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I often do this and it works well, eg didn't want 20l of begian dubbel so took 8 litres at the end of the boil and boiled on the stove to reduce it by a third in volume and ended up with a nice 10% belgian strong using the same yeast. Have done the same with a standard stout and export stout...

You can always just steep the crystal in a bowl of water, strain it and add it to the boil later - crystal doesnt need to be mashed. Efficiency sounds pretty low (~60%), is that normal for BIABsters? I have a Braumeister so always get 70+ and assumed BIAB would be similar. Sounds like a tasty...

ok so attenuation of the yeast should be in the mid-70s%. Is 35 litres your knockout volume or in the fermentor (the former would suggest a strong pale ale)? Does "I believe it was somewhere around 3% from the taste" mean you have yet to invest in a hydrometer? :)

Hey Canadian Brewer. Sounds nice, though without knowing what yeast you are using and your mash efficiency this sounds like quite a strong pale ale. No problem topping up with water (in fact it's better to use water than sparge the hell out of the grains and extract astringency from the...

if you've overcarbonated you can quite easily let some co2 excape by easing them open slightly without as much risk of letting oxygen in as with re-capping crown caps. If you replace the washers try to get different colours as it helps to distinguish different brews - my HBS stocks red, blue...

that suction issue happens to me a fair bit, not sure why either - lift too soon? lift too quick? etc.

check the gravity, co2 doesnt mean much unless it's v vigourous

usually they are pretty tough as they are made for making lemonade. the main downside is they are usually clear glass so you need to keep them in the dark. 1l brown swingtop beer bottles are common here in europe (even seen 3l ones). just keep looking

will sitting on a potentially hot ship for a few weeks not ruin it anyway? drink it before you go. cornies are fairly pricey in the uk, often £50 on ebay if they look decent so might be worth taking them with you but empty

ask a hotel/fancy restaurant/wedding venue and you'll get them for free

i bought some small plastic food grade buckets that look exactly like the 30 litre fermentors with airtight lids. drilled a hole in the lid for the airlock gromit and one near the bottom for a tap. even stuck a thermometer strip on them. worked a charm. You could get them free from...

nope

here's what i did. was perhaps a touch paler but I dont care. 23l in the kettle. Get the Wyeast West Yorkshire yeast too (1469 I think) 4kg Golden Promise 1.5/L Fuggle 60min 4.2 AA 1/L Golding 15 min...

exactly, pull the ring top left to relieve pressure after you have turned the nut in the middle back a bit

Has the regulator got a pressure relief valve on it? If so turn the nut as you say and relieve it of pressure, then if it has dipped below 100 turn it to the right v slowly til you get the pressure you want

what colour? brown beer bottles stop light fron "skunking" your hop wotsits in the beer. not sure if plastic would work, to if you keep them in the dark i guess it doesnt matter. if they are sanitised when you get them thats a massive bonus and you can just recycle them rather than clean...

the bigger the vessel the better it conditions in theory but you might not notice much. I'd say it depends what you are brewing - put session beers in 500ml bottles and anything over 7% abv in 333s or whatever your local format is

Makes life much easier and you can easily fill a growler etc to take to a party etc. - takes up less room than bottles - waaaaaay quicker than bottles - easier to increase/decrease cabonation if you still choose to secondary ferment in them, or just force carb. - can get beer gas and a guinness...

that much hop in 9 litres? sounds more like a chocolate IPA!

same here. remember it's supposed to be pretty much the least bitter beer style around, also the most highly carbonated. Stick to the style for the first go then playaround with it next time. 5-10% munich adds a nice maltiness and true to some commercial examples