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  1. EK

    Dry Malt Extract Gone Hard

    I was planning on doing a Ginger Pale Ale experimental with a tin of Ginger beer and a kilo of Light DME that I had purchased a year or two ago and never used. As I check that I still had it, I found that it was no longer the powder, but a solid condensed brick of malt extract. Has anyone used...
  2. EK

    Clone Brews And Beer Captured - Hop Reduction For Ag

    Why is it that Clone Brews and Beer Captured reduce the hops for the All Grain option of each recipe but other books do not? Brewing Classic Styles and the Brew You Own 150 Classic Clone Recipes don't do this. Can anyone tell me why this is the case. I want to brew some of the AG version of...
  3. EK

    Stuck Fermentation Even After Fresh Yeast

    Fellow Brewers, I am in need of advice. Recently I made my first attempt at yeast harvest from trub. Also, I have made and no-chilled an all grain IPA (low OG of 1.033). After pitching fermentation proceeded vigorously for two days. At which point it began to slow down rapidly. The harvested...
  4. EK

    Zymurgy Nov/dec 2009

    I have recently (a couple of months ago) bought a membership to the AHA and am eagerly awaiting my first copy of Zymurgy. The AHA site says that the Nov/Dec 09 issue was sent on October 19. Just wondering if any other AHA member have got theirs yet. How long can I expect to wait? I have...
  5. EK

    Rust In My Beer Gun

    As I recently cleaned out my beer gun I noticed that there appeared to be rust inside. Has anyone else had this problem? :icon_cheers: EK
  6. EK

    My Beer Keeps Turning Out Sweet.

    I am in need of some advice. I have had problems over the last year of many of my brews turning out too sweet. I have managed to reduce this by paying extra attention to the gravity and temperatures after most of the fermentation has occurred. However, I am still finding some sweetness to my...
  7. EK

    Problem With Beer Gun Spurting

    I seem to be having a problem with my beer gun, when I release it at the end of pouring a pint it doesn't seem to seal properly and there is a small jet of beer spurting out. It stops when I push on the end of the rod to close the valve up completely. This is really annoying as the pint just...
  8. EK

    Frustrated Brewer

    My last few batches of beer have been turning out rather sweet, this is really beginning to annoy the crap out of me, to the point where I am beginning to consider giving away this hobby that I have invested a serious amount of time and money into as I cannot seem to produce a good result, at...
  9. EK

    Stuck Ferment With Safale S-04

    I have a stuck/halted fermentation and am unsure of how best to proceed. This brew is a Brewcraft English Bitter kit with a kilo of their English Biter Converter (which is your typical mix of dextrose, malt etc. and it also has some hops - so the label says). OG: 1.045. I fermented this using...
  10. EK

    Problems With K&k And Specialty Grain

    I have some problems with my latest brew and need some advice. The brew was made with: Black Rock Bock Kit Light DME 500g Dark DME 500g 'Dark Ale Grain Kit' 150g crystal malts Safale US-05 (yes, I know it is an ale yeast). 22 Litres total volume. Yeast pitched at 19 degrees. OG: 1.046 The grain...
  11. EK

    Keg Fridge Gas Line Holes

    Fellow Brewers, I have recently got a keg setup. It's the standard 2xCornelius, disconnects, line and regulator deal that can be found at almost any HBS. I will be acquiring a CO2 tank in the next month or two (budget permitting). The problem that I have is that SWMBO will not let me drill...
  12. EK

    Should I Re-pitch...again?

    Ok guys, hope you can help. I put a K+K brew together on Monday night, pitching yeast not long after at about 24 degrees. Tuesday night there was absolutely no activity, the airlock was not bubbling (yes the tank is sealed) and no krausen. So I grab an emergency yeast from the fridge and...
  13. EK

    Possible Fermenter Infection

    Ok guys, I'm wondering if you can help me out. Over the last week, I had to use my main fermenter as a water tank for drinking water (special thanks to the moron at BCC that ddin't mark a 'bridging main', whatever that is, on the water system maps). The problem is that I havent needed to use...
  14. EK

    How Long Will A 5 Litre Mini-keg Last.

    The other day I purchased a couple of 5 Litre mini-kegs, one of which went straight into the fridge. Today (Tuesday), my wife needed some beer for her Christmas puddings, unfortunately the only suitable beer I had was the one in the mini-keg. I needed to draw off a pint pretty quickly and as...
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