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So I've been away for while, possibly years and I've come back with a grainfather, an inkbird controlled fridge setup and am brewing a light, hoppy, summer lager based loosely on Brussels Beet Project's Wunderlager. I've taken their recipe and adjusted with some bits of advice I've seen...

I made a copy of gamma ray in the grainfather and bottled it last week. I was brewing again yesterday and was curious to see how the conditioning was going (6 days in). It had a decent little fizz and good head retention but all I could taste was alcohol. I've looked at common reasons and...

I brewed my first GF beer in a while, copy of Brussels Beer Project's Big Bertha. Their own recipe has OG of 1.068 finishes at 1.020. Mine started 1.064 and is 1.022 2 weeks in. The temp is slightly lower than I wanted due to a rubbish fridge but wonder if it is finished fermenting? The recipe...

Long time away from here but I finally have a grainfather set up in a place I can use it and planning a brew this weekend. One of my favourite modern Belgian breweries has shared some recipes on FB and I've bought ingredients to make all 3. I've attached the one for a Belgian IPA, but when I...

Morning all, this weekend I will break out the GF connect for the first time for my first foray into AG. My hops and grains are on the way and I chose this recipe from the book Craft Brew because it 'seems' fairly simple and I happen to have 100g of Motueka hops in the fridge. The recipe is as...

Anyone any thoughts as to the value of this compared to other ss conical fermenters on the market? https://www.klarstein.co.uk/?cl=details&cnid=d5de636772474df01690626dae61c46b&anid=88ef268cc5afeaedb4f681a24782b674&varselid[0]=08cc024c79e024f9dfed5f5c5f0290c2 I have the GF connect but am...

Hi, long break from hb and this forum. Just about to bottle some Brewferm abdij then get this Coopers recipe on the go. I was at Brouwland today and got a discount battered can of 1.5kg Light LME which I'm going to add to Coopers Brew A IPA rather than 1kg of light dry malt extract recipe...

Hi can't link this but it's on the brouwland website (out of stock). I can't stretch to a Braumeister and have heard mixed reviews of other all in one systems. Has anyone seen these in action? 399€...

I can't work this out. My long-term plan is to open a Belgian Beer Cafe and Shop and sell the best Belgium has to offer. Having lived there for 4 years I had plenty of experience as a buyer and it really is quite cheap. As a simple example, a bottle of Duvel would cost less than 1 Euro from a...

This is the biggie. Huge celebration of Belgian Beer this weekend and I'm planning my day out tomorrow. Me and MrsBoddicker getting the bus there - free bus running every 15 minutes from Leuven station direct to the hall where it is held. This will be our 3rd year at the festival and it is a...

I know there have been a lot of discussions on this but my Coopers 'Extra' Stout is in primary and I'm splitting it in 4 after a week or so and adding separate flavours. I can't get hold of cocoa nibs where I am in Belgium and for the amount I need it's too expensive to buy them online. Can...

Having bottled my brewferm tarwebier I went for my last brew before summer. Bought a coopers stout kit in the wilkos sale and made up with brewferm dark lme, 500g Dark candi sugar and chucked in some dregs of golden syrup. Pit hed rehydrated brewferm yeast and sprinkled 3g of Coopers yeast too...

Ouch. The seal seems to have leaked overnight losing 5 litres very slowly. Came downstairs to the smell of slightly stale Evil Dog Double IPA. Thankfully I bottled about 13 litres but still disappointed. Have poured the remainder into bottles and glasses but it got me thinking will the bottles...

Thinking ahead a little here, I want to make a Christmas beer using a kit (probably the Brewferm Christmas) but add extra spices to try and personalize and up the ABV slightly to make a heady, sipping Christmas brew. Happy with adding spices in boil but has anyone tried something like using...

Hi - sorry about the huge picture! Can anyone tell me if it's wise to use this as it doesn't have an airlock. I used it for my first brew - not knowing any differently, and just opened slightly in one place to let co2 escape. I'm hoping not too much air can get in if I do this. I do have another...

Setting off Brewferm Diabolo tomorrow. Just to check, probably going to go with 20% extra golden syrup instead of sugar but do I need to do anything with it before stirring in, i.e. heating?

...and I don't mean the drinking part of it. I only started with kits on 1 January and I'm about to start No3 - the Brewferm Diabolo :twisted: . It has really taken over my life though, to the point where I'm dreaming about brewing! I think it's because I have the Diabolo and an Evil Dog...

I'm about to embark on kit No3 - Brewferm Diabolo, and I fancy adding 250g of honey just to try something a little different. I'm still going to use 525g of Candi sugar (although I only have the amber and not white as the instructions suggest). Firstly, is it worth it flavour and abv-wise...

It's too late now as my triple is almost ready to transfer to second FV and it's pretty stable at around 1.010 - with an OG of 1.064 though it is going to come in at around 7% instead of the 8% it should be. What are the main reasons for a lower gravity to start with and could I change anything...

I visited the brewing Mecca in Belgium that is Brouwland - fantastic place and everything you could ever need for brewing beer, making wine and even cheese! Anyway, I picked up a new FV with tap and airlock for a very reasonable 15 Euro and got the Brewferm Triple and Diabolo for my next two...