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yes they are. That is the thing prompted me to post. It might just be some spilled wort. but i suspected it may be a leak that got clogged with yeast.

it took 24 hours for the krausen to show up then there was 4 days of good activity . you cannot see it in the pics but the Krausen was almost touching the lid of the fermenter. it then all drop over 2 days (this was pretty cool to see). its been a few days since any airlock action has happened...

The last picture is the yeast cake after bottling. due to the taste I was not too worried but the green mold spots on the bottom were a concern. I let the hot wort chill over night in the fermenter from the urn i boiled in. must have still been pretty hot as plastic flexed and sunk a bit after...

I have just bottled by first brew for for a long time and think it may be compromised. This is my first time brewing with the BRY97 and I must say there was alot more karusen created by this yeast than the US-05 i am used to using. A few days into the brew I noticed a wet sticky patch near/...

thanks for the confirmation that I have not created a Frankenstein brew. I will first try as is (lowering the crystal as suggested, maybe add some munich or other malt for a touch of complexity) to get through these hops I will also try the same Saaz and grain bill and play around with the...

I have been given about a kg of Saaz & hersbrucker hops recently (about a KG of both). as well as smaller qtys of (80g) of cascade, amarillo & EKG at the moment I am focusing on using the saaz. recently made a Saaz Porter which came out well, My next move is to create a Saaz APA. I plan on...

I have just put down this recipe. Any Thoughts? 1 Coopers can. 1kg brewcraft Brew Booster #15 25g of Perle 25g Nelson Sauvin 25g Galaxy Yeast safale US05 I split the hops into 3 bowls each containing roughly equal amounts of each hops. 1 bowl was boiled for 60min the next was...

To update this thread. it has now been a little over a week and while I can see the water in the Airlock moving I have not heard it bubble in a while. I have just taken a gravity reading 1.031 @ 15c (I will check in 2 days time to confirm fermenation has finished. The ABV Calculators that I...

now i understand the cube is primarily for chilling. hence why as a kit brewer I have never had to use one. does this mean when moving to AG I will need to choose between cubing and using a chiller?

i am in Melbourne not NZ just found the guide using google. shawn. the wetpak APA does look intersting. dont be suprised if you receive an order from me. I am not sure i understand the reasoning behind chilling using a cube. at the moment when I chill I just add my boil to the fermenter top up...

That is such a great idea. I guess the main thing to look at would be not letting the Hops making it too bitter.

thanks for the advice. looks like I will make the kits (K&K) and throw in some extras to use them and then next pay cheque buy a full size urn / pot and move to AG it sounds just like steep but with more grains if I am reading This Guide correctly. Unless I am missing something from the...

I am really into ales. very hoppy pale ales IPAs APAs and any type of stout. My Muntons Smugglers Ale has been my favorite homebrew so far but I have not really expored making extra hoppy beers. I really want to make a wheat Nelson Sauvin Ale soon for when spring comes around. I already have my...

I started brewing late last year and have been using K&K kits with some extra hops. On the weekend I made my first brew using specialty grains something I now want to continue. After some searching I have found the following kits. does anybody have experience with them or would recommend one...

I started brewing late last year and have been using K&K kits with some extra hops. On the weekend I made my first brew using specialty grains something I now want to continue. After some searching I have found the following kits. does anybody have experience with them or would recommend one...