I made a Kolsch last night and 17 hours later, there is no action in the airlock. I used dry yeast Danstar BRY-97 American West Coast. Rehydrated for about 1 hour. I had a spoonful of DME in 100mL of sterile water at room temp, although the instructions at the back of the pack said just water ...
Looking through a few recipes for British bitter, noticed most do not include dry hopping. If you were to dry hop, what would you use? Personally, I dry hop only my APAs (with Cascade).
I made a batch of Chris's British Ale from a FWK bought at G&G. I used US04, fermented at 18C for 2 weeks. When I bottled the said beer, I noticed how clear it is. Two weeks later (now), the beer is very nice but hardly any carbonation occurred. Not a bad thing for a British ale mind you, but it...
Seem to me that no-one on the forum has been brewing for more than 12 years. Is this how long the liver lasts under the harsh conditions we impose on it? I am now in my year 3. Have I got 9 years to go? How much have you got?
I am pissed off by this whole single batch business. I realy liked some previoius single batches, notably EKG one, and then they are not available any more. Or am I just in a bad mood?
Nine batches, 20L each, 180L, roughly half a litre per day. As quite a bit of it was not the top brew, I got to drink most of it. But I was buying more piss on top of this. Poor old liver.