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Hi, I have decided I have struggled tipping 20lt of hot water from a stock pot into my mash tun for too long. Its time to get an urn, theyre stainless steel, have an electric element, thermostat, tap and a sight gauge. I have priced up building a HLT with all the bits I want but it gets over...

Time to plug Spelt. from here Spelt (Triticum spelta) is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and has found a new market as a health food. Spelt is sometimes...

I stopped into Gaganis today to grab some whole spelt and they had Calcium Chloride back on the shelves at $2 for 500g (foodgrade). Calcium Chloride is a water softener and helps lower mash pH, it eccentuates maltiness, rather than hoppyness like with Calcium Sulphate (Gypsum). Anyone intested...

Hi, Either tomorrow or Friday I'll be racking an O'fest off its primary yeast cake of first generation 2633, and its just too good to chuck on the garden. So I'm splitting it 4 ways and keeping 1. If you want one pm me and I'll put it in a sanitised container immediately after racking and keep...

Hi, So what would it be? you can only use one type of malt from anywhere in the world and one type of hop from anywhere in the world. Why would you choose them and what beer would you make? For me atm its weyermann munich 1 and hallertau, mmmm malty and herby/spicy. :rolleyes: Cheers Chris

We all brew not only for the sublime drinking pleasure and accolades from friends, colleagues and family, but for the love of the whole brewing process. Be-it R&D, Planning, Preping ingredients, boil, adding hops, etc. or even the trip to the HBS, where all these malt and hop creations are made...

Hi, Using T-58 yeast for the first time and wondering what temperature and what characteristics you got when using it. According to promash its 18.3 deg. Im making a belgian farmhouse ale and was wondering if it will be too subdued. Cheers Chris

Hi, I have my first hop rhizomes, a wuertemberger and mt hood. I have read with interest last years growing seasons thread and was hoping that people could share their sucesses and failures and how they think these happened from previous years experience. Cheers

Hi, I have been AG for a while and have recently started to try and improve my mash with mineral additions in the strike/mash water, this has worked well but I would like to also be able to measure my mash ph for future twiddling. I was wondering what people have done to over come this? I...