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I think you’re right about the pellicle because another beer I had been waiting to keg has developed it. Must’ve come from somewhere in the room I store the fermenters. I’ll give them a few weeks to develop and see what becomes of it. Cheers.

Hello all. I was about to put some finings in a small ale I brewed and noticed this opaque film on the top. I’ve never had a beer infected before and I am brewing with SO4 English ale yeast so I figure it has the potential to just be something weird with the yeast (I noticed there are still...

I’ve done this with bourbon and Coke and the big thing seemed to be getting it mixed properly, and pouring in the coke slowly otherwise there’s a bit of a wait with the foam. Soft drink tends to be quite carbonated at about 3-4 volumes, but you’ll have to play around with it according to...

I think you’re quite right. I just had an extra look and forgot to set it to BIAB for the equipment profile. Now the numbers are a lot closer, in fact I’m 2-3 points higher in my sugars than predicted. I’ll still look into the ratios and adjusting my crush size to see how that affects it. Thanks...

I generally mash at 65c but the heating coils can make it jump to 70c for a short while before it cools, I usually stir more often when it does this. As for the mill settings I have it set to 1mm coarseness.

Hello. I am relatively new to all grain brewing, and have attempted to make ESB style ales, however my OG is significantly lower than what the Brewfather app calculates. I presume some variance is to be expected from a calculator to real life, however these seem rather large discrepancies...