Recent content by Elderfi

I followed this advice and I think I have resolved the issue, the PSI hasn't changed over 4 hours! Hopefully it will be the same tomorrow morning and we can say job done! Thanks so much for your help - really appreciate it!

I think his point was to do with StarSan eroding the plastic of the Duotight fittings. Either way, I’d prefer to replace a fitting every now and then over ruining a batch of beer! So I did as you suggested, I submerged all the connections I could in a pot of water and looked for bubbles (with...

Thanks for the reply - not rude at all! I'm very new to kegging, while it is exciting there is a bit to learn. I've just been watching youtube videos, so I have probably misinterpreted the information. I did do the spray test, I didn't use starsan (the guy on the youtube video advised against...

Hey all, I've recently moved to kegging. I have purchased a Series X keggerator from KegLand. I've set it up following their youtube video. I also watched a few other videos on setting them up too. One video suggested that to check for leaks in your system "give it about 40 psi and come back in...

This has probably been covered, so apologies for going over old ground. When it comes to dry-hopping, information is scattered and inconsistent. So I want to get a view on what others do - mainly to see if what I am doing is wrong. Here's what I do: Time I generally like to give my beer 2...

Yeah - I just started using BeerSmith, and checked out BrewFather. I like the feel of BrewFather more and I think I will switch to that. Question RE GUTEN, what width do you set your mill for crushing grains? I have a KegLand 2 roller, and my last brew I set it to about 3ml (roughly a credit...

Hi Darren, Here is my bottling day process - not scientific at all and some people might shake their heads, but it seems to work for me. I usually have a fresh batch of diluted StarSan around which I made a fortnight ago for santising brewing equipment. I fill one bottle about half way with...

Thanks for the comments both. I was worried about having only zero minute additions and letting that steep before transferring to the cube but I read an article by the guy who created BeerSmith and his view was late kettle additions are not all that chop anyway and big hop additions at flame out...

Hi, After using my GUTEN 40L system to knock out a few recipes, with pretty good success, I want to try my hand at creating my own beer. I got myself a subscription to BeerSmith (pretty cool software!) and started playing around with it to come up with a pale ale I want to put down on Friday...

This turned out pretty danm tasty!

Thanks all! This went down on the weekend. SG was a little bit off, 1051 vs 1054 (as cited on the recipe). Tasted great going in, so lets see what happens in 2 weeks!

Hi, I'm hoping to put this brew down next weekend: https://beerandbrewing.com/hazy-train-american-wheat-ale-recipe/ MALT/GRAIN BILL 5 lb (2.27 kg) German Pilsner 4 lb (1.8 kg) Malted Wheat 1.2 lb (544 g) Vienna 0.375 lb (170 g) Acidulated Malt HOPS & ADDITIONS SCHEDULE 1 oz (28 g) Centennial...

This is a really detailed answer Mark - thank you. I'll take this and the other pointers on board my next brew. To get the pre-boil volume I did the following: fill the GUTEN to the 20ltr mark Mash for 60 minutes @67*C Rest at 77*c for 10 minutes Sparge with enough water to bring the volume up...

I see! 1050 was after the boil, at room temp (as I understand, higher temps can throw readings things out a little?) There was bang on 21 litres that went into the FV. I've also attached a pic of the hydrometer reading, if it is helpful?

Thanks for the reply Mark. I quote my pre boil volumes and post boil volumes on the third post on this thread - is there more information needed than that? Sorry, I am really new to all grain brewing!