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Guys, I need some help and advice with one of my kegs. The rotten thing won't seal properly. I've got two kegs, one that seals properly and holds pressure and one that doesn't. Kegs are pin lock cornies and I've tried both the oval lids on both kegs. Neither lid seals on the faulty keg, but...

Temperature controller works by turning the power on and off to the fridge you have the fermenter in when the temperature reaches certain pre set limits thus enabling the temp on the fermentation to be consistent and at a level more suitable for your yeast. And also welcome to the obsession

I'm looking at doing a 23 litre batch. That will give me a keg full and a few bottles to take to bbq's

Fellow Brewers, I'm trying to design my own IPA now that I've tried a few different recipies from on here, as well as a few commercial varieties. My thoughts at the moment were as follows 3kg Dry Malt Extract 500gm dextrose 150gm Caraamber 150gm Carared 30gm Magnum @ 60 mins 30gm Amarillo @...

I tried this beer last night, and while it didn't climb out of the bottle like Schoohey's did mine still had alot of carbonation. It filled both a pint glass and a jug with a very lively head before settling down. Likewise there was alot of carbonation. As I've said before with some of the beers...

Likewise I have never had any problems reusing the lids, and also cannot guarantee they go back on the same bottle. Lids get thrown into a solution of keg glass and bottle wash while I wash and sanitise bottles. I then invert each bottle and check for leaks after I fill and seal the bottles and...

As you are using a better yeast than the kit yeast, I would really look at getting the temperature of your worts down. The best improvement I have made from my 15 odd brews was to start fermenting at 18 degrees. I keep the brew at this level for 7 days and then let it come up to between 20 and...

I started my sampling with Muggus's Black Passion Porter. Served chilled in a pint glass. Bottle opened with a very slight carbonation psst, beer formed a nice light tan coloured head that hung around until possibly the last two mouthfuls. I actuall sat it on the bench for a while to warm up...

bought a 6 pack late October and really enjoyed they. Thinking of trying to make a clone of this and have found out the following Pouring coppery in colour like an English bitter from crystal malts, the re-styled India pale ale is pleasantly grassy with earthy background on the nose, due to...

I guess the answer is depends on what style of beers you like. I have alot of uk friends and family, so I'm making alot of bitters and stouts. For that I have a heap of fuggles and ekg in the freezer. But I'm also getting to really like a hopy IPA, so I'm now getting a few other bits and pieces...

After hard tough week at work called into Dan Murphy's tonight for a different beer. Ended up picking up a Sleeping Giant IPA. Must admit I'm really keen on this drop. Does anyone have an idea on where to start cloning it. After a bit of a look on the web found out the following Pouring...

I've just ordered the spec grains hops and yeast from Craftbrewer to give this one a try. I could not get the 1272 yeast so I've chosed the other Wyeast American Ale. Looking forward to brewing this on the weekend and giving it a try

The way I read it the OP is going against what Grain and Grape said (which was adding the hops in 3 stages) and boiling all the hops in one go. By doing what you are doing at the moment LDFH, you will get the result Tony is talking about - overbittered, but if this is to your liking, well its...

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I've got an irish stout down at the moment which used the following recipie can of irish stout (mine was the brecraft) 1 kg dry dark malt extract 200 gms of cracked crystal grain steeped 100 gms lactose and 20 gms fuggles Steep the crystal grain in 5 litres of hot (not boiling) water for 30...

1020 seems awfully high for a kit beer to be finishing Can you give a few more details as to what went into your fermenter? Did you you 1kg of dextrose or did you use some dry malt extract? This might give a few more knowledgeable than me an idea as to where your brew should finish

Either a fridge that is not plugged in with a few plastic soft drink bottles filled with water then frozen, or what I do is have my fridge on a timer so that it comes on for two hours three times a day, others have a temperature controller that maintains a constant temperature. There are many...

Hughezy, What temperature did you ferment at, did you use the kit yeast and did you add anything else to the brew? Sanitise everything that comes into contact with your beer after you do any kind of boiling of the wort. That is your fermenter any spoons bottles - everything. You will find...

+1 on using the spreadsheet to design your recipie. Looks like a tasty little drop let us know how it turns out Go for it. As Bum said using pellets is a better way of buying and using hops, however, I started out using the teabags and it's an ok way to dabble with how it can add elements to...