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Even if the kegs have been disconnected and aren’t chilled anymore?

My director unfortunately had to close his restaurant down. We’ve pulled out the beer lines and the chiller under the bar and the kegs have been disconnected. He is just wanting to take them to the distributor and leave it at that, but with 2 of them 3/4 full, is it ok to reconnect these up...

yea the readings have been steady for about 3 days now It was a brew blend #3 I think. and yes it was the yeast under the lid that I used. I think the ABV is going to be low thought at about the 2.8% mark, lower than I was expecting, was thinking it would be around a 4% I'll add the finnings...

After a very successful first brew a few months ago I decided to get another one going last week on Friday 19th September. As coming into the summer months I wanted another brew on to get ready and get some beer stocking up. Decided to do a brew similar to a Heineken and with advice from my...

So i finally got around to bottling my beer into a mix of glass stubbies and PET long necks! Have had friends collecting bottles for me over the past few weeks and now have enough for another 2 batches!! So its time to get my next brew under way. The Mangrove Jacks, came out very clear and was...

What does adding dexs to the brew with the finnings achieve?

Thanks for the replies! Love those forum! I'm guessing dexs is dextrose? I don't have any left from the brew unfortunately :( As for washing bottles and putting them in the dishwasher to dry is an excellent idea! The sanitizer I have needs to be mixed into 5L of water, I could just correct the...

So thought I'd make a post here on my brew process. It is a Mangrove Jacks Blonge Lager and has been in the fermenter for 9 days now with my SG sitting nice and pretty. Hovering around the 1.012 mark. Is this a good SG for me to add the finnings into the brew to help clear it up? Then comes my...

My birthday just passed and my wonderful partner picked up on me mentioning i'd like to brew my own beer. So what does she get me, a home brew kit ;) She got it from Home Brew Inn in Charlestown. A Mangrove Jack's kit with their Blonde Lager inside. Also got me a table capper and some plastic...