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  1. Lionman

    Chemical off taste

    95% sure it is your water. What water are you using? If using tap water you need to filter it with an activated charcoal filter and add ascorbic acid or sodium metabisulphite for good measure. This will remove the chlorine from the water which will stop the production of chlorophenols during...
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    Seal floating in fermenter

    I think you are mistaken it would look more like this.
  3. Lionman

    Carbonation drops and exploding lids

    You need to clean and sanitise. Its a two step process. Cleaners will remove the bulk of the solid from surface, a sanitiser will kill any microorganisms still lurking. I take it you are using PET bottles. If so don't use boiling water. PET does not like boiling water and they will deform if...
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    Fermentation stuck at 1020

    What are you brewing in? Are you measuring the mash temp accurately? How are you measuring the SG? I'd suggest backing off the pressure to about 1 bar (15psi). Not all yeast respond favourably to pressure either. Give Nottingham a go.
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    Carbonation drops and exploding lids

    Frothy bottles can be caused by a sanitation issue. You can end up with bacteria or wild yeast in the bottle that will ferment some of the more complex sugars that your brewers yeast couldn't leading to over carbonation. Are you sanitising the bottles with starsan prior to bottling? Some...
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    Exploring craft brewery lagers - what are they doing differently?

    No worries, you can substitute in the late hops for whatever you like. Motueka goes well with its distinctive lime characteristic, if you prefer that over grapefruit/passion fruit of Galaxy. You could also try Nelson Sauvin, El Dorado, Citra, Mosaic, Riwaka etc. Try to add the whirlpool...
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    Exploring craft brewery lagers - what are they doing differently?

    What lagers in particular have you been enjoying? I think most of the craft lagers are 'new world' lagers and are late hopped with modern US/NZ/AU hop varieties. Recipe might look something like this 90% Pilsner 5% Caramalt 5% Carapils 25 IBU Magnum FWH 2g/L Galaxy Whirlpool Saflager W34/70
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    High gravity mashing and pre fermentation dilution

    Yes, any brew software worth its salt will be factoring in hop utilisation. Remember though that hop utilisation can only be calculated in terms of IBU, that is isomerisation of alpha acids. There is currently no method for calculating the extraction of other flavour compounds from hops, for...
  9. Lionman

    Fermentation stuck at 1020

    What pressure/temp are you fermenting at? What grist did you use? What mash schedule?
  10. Lionman

    High gravity mashing and pre fermentation dilution

    Hop utilisation is gravity dependent so you will need to use more hops to hit your IBU targets. ie, less bitterness will be extracted from hops at 1.1 that at 1.06
  11. Lionman

    A stout - afraid to bottle it - HELP

    Sounds like he added about 14L. I think the 'pre boil' reading he took was actually the pre sparge reading because his pot is too small to do a full volume boil.
  12. Lionman

    A stout - afraid to bottle it - HELP

    I would tip it and start again, or you could add some enzymes to the fermenter. As it is that beer is going to be very sweet and not very alcoholic. Next time, don't have your strike water above 75c, or you will kill the enzymes. You don't need distilled water to calibrate the refractometer...
  13. Lionman

    Mandarina Bavaria dry hop ?

    25g may not be all that noticeable. Whats the batch size?
  14. Lionman

    Is my hops dead?

    why do you pay so much for hops?
  15. Lionman

    Hops held in customs

    Thanks for the tip, I will double check for this. I will re vac seal them this arvo i think.
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