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I think Killer Brew may be onto something. Easy sparge with 58% wheat and then lower than expected efficiency. My money is on too coarse a crush for the GF +/- something gone awry with your mash pH.

Your mash schedule looks good to me. I studied all the hefe threads on this forum a few months ago and came up with pretty well exactly the same mash schedule. Ferulic acid rest, low sacc. rest and 72C to enhance body and mouthfeel. Some think 72C is too high and will denature enzymes? A...

Efficiency of 75-85% can be expected with the GF if everything falls into line. Following on from the discussion above ^^ the other factors that could potentially affect efficiency are mash pH too high or a too coarse grain crush. Given that you had a very quick sparge I suspect that grain...

Oxygenating today's brew. 1L/min using a medical oxygen reg. and a 2 micron scintered stone. Here's what it looks like. Bubbles break the surface and mound up by approx 2cm in a 5cm radius. Good layer of foam across the whole wort after a minute. https://vimeo.com/168523215

My American Amber Ale V2. 'Ranga's Revenge'. Drinking very nicely after a couple of weeks in the keg. Amariilo and Centennial, mostly late and dry hopped to 35 IBU.

I will try 60 instead of 90 secs at 1L/min for my next Bitter. 90 secs has been woking well for me using Wy 1056 and Saisons 3724/3711 when I'm aiming for a dry finish.

New to brewing and admittedly have only used 1469 the once. After reading Bribie G extol the virtues of 1469 I pitched a healthy starter of 1469 into a TTL tribute wort. 0xygenated for 90 seconds with bottled 02 and a scintered stone with the aim of achieving 10ppm. The beer tastes good and is...

Welcome pieman! Regarding WA hop supplies, here's an excerpt from an email I received back from Karridale Cottages and Hop Farm. They will be digging up and selling rhizomes shortly. Also try the West Aussie Brew Crew forum, http://westaussiebrewcrew.com, there maybe someone there who is...

Thanks Pratty1. Dinner guests about to arrive right now, but will get stuck in to this bit of light reading whilst brewing tomorrow.

Jaysus! No wonder the hopocalypse is a comin'. Brewing an APA this weekend with FWH to 15 IBU. After reading this may significantly increase the amount of Citra and Galaxy added to the hop stand. Citra only for dry hop to avoid Galaxy's grassy flavours.

Many learned AHB brewer has advised against using treacle/golden syrup/candi sugar but Fourstar's suggestion from the Real Ale Almanac looks intriguing. Will hopefully find time to brew a TOP clone shortly.

Have been following this thread with interest. Very partial to Old Peculier. The label description states pale malt, crystal, roasted barley and Fuggles as has been established. The ingredient list below also states wheat. Can't taste it myself, unless there is a tiny bit in there for head...

Post brew then a quick rinse with cold water and flush of the chiller pre-brew for me.

Thanks Moad, I presume the jars don't need to be stored in the fridge? Fridge space is at a premium.

Yes sorry S.E, one too many IPAs already tonight. Fluted they are. Will edit my post. Cheers

Reporting back on mill gap setting after my last couple of brews with the Grainfather and using the fluted (double rollers) Mashmaster. Tried 0.9mm and found that I had a slower sparge at 20-25 minutes. Not sure if my calculations were correct but came out at 78% mash efficiency which is below...

Ha ha! Yep Parks, I'm doing the same thing, except am varying the starter size based on the yeast viability calculator to target pitching amount plus 100B cells. This is usually a 2L starter for me, as my yeast can be at least three months old.

Thanks for this tip! What is the reason for topping up with fresh wort? Does this improve the yeast's long term viability? Do you think you could be selecting for more cold-tolerant ale yeast (with different characteristics) with successive generations?

The overbuild starter method Rocker describes is similar to that touted by Brulosophy. https://brulosophy.wordpress.com/methods/yeast-harvesting/ I've only just started doing this but seems to be working well so far. Heaps easier than washing yeast and less chance of introducing...

Haven't brewed the blackjack dry stout but have put down two other Grainkids kits. I think they are pretty solid. The grain and hops are vacuum packed and seemed fresh enough. I am drinking the Jacked Up APA now and the hops are very good. Grain crush size is perfect for the GF, pay...