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A quick update Beer brewed and now bottled(ended up with 34 stubbies) OG1042 FG1008 Looking forward to trying in a couple of weeks time @ which time I'll give a final update. Thanks again everyone - it was an interesting jourmey All the best

just remember enough grain and hops in the mash for 23L finished product. Will do butisitart and if I may impose a little bit longer and ask could the cold water be sitting in the fermenter waiting for the wort( to cool?) before pouring it in? does the wort have to be cooled before pouring it...

butisitart - don't know what equipment you have, so i'll make an assumption here. the cheat is that if your pots only crank a boiled wort up to 14L brew, then calulate the grain at 23L, boil the wort at pot capacity. that will make a more concenntrated wort. so top the fermenter up with cold...

That's great news verysupple - Thanks for your prompt reply - it's greatly appreciated.

I'm replying to this email because I started the thread and hopefully one of the guys who replied to my thread can help me out with this query. I brewed my beer yesterday(very exciting) but may have messed up the yeast which was Safale SO4. I used half the packet in some hot water @41C and then...

Thanks to everyone - your advice is greatly appreciated. Will drop the Crystal down to 250 grams Increase the hops to 30 grams at 60 minutes followed by the 8grams at 10 mins to go and 8grams at 0 mins Change the starting water down to say 74C I've assumed a 20% loss due to boiling etc -...

Would appreciate any thoughts about the mix of ingredients and timings etc and hopefully I'm in the right topic area. 3 kg malted barley grains - base - Traditional Ale 400 grams Crystal grains 24 grams Hallertau hops S04 yeast 20 litres water @ 77C both grains added and temp held @...