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I've only ever used tank water to brew. No filters and no issues. However the tank does have a first flush system on it and the tap I draw from is about 600mm from the bottom of the tank so should be drawing from a sediment free source. Despite all this, and like many others who have...

I dry hopped with 40 grams at day 4 in an Orange Marmalade Pale Ale. Overall the beer was bloody great. However take into account that it also had another 60 grams added through the boil along with 100 grams of Pacifica at various times through the boil. It's the only time that I have used...

Yeah, I probably should have said. My fermentation temp was 12c so I just left it there right through to the cold crash.

Mate I had the exact same issue with my first ever lager about 12 months or so ago. My LHB advised me simply to leave it as it was, i.e. at the fermentation temp, let the yeast do all it's work, and all would be good when I got home. It ended up on the yeast for a touch over four weeks. At...

Hi Bonenose I just had this happen for the first time in 33 brews since I bought my GF. I brewed a Goose Island IPA so plenty of hops although I have brewed with more hops without having an issue. This time I decided to whirlpool for the first time and unknowingly knocked off the filter. The...

Deepregret In my opinion you are 100% correct. This is pretty much exactly how it was described to me by my LHB (a very experienced, and I understand, qualified brewer). I have left some lagers on the yeast for almost a month for this purpose. I currently have a dark ale that fermented out to...

I know nothing of buckwheat hulls but would they "flow" through a tap like that? Perhaps something more like a honey tap?

No craft beer but if you want a nice really cold beer, and a great feed, slip out to the pub at Dungowan. We camped at the sports ground there for the music festival last year. Great country pub and I think it's Barnaby's local. We ran into him and had a chat while having a feed last year.

Has anyone made this English Bitter from the CAMRA recipe book? I usually make the Black Sheep Best Bitter which I find to be a great beer but thought I might have a change. If anyone has made it just wondered about the result and what yeast was used. Cheers Ray

I have an English Bitter in the fermenter at the moment using 1049 West Yorkshire Ale yeast (second time using it). It always takes off very quickly and then really takes its time. I take a reading every morning using a refract so just have to take a small sample. A spreadsheet calculates the...

Robinsons Old Tom. Recipe is from CAMRA's Brew Your Own British Real Ale. Only departure was to leave out the 455 grams of white sugar (19litre batch). ABV 6.9% instead of 8.5% stated in the recipe. I usually keg this but bottled the last one to take away to the recent Man From Snowy River...