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I serve mine at 12psi too. Correct? Don't know and don't particularly care. It seems to work fine. I don't think it is a gassy beer anyway. The first glass out of the keg is interesting!

Hi, Did a simple extract lager and only put 1 packet of Wyeast in instead of 2, Taste is ok, maybe a bit bland. So what have been the concequences of this, and what differences will there be when I do another with the correct amount? Thanks for any input. G.

I brew the worlds simplest Wheat beer, tried it lots of different ways but come back to this. 3kg Coopers liquid wheat extract 25g Hallertau @45mins Wyeast 3333 @ 18* for 14 days I keg so it is good to drink straight away, would'nt need to bottle condition I guess. Next step up was 500g of...

Yes it is, or even a 'green *******' when you put a shot of Blue curacau (sp) in it. As for cordial, lager and lime, cider and black(currant) been done for years.

My Super simple house Red 3kg Amber Liquid malt .5kg Light dry malt 200g Bairds Medium Crystal 100g Special b 100g Bairds Chocolate malt 25g EK Goldings pellets @45 25g EK Goldings pellets@0 S04 Yeast Made to 21.5 litres.

Thanks ever so much....but no need, I have managed to claw the extra $ it will cost out of the stifes talons.:), Seriously it was just a thought as fiddling with the quantities in a brewing spreadsheet does'nt seem to make much difference to the outcome.

Ha, don't panic I'm not that close to the gutter, actually the Mrs just said it's nothing to do with money, it's that you've (I've) got OCD and need everything neat and organised!! *Hmmmm Graham ponders and looks for Therapists in the white pages...........*

The hop fridge is bare! Got the grain, but as the hops come in 100g bags if I can get it to do 2 brews...:)

Hi ya, Has anybody done this with only 50g of hops? What was the schedule if you did. If you havent, any ideas? The GFC has finally hit me :( G. Oh and it will only be a 21litre batch as well (keg) oh oh, extract version.

-1 After 2 weeks in the fermenter that krausen/whatever it is should all be gone.

Standardish brew for me: 2 tins Coopers liquid extract $24 400g of spec. grains $2.50 50g hops $5 Yeast $4.25 maybe 500g dry malt extract $4

I've only done carbing at serving pressure, so can't comment on that but, 2 week beer tastes better than 1 week! My brews are a bit cloudy, but you can't see anything in suspension more like a condensation on the class to look at. I havent done a beer that demands to be crystal clear yet anyway :)

I do it like this (hope it's right!) When boiling put timer to 60 mins. Put hops in at what the timer says. ie. if the the hops say @45, when the timer reads 45 (to go) put them in.

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I just clean with sodium perc. rinse and pour in a kettle of boiling water then close. The boiling water creates loads of pressure.