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I’ve made sure my duotight hoses are straight because of this. They work just fine for me. Also make sure the hose is really pushed all the way in. It’s easy to push it in halfway, feel resistance, and think that’s it. But keep going until it really stops. And definitely nothing wrong with barbs...

Brewing today: a WC-style IPA and a Munich helles. The IPA has a mix of cascade, kohatu and enigma late additions and dry hops, with magnum for most of the bittering. BB pale (last of the sack) and JW traditional ale malt, with a touch of dark crystal for colour. Fermenting with US05 The helles...

How does it taste?

German lagers are among my favourite, if not outright favourite, of all beer styles. I’d be interested in a webinar too but I struggle for any spare time and it’s highly unlikely I could attend anything live. So a recorded session, or even just notes would be great. Things I’d like covered are...

Gonna need a bigger brewery

My alternative is to use a bucket blaster (essentially a bucket of pbw with a pond pump and fittings to squirt it into the keg and through the posts) for cleaning. Hose out to rinse then spray bottle of sanitizer before flushing with CO2 (or not, depends how I feel). Or you can do the CO2...

This works for me. But remember to raise the pressure just a little bit (1-2psi max at a time) then don’t touch the pressure for a few days to let it stabilise. It is easier to increase carbonation to an under-carbed beer than it is to reduce carbonation in and over-carbed beer (but this is...

My technique is to turn the reg pressure up a wee bit if I find my beer is less carbonated than I like. Turn it down if it’s overcarbed. I don’t change more than once every few days (to give it time to stabilise in the keg), then leave it alone once it’s to my liking. The pressure on the gauge...

Brewman’s recipe is probably as good as you’ll get. As he notes his use of German pilsner malt is almost certainly not what the brewery does but if it tastes better, why not? Personally I like to use local ingredients where possible and if I were in your position would probably be looking at...

It’ll be just fine. Your carbonating beer might take an extra minute to reach the desired carbonation.

Reckon the beer has dropped clear yet?

Very sad to see G&G close. From a purely selfish perspective this is really disappointing. It’s my local shop and I need new gas, and was planning to buy a couple of FWKs because ai haven’t had time to brew lately. Anyone hear when they’ll open the doors again? With or without a sale they’ll...

Commercial beer in pint glasses or pots? Or do people drink schooners where you live? Then again nothing wrong with beer in glass bottles.

I have a 35 l Digiboil (two actually), not Brewzilla. I guess the volumes are much the same as a Brewzilla 3.1 but have never seen them side-by-side. I trust the volume markings on the Digiboil, and that the 1 l increments on the extensions are actually at 1 l intervals. I’ve checked my...

Am I right about the extension volume? Or did I do some poor arithmetic?