Recent content by TheBlackAdder

I should note the vast majority of mine were new bottles I haven't ever had any bombs personally, but seen enough pics. Another good reason to move to kegs

I went with standard 330ml, bench capped. I think paranoia-wise swing top would be ideal as I'm guessing the cap will fail before the glass

or get detailed handling instructions printed on the label :P

I did exactly this in September with labels from Brewtopia with DSGA and a karma citra clone (very adventurous!) toned down a bit on hops I managed to get away with 2 batches (just) Went with normal bottling and as blind dog said, careful with sanitation, checked every bottle over...

A lot of which is available free here: http://www.howtobrew.com/ :D I second keeping it simple until you really understand the processes before attempting a 5-step mash Mash in / mash out will still make great beers, even wheats

Just remember a half batch will have a lot more evaporation on the same set up, and trub losses etc. will hurt you more The first half batch I did I forgot to compensate and ended up with about 5.5L out of a planned 11.5 Decided to top up with water cos 5L was too depressing and ended up well...

Pretty sure I can see a DSGA in there

I say give it a go Your neighbors will appreciate the malty goodness Plant some hops while you're at it

Decided to get on the German beer trend with a hefeweizen and dunkelweizen to go down this weekend Mostly because I wanted a something where I could split one packet of yeast because I'm cheap....oh and style of the week

I like to think of it as slightly beery water

Point taken I was too lazy to do the maths :P This would be a good method to trail, adjusting for solids that fall out of suspension, which may be negligible

German beers getting a lot of love...definitely leaning towards a hefe or dunkel DSGA is always a good bet too

Skeptical on measuring the weight of air with a load cell...I would think the mass difference would be less than the uncertainty of measurement

What is your go-to brew for summer with hot weather just around the corner? I'm looking for inspiration Are you smashing a SMaSH? A lovely lager? An incredible IPA? A heavenly hefe? All of the above??? I can get two half-batches down for christmas but I just cant decide! Whats everyone else...

The solution is to not condition quite so long. Aromatic hopping will fade in the bottle. Alternatively, you could condition longer in the FV before dry hopping and shorten your bottle conditioning time e.g. go from 2 week FV > dry hop > 12 week bottle to 12 week FV > dry hop > 2 week bottle