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Ive been trying to get my pitch rates a bit better and when Brewfather software tells me to use 1.5 packets of yeast I store the remaining half pkt of yeast in foil, wrapped in plastic wrap in the fridge. Is this what others do? Here in NZ the cost of say US-05 is around $8 and even higher at...

I am playing with a clone that uses Galaxy hops but here in NZ I can only find 100grm packs and they are reasonably costly in the big picture. So I was talking to one of the guys at my HB shop and he suggested that Galaxy is ' just Australia's copy of Nelson Sauvin, a NZ hop. However doing some...

Hi there, I have a Brewzilla and I think I am getting bitterness from sparging with to much water and extracting tannins. I am getting quite good numbers over all but always to bitter. Is there a simple rule of thumb for sparge volume and grain weight or mash volume without setting up the...

Hi there I was playing with the idea of getting a pressure fermenter but I bulk prime and bottle and dont plan to keg at this stage. Can anyone tell me if it is possible to bottle with this style of fermenting and without C02. If it can be done, how would I use the bulk prime calculators with...

Can anyone tell me what numbers to put into Brewfather for 35lt Brewzilla eg efficiency ( 75? ), boil off loss / evaporation, and dead space. I n was consistantely getting 75% plus efficiency with biab. I just got one and need somewher to start. Thanks.

I have been brewing BIAB for a number of years and at times it can be a bit of a pain in the ass with my gas system. I have to do it outside so weather plays a big part and any wind can really mess with the boil and evaporation ( live NZ ), so at times it gets too hard so I dont do it. I have 2...

I try to use as much Gladfield malt as I can but when using the malt alternative chart I need to know if I am converting quantities correctly. Swap ratio uses old malt as a quantity of 1 and many of the Gladfield malts have a swap ratio of 1.2, 1.5. 1.1 ect. The way that I read this is for...

Has anyone played with this new flavour?

I have a golden a le recipe that calls for a high percentage of Ahtanum hops with Centennial and Citra. Can anyone tell me what a good alternative is if i cant get Ahtanum?

I want to try a Kveik yeast beer but I bulk prime and bottle and I have read that Kveik drops out so well that it can be hard to carbonate and I may need to add some more yeast before bottling. Has anyone had experience with this or does Kveik still have enough go in it to carb the bottles?

Recently I brewed a Gladfields cream ale with 91.7% lager light malt and 8.3% toffee malt. It used Super Alpha hops and Nottingham yeast. I quite liked the finished malt flavour but wasnt to keen on the hops. I want to try it again with some other hops and am looking for suggestions. I like a...

I have found sodium perc at a bulk food place and was wondering if anyone has used it as a no rinse sanitiser the same as you can buy from the home brew shop . Is there a food grade sodium perc and another one? Anyone know?

For the last year or so and probably at times before that I have had an infection that I just cant get rid of. It shows as a mold in small areas around the rim of the fermenter after fermentation. I use a plastic FV and do all grain BIAB in a stainless pot and siphon into FV with an auto...

Gladfield malt has a recipe page on the web site and I was wondering if anyone has given any of them a try.

I use a plastic fermenter with a press on lid. I know these can be a bit problematic but I have had an infection either inside the groove of the lid or on the rim of the barrel all through summer. I have tried everything, Starsan boiling water, the pink stuff, sodium perc you name it. I must be...

I usually mash for 60 mins but recently the wife caused me a few problems (?) with having to pick her up and drop her off during the mash of an American amber ale. It went a good 2 hours but I still got in a mash out and a sparge.. Temp stayed consistent during mash and it turned out to be a...

I am just curious what others brew if and when they want something other than a beer with a high hop profile or even what people brew who are not into hop forward beers. "What type of beer do you like", would be an easy question to ask but I like many different styles and probably many that I...

I was thinking of bulk priming with some DME I hve in the fridge. When I ran it through the priming calculater it came out almost double what I would normally use if using cane sugar. EG. 24lts @ 2.2 vols, 18.5C, = 119gms cane sugar, 227gms DME70 AA, 212gms DME 75AA. Are these volumes right...

Ive been brewing a lot of Sierra Pale Ales lately as I find the beer really well balanced. So I roll on down to the home brew shop and give the guy out back an invoice from my last order to copy. Well he is getting on a bit and gives me 1kg less base grain than there should be, I am trying to...

Can I use Vitners Harvest wine Nutrient as a yeast nutrient in my beers to help yeast health? Its just that I have a bag left over from another project.