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Hi all, I have had a couple of brew days now when I have had to go out for a half hour or so. On these occasions I have set up and mashed in then set my mash temp and left with the small element on so brew ramps up slowly to temp while I am away. Normally mash in at around 50 degrees and can...

Hi, Looking at doing a partial mash with a kilo of grain, then probably a kilo of brew enhancer and either dextrose or LDME. A little confused however, do I need to boil these? Some recipes seem to and some just add to the fermenter. Cheers

Hi all, I have been pondering a ginger beer for some time (just one on the long list of to do's) and have been somewhat inspired by the Galangal beer thread so thought it was time to have a crack. I have 2kg of Marris Otter doing nothing that I thought I might use as a base then top up with...

Hi, I did a brew earlier in the week using some grain purchased last October and came up short on my expected gravity with efficiency coming out at about 70% as calculated using Brewer'sFriend calculator. I'm using a grainfather and brew was no different to any other that I have done, ie I did...

Hi, Hoping someone can help me out, slack day at work and one of the boys has offered to make a stand up for my grainfather. Dimensions on the web site are 450mm can anyone tell me if this is size of the actual base ie right at the bottom where it flares out. Also is the reset button in the...

Hi all, Have ventured into the world of water treatment a few brews ago and was wondering about acid additions. Is there any guidelines on what acid to use for mash and what to use for sparge water. Have been using lactic for mash water and citric or phosphoric, now that I have some, for...

Hi everyone, Was wondering if it is feasible to dry hop while cold crashing, have a brew in my fermentation fridge that I want to dry hop but also want to cold crash and get into a keg so I can try and get another couple brews in next week. Looking at three days cold crash and dry hop with tea...

Hi any recomendations on beers and or pubs in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh and around Da Nang and Da Lat in particular. Cheers

Just bought a bag of chook food and was looking at the grain wondering how it would mash up. Am I in trouble, is this wrong, do I need to look for a support group or something?

Found some Little Creatures Fire Falcon hoppy red when out at a pub the other afternoon and would love to have a crack at making some anyone have any ideas as to possible recipe? All I can find is that it uses Falconers flight hops, was on tap so did not have a bottle or anything to check out...

Hi, Have been hunting around for gear to convert a fridge and was after recommendations on taps thinking of going intertap or perlick stainless taps is there much difference between these and is there any advantage in flow control if not kegging stouts etc. Cheers

Hi, I have just bought some second hand corny kegs with ball lock posts, so I am now looking at buying disconnects and possibly a couple new posts. Is there any difference in the various brands etc. or are they all compatible? Cheers.

Has anyone ever used a welding regulator for CO2? Can get hold of one but not sure if this is a good idea or not. Have not yet seen it so not sure of pressure range etc. Any ideas?

Hi all, I have been looking into water treatment over the last few days and am a bit confused about sparge water treatment. I am using a Robobrew so at end of the mash lift mash pipe out and run sparge water through it, so given that my mash is over when doing this is there any point in...

Is there any way to determine quantities/ratios to use when mixing hops, is AA any indication of strenghth of flavour/aroma? ie. will a high AA hop dominate a lower AA hop when used in equal quantities, looking just at flavour and aroma here not bittering.

Hi everyone, Have a good friend who is quite a keen beer drinker but reacts rather badly to wheat. Have spent a lot of time looking for wheat free recipes and have just realised maybe I am looking at this wrong and should be looking at wheat substitutes. Would not try to be making wheat beers...

Hi, Any feedback or suggestions on brewing apps for an ipad not finding much info on anything other than beersmith. Cheers

Hi, Would like to know if instead of dry hopping can I get some of the same flavour by adding extra hops at the end of the boil? I ask as this would allow me a lot more freedom as far as when I can brew. As I am away from home for work it means if I want to dry hop I have to put down the brew...

Hi, Have read up on filling kegs and I am going to have a crack at filling my first keg early next week. Everything I have read on filling is with the fermenter having been chilled and I do not realy have any way of achieving this, other than in a tub full of ice which would be fairly rough I...

Hi everyone, Looking for a basic all grain ale recipe to use for a test to try and sort out my brewing technique and get equipment profile worked out. Want to try and do a few brews using same recipe with the end goal being repeatable consistant results so obviously thinking simple recipe is...