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philrob - experimenting doesn't have to mean trying new beers. It can be trying to refine your existing beers to make them better or try a different hop or yeast or whatever it is. Just a variation of the same beers you have been brewing.

Another point... What I've thought often I'd like to do to refine/learn a lot more and I think it would be a better approach is to do more side by side comparisons. Maybe do a mash then split into two and do two boils with different hop additions or schedules, or do one boil and split into two...

Good question Mongey. I have similary 'issues'. I see on this forum people brewing every or every other weekend and I wonder how they do it and I also wonder how much beer they must be drinking to get through it. I've been AG brewing for 2 years now and I'm still torn about refining versus just...

You are only half way there. Fermentation is the key now. Make sure you pitch the right amount of yeast for that OG and it's all aerated. You also want to get a good an attenuation as possible as otherwise you'll end up with a sickly sweet beer.

Yes, don't do much pilsner myself but I like a good Kolsch and with summer coming thought it would be a good one to try.

It's a Gordon Strong Kolsch recipe. 92% pilsner, 4% vienna, 4% crystal 20L Hallertau first wort hop = 16 IBU 30 min Hallertau = 6 IBU 5 min Hallerau = ~ 2 IBU Mash was 20 mins at 55c, 45mins at 63c, 20 mins at 70c, 10 mins at 76C. 90 min boil. OG = 1.046 Yeast was the Kolsch liquid yeast...

Ok. Thanks

I'm about to do a Kolsch at the weekend and was thinking to get a nice clear beer I'll use Gelatin. However I'd like to keep and bottle the yeast from the fermenter to use a second time. Do you see any issues separating out the yeast from the rest after I've racked off the beer as usual if I...

Hi I'm looking to do a Kolsch this weekend (all grain). My Gordon Strong recipe says to lager the brew for 4 weeks. Now I don't use kegs, I bottle. So how do you suggest I actually do the lagering? It seems to me I have two options: 1. Rack the beer off the primary fermenter into another...

Here's the profile I'm going to use on my 2nd brew next week. Notice I have 8L as the Mash Tun Addition. The facebook Beersmith profile says 6.5L but I carefully measured water into the unit a few days ago with the malt pipe in and the false bottom and there was 8L of water added before the...

Thanks. Will try it the other way. Have a look at this picture straight from the Keg King website. Setup is with the raised edges pointing up. What's odd about this photo is the overflow pipe and connectors look different the way it's setup. The false bottom appears to have a connector sitting...

Interesting you say this about the false bottom. Leyther posted some pictures a few days ago to illustrate to me the setup and he has it as I did with the raised centre section facing down, ie so the raised edge is facing up. You think then we should have it the other way?

I did switch the pump on when I had the immersion chiller in after the temp had dropped to about 75. I thought the recirculation would help speed up the chill. That was when the pump wouldn't work and was blocked. I noticed in old posts you sourced the helix - where can I get one from if I...

The helix setup you have, I don't see how that stops the hop matter from falling down the hole at the bottom leading to the pump and therefore blocking it?

Yes, I did have the valve open, it's not beyond me but yes, I did! I've checked again on the memory function and it does not work. I've followed the instructions and the recipe defaults to the standard 2400W, 60min, 67C. If I change it to say 2400W, 59min,67C and then press Manual for 5s as...

Actually...I managed to unblock it. I have a small 2m hose setup so I can connect it to the tap and clean the unit. I set hose spout onto 'Jet' setting and aimed the water directly down into the hole at the bottom and water spurted out of the recirc pipe and a small amount of fine hop matter...

Thanks Leyther. I realise I didn't have the middle section. I was only using the long piece by itself because I was doing a smaller batch for my first run and so that was the problem. Turns out my gravity reading was wrong, a dodgy refractometer I think. When I re did it the reading was fine so...

I’m now onto the boil - I’ve had a few issues along the way getting familiar with how things work. I measured my pre-boil gravity and it is really low, strange as the temperature seemed within a few degrees of mash temp and it was mashing for a good 60 mins. One problem I have and I can’t figure...

I’m just starting my brew this morning, my first one on the new Keg King Guten. I’ve set the automatic steps as per instructions. What I’d like to do is store these steps in the memory function however I don’t think the memory function works (at least for me). I enter the steps in the Auto mode...

Thanks. Yes, it’s a Gordon Strong recipe - he seems to do it with all of his recipes.