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I've been looking into water profiles as I slowly gain more knowledge in how to improve my brews. At this stage I think my water is 'generally OK' but there are some factors that I think might be contributing to my mash efficiency being a bit low. I full volume BIAB, mill (in thermomix) to a...

A few weeks ago I showed a friend my biab process after he recently started home brewing. I took my gear to his place and we did a Tony's bright ale as he was a big fan of the one I did previously. I no chill, so I left the filled cube with him to cool, and gave him instructions for test...

I BIAB + no-chill in a 37L Aluminium crab cooker with a 3-ring burner. I have been focusing on things like fermentation control and (basic) yeast management so far, but i'm looking at what I can do to improve my brew day. After getting sick of siphoning I have got the parts to add a ball valve...

My Saison has been in the fermenter for 3 days and has dropped to 1010 already - I am only expecting another 2 points as I mashed slightly higher than I intended (~66) but my efficiency was lower than expected ended up low (1.057 instead of 1.069 - most likely due to the higher than usual grain...

I often do a pretty basic basic ginger beer recipe in between other brews using a repitch of US05, but I only have a new pack that i won't be using for a few brews, so if I used it now I'd only get one use out of it. I have a m27 Belgian saison going now that I could repitch which might turn...

I put down a wheat beer nearly 2 weeks ago with the following recipe: 2.5kg Pale Malt (BB) 2.5kg Wheat Malt (BB) 25gm Saaz @ 60m Mashed at 65.6 for 75m Mash out at 75 for 10m I lost ~1.5deg over the 75m Beersmith OG 1.057, Measured FG 1.060 - it's a bit high because the boil was more vigorous...

2 good mates recently got kegerator setups for their birthdays which got me keen to get started brewing again (and hopefully if I brew enough I can convince swmbo that a basic keg setup might be a good next birthday present - I hate bottles). Just after I brewed my last brew (~2 years ago) I...

Well, I just finished my mash for the Bullshead Kolsch, my first AG in over 2 years, and ended up with about 54% efficiency into the boil. This gave me an OG of 1.043 pre-boil (adjusted for temp) rather than the estimated 1.067 in beersmith. I am not too concerned as the plan was to do a...

I am hoping to get back into AG/BIAB brewing (after a long hiatus I have done two quick K&K's to ease my way back), how does this recipe sound as a simple Blond Ale? I have based this on the Bullshead Kolsch from the recipe index, which I also plan on brewing later (once my vials arrive to...

Argh, I hate cleaning bottles. I have a bunch of longnecks I inherited from my uncle in law but he hasn't looked after them so it is soak, scrub, rinse sanitise, seal, one by one. :-( Ah well, once they are done I can keep them up to standard but it is so tedious and I want to rant and I need...

So the general consensus is that creating a starter for dry yeast is a waste of time. It sounds like the cost in ldme and the loss of stored nutrients means you are better off just buying more packs. Looking at the numbers however, it does seem more cost effective to do a starter and split it as...

Hey guys, next weekend I plan on doing my first partial (assuming my grain arrives during the week) and would like a little feedback on my plans. I currently have a 19l and ~9l pot, and 'small' grain bag that fits the 19l pot pretty much perfectly (I got this some time ago as a steeping bag for...