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Hi Jolls, haha nice one. How'd the Reschs DA turn out?

Tommorows brew will be an Isolation ale. american ale malts (base) with Vienna, Light caramalt, and some rolled oats. I think I'll use some El dorado with this, but I've got some vic secret there too. I haven't made my mind up on this yet. Leaning towards the El dorado. I also have a choice...

Hi Grok Chilled a couple down, until they had icicles inside the bottles, it helped, I got an extra half a glass. These are so fizzed up I found one that had even cracked a lid. somehow it still held pressure?? I cannot put the cause of this down to any 1 thing. There's been a few great...

will do mate, I'll let you know how it goes.

this is probably a little niave, but I've never measured sg, or fg. I have always just left it long enough and guessed a rough ABV.

Yes it has, more so than previously. I noticed a ring of sticky hops matter stuck to the bottle at the top level of the beer in the bottle, maybe we're onto something. And, I've not really seen it in this large a quantity previously. Is dispatching the beer into a second fermenter, and allowing...

I amaware of the cold effects on carbonation, and I'll give this a try, only I need to wait until I have cleared a few not so carbonated brews out of the fridge so I can bring the temps down. Thanks for your tip on the chilled glass, I hadn't considered this 👍

Hey Yakinoz, I used 2 x packets of lallemand new england. and have used carbonation drops, 2 in each bottle, same as always??

I opened a couple of bottles last night that have been resting since bottling 2 weeks ago and they are way over carbonated. I bottle in plastic bottles, and I noticed that after just a couple of days there was alot of pressure in the bottle. I've brewed this same ale before, a little more hops...

No, I can't help myself from picking up a crafty can hear and there 😂

Hey Jolls, You literally are. I'm only a few streets away haha, but thats Canberra. What type of brews have you begun with? Cheers

g'day. glad to join and looking forwards to learning anything I can from the knowlegable members who contribute. been brewing some fairly ok pale ales thus far. it'll be great to improve these over time. Dutto