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Cheers, but whats the 'Argon method' mate? Sounds serious.

Thanks for reply’s, I had seen some posts recommending the readjustment of hopping but also some to the contrary. I guess having now experienced it first hand I will be moving to the ‘readjustment’ camp for my next brew. The advised hop reschedule above looks well worth a try, thanks @laxation...

I have just bottled my first NC batch and, wow, she’s bitter! Not in a sour or off tasting way (bar the mild plastic taste due, I think, to a brand new cube being used), the aroma is delicious (Galaxy finishing hops) but it’s very bitter. Could the use of a NC really produce such a significant...

I think I’ve found the cause of a high FG. The thermometer that was supplied with the original kit is out by 4C, this means that my mash temp would have been 72 and not 68. Bugger it. Ah well, live and learn. Just means that I will have a low alcohol, slightly plasticky tasting, Christmas beer...

It’s dropped 2 more points in 24 hours so we are at 1.024 now. Is it worth chucking in a pack of us-05 to bring it on or am I best of leaving it a bit longer. I just can’t see it getting to 1.014

Ahhhhh, ummmm, heh heh, nope! That could well be the culprit then, thanks for that. I’ve adjusted the temp and she’s back on the boil again which is good. I’ll give the cube an epic wash before the next batch as I will definitely be using the NC from now on.

Seems as though this time might not be all plain sailing. I’ve got a suspected stuck fermentation and there is a definite ‘plastic’ background taste & aroma to the samples. It’s been sat on 1.026 after a fairly vigorous initial fermentation period. I am almost convinced that the first issue is...

Went a lot smoother this time round. Found it much easier than anticipated to siphon off in to the NC cube and it saved so much time! I am going to adjust my boil loss value to 4L per hour as I am not losing as much as the current value allows for (6L per hour). Although I achieve a decent...

Time has come for my second crack of the BIAB whip. I enjoyed my first attempt and am looking forward to trying out some tips received. Primarily this will be an attempt at ‘no chill’ as the time taken to reduce temp of wort last time was crazy. I’m also going to be dunk sparging in order to...

How on earth do I work out CO2 levels or is there something obvious that I am overlooking? I primed with dextrose.

Hello mate, I’ve just started out too and hooked already! This place is a fountain of experience and info and a great help. Enjoy and best of luck!

Would there be any additional effect on calculated ABV after priming sugars have been added and carbonation has taken place, or is it too negligible to make any difference? At the momen5 I am basing my final ABV on the diff between OG and the FG prior to bottle priming and carbonation. Just...

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Cracked the first bottle for a trial today. Very chuffed with first attempt, a very pleasant flavour although not as much hoppiness as expected but the malt and bitterness were top notch. Clarity came in great with the CC and gelatin and it seems to have carbed an absolute beauty in the PET...

I've just bottled a batch of APA after dry hopping with pellets in the primary. No issues at all, they had settled out into the trub nicely. I was just pretty steady moving the old girl around in case I stirred up the trub. As it was the yeast cake was fairly tight packed after 2 weeks ferment...

A great thread, answered a lot of my lurking questions. I have a 30L pot and think I lost some efficiency first time round by topping up with plain water. It makes much more sense, after reading this, to use the additional water required (calculated from Brewers Friend) to dunk sparge the bag...

Well that's bottling sorted. Due to lack of secondary bucket I have primed the bottles individually and then filled directly from the primary fermenter. The trub line was sitting nicely just below tap level so managed 22 x 750ml bottles worth. Of course I had a little snifter at the end and I...

Been sitting at 1.014 for 3 days now (in fermenter just over two weeks in total), just started the cold crash and will be adding gelatine soon. Good times!