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If I'm bottling from the pressure fermenter I just off gas it over a few days or a week until there's no pressure, then bottle as normal.

Missed the note about the starter - makes sense. Enjoyed the water paper.

Is S189 any good under pressure?

Could be an under pitch too. I packet of yeast for 23L of lager seems short.

I guess I could do that. I'm always loathe to do that sort of thing, but might be worthwhile. I'm planning to leave it for the full two weeks so I'm hoping it'll be fine. Thanks for your reply.

Thanks for that. I tend to only do small batch of the high gravity stuff so that's come in handy.

I put down a Russian Imperial Stout with an OG of 1.084 on Monday. Added nutrient in the boil and oxygenated it the way I normally would. Then pitched a half pack each of Windsor and Nottingham in 4.5L of wort. It took off very quickly but there hasn't been any airlock activity since Tuesday...

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Would love one. Really like the one I have, but wifi would be awesome.

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Yep, it was!

I made an awesome gingered dark ale that I got from The Complete Joy of Home brewing by Charlie Papazian. 3kg dark liquid extract 340g crystal 10L 225g chocolate malt 56g Cascade hops @60 28g Willamette or Cascade @0 110g grated fresh ginger 11g US-05 Really beautiful drink.

We called it a Purple Nasty in the Oxford area.

Good tip. Thanks!

Hey Kadmium, Thanks so much for going to so much trouble and providing so much info. No offence taken all, I am fairly new to brewing this time around after doing everything wrong the last couple of times I've tried over the years. Oxidation has been my worst enemy since restarting, but I...