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Hi, just a quick question. I've knocked out a weizen with 3638 and for the first time in my experience it's thrown a lot of sulfur at the end of the primary ferment. I know this is pretty normal for funky wheat yeasts, so I'm not too worried. However, in your experience, what's the better...

Hi ladies and gents, The story so far... I've been 2 years out of the brewing game and have just gotten back into it - I cut my teeth a month ago on a fairly forgiving style, an extract APA, and all smell and taste indicators are pointing towards a good result. Naturally, I almost...

Got a little bit over zealous just then with the pellets and ended up with a blocked hop stopper. No matter what i did, it just wouldn't clear. So, after a thorough iodophor bath, I sent in the hand to undo the stopper. After a bit of a hassle, I netted 25 litres of break + debris filled beer...

Quick question: I'm finding it tricky getting my wit to drop below 1020. I mashed low, so that isn't the problem. What is the ideal temp for this yeast? It's sitting at 17-18 degrees at the moment, should I raise this?

Just put a weizen down using a 400mL starter of 3068. Pitched at 15 and fermenting at 18-19 degrees. Blowout within two days, I've never had that happen before! The entire fermenter is packed with yeast and I've had to fashion a blowoff tube to contain the mess. This doesn't concern me - what...

Every single one of the last 3 AG brews I put down has developed a strange taste. I can only describe it as a semi-sweet synthetic, plastic or chemical kind of taste. It masks most hop flavour, all malt flavour, and increases the perception of bitterness. Makes the beer utterly undrinkable. I...

Easter barbecue involved a million bloody children running all about the place, some well behaved, some not. Went to my ferm fridge today, and noticed the temperature was up at 22. The fridgemate was set to 17, but the compressor wasn't kicking in. Everything else worked fine, including the...

Just a quick question - what materials would most effectively insulate my kettle during the boil. I am using a converted 50L keg, and I want the boil to be as efficient as possible. I wasn't particularly keen on the idea of having a camping mat so close to my 3-ring burner. Does anyone insulate...

A few days ago, I racked my bitter into secondary fermenter for cold conditioning. I went to check on it just now, and noticed that the bloody tap of the fermenter had decided to leak. Not a lot, mind you - there is a slow but steady drip. Judging by the lack of mess, I'd say it's only been...

<_< I tried searching for this topic before, but couldn't refine it enough. It's been warming up here in Perth, and I was far too busy enjoying the sunshine (and then running from the rain) that I forgot all about my APA (yeast is S-05) which had started bubbling away last night - a bit of a...

I racked off a Belgian Wit and have kept it in secondary for the last 2 weeks or so, and I noticed a white scum ring from the outside of the fermenter. I eased the lid off and had a quick peek and found that there was a strange scum layer on the top of the wort; I have included pictures...