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Thanks Manticle. I have one more question re yeast , would there be a dry yeast that i could use instead of the Wyeast 1028. with much the same result ?

I would like to make this stout using the Grainfather but have some questions. 1. Recipe calls for single infusion at 65deg but for how long. 2. should I mashout at 76deg. 3. would it benefit from adding 1/2 Whirfloc tab 4. Yeast is Wyeast 1028 London lab. I've never used liquid yeast which...

I purchased the original Grainfather version and recently installed the upgrade kit including the new discharge pipe with ball valve. I have made one brew with it and have had no problems. What is the advantage of removing the ball and spring ?

I've done 8 brews on the Grainfather and they have all been between around 1 - 2 liters short of the 28 ltr pre boil volume. I've just added 2 or so liters extra to my sparge water and continue to sparge till the wort hits the 28 ltr mark.

Thanks MastersBrewery I'll follow your suggestion.

I need some advice re Dr Smurtos Golden Ale. Recipe calls for 66 deg mash temp but does not give a time would this be 60 or 90 min ? Also would it be worthwhile to include a protein rest?

I used US05 which I also used on my previous Citra APA and that was fine. Purchased from the same hb store which always keeps everything fresh, never had an issue with anything purchased there. The beer tastes great except it's lacking bubbles. I always pitch the yeast by aerating the wort and...

Yes as I always transfer wort from FV to bulk prime vessel via hose curled on the bottom so as to swirl the wort as it fills and also give it a gentle stir before bottling. I always tip sugar into bulk prime vessel and pour in around 500 ml boiling water to dissolve sugar and immediately start...

The two Dr Smurtos lacking fizz have both conditioned long enough I think. The first was bottled 26/9 and the last one 8/11 and at temps over 20 degrees. In the second one I used table sugar not dex thinking this may increase the bubbles but they are both pretty much the same. The other thing I...

I've now made 8 brews in my Grainfather and they have all been really good but the last 2 which were Dr Smurtos golden ale whilst the taste was great they needed more fizz.. I always bulk prime and bottle my brews and have always used 7gm per litre dex which on my earlier brews Citra APA's and...

I'm on my 9th Grainfather brew and they're getting better all the time. I've got the process down to a fine art and the last one took a lot less time than the first. I only have one concern and that is the clarity of my beer. After it's finished fermenting I cold crash for 1 week and then bottle...

Thanks kaiserben I'll most certainly do it your way next time.

I'm now on my 8th brew but have always been concerned about the time taken to chill the brew. I have purchased on Ebay a 9.5 metre copper wort chiller/ heat exchanger which I place in an esky full of ice and water and run the tap water through this and into the chiller and this has made a big...

My last brew took around 25min with water temp at 12deg to get down to 40deg recirculating, I then reduced the wort flow till the wort temp was 23 deg and pumped into fermenter which took around another 15 min. I did not measure the amount of water used but it was running quite slowly.

Not yet as I want to order the Grainfather upgrade first.