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You paint a clear image, I can already hear the Marvin Gaye playing in the background while all the little yeasties do their thing....

Hehe, no its a fair point that you are both making, our water is excellent. I'm merely trying to offer different suggestions he may try to get things back on track. It appears that most of the usual issues have been covered off here... One more question...you aren't putting your brew together...

Mate, couple of other suggestions for you that may/may not have been considered in the above: - Is your top up water just tap water? This could be a possible source of infection; hence I usually boil what I need the night before and let it cool overnight in a sanitised container. Some people...

STM - rather than say a far superior brew to a kit, what I meant to say was a far superior brew to my past kit brews. I'm sure folks on here make killer kit brews compared with some of my attempts :icon_cheers:

My boil of the remaining wort was only for about 15 mins give or take. I might try just sanitising in the main wort pot next time to cut down the chance of a boilover, but in general I think the process I went through was ok. STM - you are right on both accounts, with a basic kit I wouldn't...

Thanks mate, all good suggestions for next time, and yes, you definitely did tell me so :D . Your point about cooling the boiled water is also well taken. I'm a little concerned about the fermentation temp at the moment as I hadn't really factored in the fact that the fermenting wort would be...

Just thought I'd provide everyone with an update on how my first extract brew went. Given my small apartment and the lack of available space I had to do this I thought I'd type out my process for the benefit of others in the same situation. Night before brew day 1. boiled 12 litres of water...

Thanks guys, looks like some spec grain will go into this one then ;) Rather than leave it all to chance, I threw 10 litres of water on the stove last night to see whether I could even get a vigorous boil going. Took a long time to get up to temp, but eventually the little electric stove got...

Thanks to all for all the speedy responses! I've got a few more questions as a consequence. First, before I forget, the AA% of the hops was as follows: Cascade 5% Chinook 11.5% From what people have said, I should be looking to boil just over 1kg of dry extract to achieve 40 points of boil...

Hi all, First time poster, I've been lurking around for a little while myself now and will be stepping back into the world of brewing this weekend after returning from overseas not all that long ago. Having done kit brewing on and off for a few years now I thought the time was right to try my...