Recent content by lookey

I ended up doing a pale ale. Mixed the bag up as best I could and then steeped 400g. Initial taste and colour looks good. Will see how it goes in about 3 weeks time

Yeah i though that would be the case. Thanks for your help guys. I have some empty FVs at the moment so its time to start brewing.

Hi All I just stuffed up an order with G&G so need some ideas on what to do. I was supposed the order 3 separate bags of CaraMunich 1, CaraAmber, and Carahell but stuffed the online order form and got them all mixed in the one bag. So now I have one bag with the following: 1kg x CaraMunich1...

i generally leave all my brews in the primary fermenter for 3 weeks. Even if it reaches the FG after the first week. I like to give the yeasties time to clean up after themselves. That seems to do the trick for me. No point in rushing it

Fill up the tube from the tap. Dont put the sample back in. Drink it!

hi all Just thought I would give you an update on this. I bottled this brew nearly two weeks ago after 3 weeks in the Primary FV. I dry hopped it for a week before bottling. At bottling time the beer smelt nice enough and tasted ok but there was a certain harsh aftertaste about it. Still...

Don't worry. Drinking my brews quickly has never been an issue. I have plans in place for kegging. I am in the process of renovating my patio area. It will be inclosed with PVC blinds over the next few weeks and then I will be putting in a wood burner and some radiant heating so I can use it...

yes the belt was quite low on the fermenter. i also had it wrapped in a blanket. it was definitely a brain fade on my part. i did not really need to turn it on.

yeah i have decided to ride this one out and see how it goes. Primary fermentation was near complete so hopefully this minimizes the damage. I will let you all know in about 6 - 8 weeks Thanks for the advice

I am worried that the off flavours will continue to develop further and then get worse in the bottle. I have had brews that fermented a little too high when I first started. For example, in summer I had trouble keeping the temps down and would do an entire fermentation at say 24-26 degrees. They...

Hi All First time poster here. I only wish it was under better circumstances. I really just wanted to vent after i made a huge stuff up on my latest brew. I noticed on the temp on the latest batch was getting a little low so i decided to turn the heat belt on for 30 minutes just to raise it a...