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Just setting up for my first brew for 2020 gonna try my hand at a Biere de garde with the yeast cake form the kolsch I just made.

depends what you like. 50 would be enough to make a difference without being crazy

how many liters ?

You could def Chuck in some Of any of the C hops ,centennial , citra , cascade or some mosaic pretty safely I’d say for some aroma But personally I wouldn’t chuck pellets in loose as it needs crashing to help settle them out for bottling .

I haven't done that lager kit in particular but as you are fermenting the kit with an ale yeast ,you are making an ale and I have dry hopped plenty of those . do you have a brew fridge to cold crash ? If not you will want to bag the pellets or buy those tea bag finishing hops which are...

So I have a kolsch with wlp029 about to be cold crashed. Like to use yeast at least twice for value so thinking what to do with the yeast cake. A little reading says I could pull off a Biere de garde with the 029. Used to drink allot of tres monts so thinking something along that line rather...

Any time I have tried to fix a beer in the fermenter I have just ended up wishing I left it just drink it as is and make the next one better.

I just do single vessel biab and a while ago ago I started asking my home brew shop to run the grains through the milll twice. it hasn’t made a massive difference but I think my numbers have been a bit better since. More consistent

I did some tinkering with the numbers from my last 3 brews looking at my BH and 2 were 63% and one 64% So pretty much on par with what you are getting.

I do full volume and it never made sense to me until I changed my settings to kettle ending efficiency rather than Brewhouse. I get 75 %pretty regularly but again that is including my losses in the kettle. So my BH is lower. I think allot of people boost their numbers in recipes. Why you...

So managed to cut a fair bit out in my last brew and bottle. Down To probably half what I was using.

I’m the same. My brew fridge is filthy and I never have an issue. But I don’t use the tap for bottling cause it does worry me. As it’s the one place open to bugs. I siphon from the top into bottling bucket instead.

Have thought about it. Not just for brewing but for the garden too. Not at the moment. We are gonna do some renovations in the coming year which will free but a bit of space. So maybe then. Will just try to cut back my usage for now. that said how many litters does a immersion chiller use...

fill 50l brew pot and soak You dont need to fill and soak this. I rinse mine out then put 10-15 litres of water in, add sod perc and heat it up to 50C then soak for 30 minutes.. The steam helps soften everything and I wipe it with a soft cloth. You an run this through your pump too and back to...

Heya so with the new water restrictions I'm thinking about my processes .I use a ton of water,and sodium perc, for cleaning every batch . I just let everything soak then wipe it down and rinse . My **** is always clean and have never had an infection. but I feel a bit guilty about using so...

I have gotten some imperial yeast from cheeky peak brewery and they have always been great to deal with

I just have a simple biab set up and probably 85% of my beers are Belgian style. I like brewing then cause they are pretty simple. Simple ingredients. Simple brew day. Not many hop additions.and I like drinking them.i never dry hop them so reusing yeast is easy. Hardest part is getting the...

I own a few of them but I like brewers friend. It’s simpler , without allot of features of the others but i don’t really need all the bells and whistles.

Keep it going it’s all an opinion but I think they are the best when simple. Pilsner /wheat /Vienna. Ina 70/20/10 , though I do use 5% flaked oats sometimes in my saison. things like like ginger orange peel and coriander just arnt needed. Those notes can be gotten from the yeast. what temp...

Mash is 60 or 90 depending on recipe and mash temp. I raise to 75 with the bag on for 10 mins while stirring. Options Online vary how usefull it is but I feel it may loosen up some extra sugar so I just do it After the mash out I let the bag drain , I have a big strainer that sits over my Pot...