon, and night? I have an itc 1000 temp controller for a brew fridge in the shed, but also use a thermostatically controlled oil filled radiator to regulate the general temps in...

Hi folks i just did my first grain brew. A couple of minor hitches and id be grateful for advice please.. I did an american pale ale with the us o5 Safale Firstly and worstly. Yesterday it had been in the fv 2 weeks. the sg had stopped at 1014 and it had dropped clear. I decided to...

Hi all, My wife is a 'dedicated' drinker of Sauvignon Blanc, she buys New Zealand Marlborough type wines like Brancot Estate or Wairu Cove, if you know those, but they're £7/8 a bottle and at the rate she gets through it we need to economise! It's a 1 or a 2 on the dryness scale...

Hi, My question is a simple one. If you are heating up 5/6 gallons of brewing water in a large stainless steel container, is a kitchen hob fastest, or are those single burners that run off butane better and faster? To explain, I just started grain brewing. I did a trial gallon in a...

I've just dropped the thermometer in the FV, what the f*ck do I do? It's only been going a couple of days and temp is good, and constant. I don't really need it. I washed it with bleach and rinsed before using, so it was clean. Leave it or decant? I can't see how I could fish it out...

I've just had a great tour of Ringwood Brewery. For those of you who don't know them, they do beers like old thumper, boondoggle, 49er and Ridgeback. Half way round, I asked if they'd let me have some of their yeast. They said I could have some free but there were no brewers around then...

Folks, can I ask a basic question..... When the Wherry instructions say to put beer in a 'cool' place for 2 weeks after conditioning, what exactly does 'cool' mean in centigrade, broadly speaking? Is a shed ok, so long as it does not freeze? Is there a minimum?

Not sure where to post this. I just had an explosion with the ginger beer recipe I saw on the home page of this site. I did a scaled down gallon version in the demi jon but added a couple of bananas and a pound of raisins. Started it yesterday and this evening the stuff had come up through...

Hello all. My question is simple: Rhubarb cider- what can you tell me?

Hi I just started a gallon of turbocider. I stupidly used Asda 50% juice, so I put in about 300g sugar and a few spoons of honey to ensure a decent abv, plus some Splenda to stop it being too dry. I also added malic acid and tannin. The taste is ok but not vey 'appley'. Does anybody use apple...

Hi all, i got a hambledon bard 23 litre 7 day australian blend pinot and it started with a gravity of 1040. it's now had 8 days and it's finished at 992 (2 days running). I make that about 6%. A bit low eh? did i measure wrong, or do you reckon that is it? Should i try and restart with...

Hi all, can anyone advise me I have a 23l wine kit and a 23 litre king keg.. Can I bung the wine in there and shove the lot in the fridge so my missus has 23ll cool wine on tap? Do I need to inject co2? Any downsides? Cheers.

I know there are clone recipes for all sorts of grain beers. But I want to do a Fullers HSB type beer and haven't graduated to grain brewing yet, Just kits. What is the best /nearest extract kit to get something close to an HSB? Any ideas folks?

it's not on the A-Z and I just bought one. Any tips?