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I need some advice please. I have just brewed a Robinsons Old Tom recipe. Starting Gravity was 1.073 (target 1.068) and target final gravity is 1.016. It's been fermenting with two packets of Lallemand English Ale yeast. It took off a few hours after being in the fermenter on Tuesday night...

No expert here either however one thing I have learnt, especially since going all grain, is that yeast does a whole lot more than simply produce the alcohol content of the beer evident at the end of active fermentation. Even if there is no diaectyl evident I would be leaving it on the yeast for...

Me too please.

Yes please.....

Yeah, but after they take the hops out for us brewers:cheers::cheers::cheers:

I've been guilty of tipping the GF at times but find that it's to no real advantage. I think it has only been in situations where I wasn't getting enough volume in the fermenter. Sometimes I find my boil-off can be more than planned. But as I said I find very little advantage in the amount of...

I've never really understood some the angst around washing beer glasses. I figure that my washing up detergent cleans pots and pans and plates fit to eat off so it should clean my beer glasses pretty well too. Like "johnno" from 15 years ago it's all I ever use. A good rinse in piping hot...

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I'm looking to update my original Grainfather controller to the current bluetooth model. Do you think I can safely assume that it will fit and work okay on my March 2016 Grainfather. I've tried the help function on Grainfather's web site to no avail so far. Cheers Ray

I have an all grain brewing mate at River Heads. He speaks very highly of the local Brew Club (Fraser Coast Bayside Brewers I ( think). Might be a good place to pick some brains.

Your suggestion is exactly how I do mine. Although with my last couple of brews I have connected the pre-chiller within a couple of minutes of the recirc starting. Temp in the fermenter has been mid to high 20s. The pre-chiller is from a full pack of copper pipe from Bunnings. It may have...

I don't know Sabro and Ekuanot however I did a similar thing a while back simply to use up all my bits and pieces of hops in the freezer - a "Leftover IPA". I don't have a lot of hop knowledge but it turned out great so I wouldn't be too scared of just going for it and use the lot. I did sort...

Thanks Mark. Helps to understand some of the technicalities. I recirculate and mash out at 78. I must check more closely next time as I have only noticed (I like your terminology), the snott, early in the boil. Ray

And thanks again to Huez. Dr Googled some more hot break references and found a couple of photos that looked remarkably like my alien. Strange that I hadn't noticed it in previous brews. I need to pay closer attention.

Thanks Huez. The link won't open for me but I can get all the way through to the hot break link. It then gives me an "origin error". I'll persevere and have a read.

Yeah I use whirlfloc but the alien appears at the start of the boil well before it's added.

Brewed this morning and for the third time, that I have noticed, I have some strange "floaties" appearing when I get to the boil stage. Third time in about 30 something brews but maybe I just haven't noticed before! Maybe a coincidence but the last three brews have had stepped mashes which I...

I did a Consequences Lager FWK about 2 years ago. Used Wyeast 2278 Czech Pils yeast. 4 weeks at 12 degrees. Cold crashed to 1. for 4 days. Kegged and lagered at 2 degrees for about six weeks. The only reason it was left on the yeast so long was that we went away for a couple of weeks but it...

I'm far from an expert on the technical issues around brewing and have only done around 30 Grainfather brews. My observations are that the recipe seems to have done well to achieve the gravities that resulted in a 4%ABV. With 3.3kg of malts, and those numbers, I wouldn't have thought that...

I just made myself a pre-chiller to use with the Grainfather. After last summer in Brisbane I just got frustrated having to wait so long at times to pitch the yeast. I brewed yesterday and while it wasn't a hot day as such it worked great. I put the tap water through the CFC first with a flow...