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yes they are. That is the thing prompted me to post. It might just be some spilled wort. but i suspected it may be a leak that got clogged with yeast.

it took 24 hours for the krausen to show up then there was 4 days of good activity . you cannot see it in the pics but the Krausen was almost touching the lid of the fermenter. it then all drop over 2 days (this was pretty cool to see). its been a few days since any airlock action has happened...

The last picture is the yeast cake after bottling. due to the taste I was not too worried but the green mold spots on the bottom were a concern. I let the hot wort chill over night in the fermenter from the urn i boiled in. must have still been pretty hot as plastic flexed and sunk a bit after...

I have just bottled by first brew for for a long time and think it may be compromised. This is my first time brewing with the BRY97 and I must say there was alot more karusen created by this yeast than the US-05 i am used to using. A few days into the brew I noticed a wet sticky patch near/...

thanks for the confirmation that I have not created a Frankenstein brew. I will first try as is (lowering the crystal as suggested, maybe add some munich or other malt for a touch of complexity) to get through these hops I will also try the same Saaz and grain bill and play around with the...

I have been given about a kg of Saaz & hersbrucker hops recently (about a KG of both). as well as smaller qtys of (80g) of cascade, amarillo & EKG at the moment I am focusing on using the saaz. recently made a Saaz Porter which came out well, My next move is to create a Saaz APA. I plan on...

I have just put down this recipe. Any Thoughts? 1 Coopers can. 1kg brewcraft Brew Booster #15 25g of Perle 25g Nelson Sauvin 25g Galaxy Yeast safale US05 I split the hops into 3 bowls each containing roughly equal amounts of each hops. 1 bowl was boiled for 60min the next was...

To update this thread. it has now been a little over a week and while I can see the water in the Airlock moving I have not heard it bubble in a while. I have just taken a gravity reading 1.031 @ 15c (I will check in 2 days time to confirm fermenation has finished. The ABV Calculators that I...

now i understand the cube is primarily for chilling. hence why as a kit brewer I have never had to use one. does this mean when moving to AG I will need to choose between cubing and using a chiller?

i am in Melbourne not NZ just found the guide using google. shawn. the wetpak APA does look intersting. dont be suprised if you receive an order from me. I am not sure i understand the reasoning behind chilling using a cube. at the moment when I chill I just add my boil to the fermenter top up...

That is such a great idea. I guess the main thing to look at would be not letting the Hops making it too bitter.

thanks for the advice. looks like I will make the kits (K&K) and throw in some extras to use them and then next pay cheque buy a full size urn / pot and move to AG it sounds just like steep but with more grains if I am reading This Guide correctly. Unless I am missing something from the...

I am really into ales. very hoppy pale ales IPAs APAs and any type of stout. My Muntons Smugglers Ale has been my favorite homebrew so far but I have not really expored making extra hoppy beers. I really want to make a wheat Nelson Sauvin Ale soon for when spring comes around. I already have my...

I started brewing late last year and have been using K&K kits with some extra hops. On the weekend I made my first brew using specialty grains something I now want to continue. After some searching I have found the following kits. does anybody have experience with them or would recommend one...

I started brewing late last year and have been using K&K kits with some extra hops. On the weekend I made my first brew using specialty grains something I now want to continue. After some searching I have found the following kits. does anybody have experience with them or would recommend one...

i used 2 packs of 04 one in a small starter i made an the other i sprinkled on top. thought process being if one did not take the other would but the wort was at 20 degrees as I let it cool over night. AsI will be bottling I will amke sure I order some smaller bottles. (did not really think...

I was not sure If this should be considered a partial or not. Thanks for the clarification. The wort did taste very bitter after the steeping was complete but once all the DME was added it tasted very sweet as expected. I pitched my yeast this morning around 9ish and now my airlock has started...

I have just started steeping the grains for my first partial brew. I am using Brew in a Bag making a Sweet stout. My recipe is as follows 8.2% Roasted Malt - .5kg 5.7% Crystal 120 - .35kg 4.1% Choc Pale - .25kg 82% Biess DME Sparkling Amber - 5.0 KG - To be added within the last 5 min...