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I'm having problems with my disconnects intermittently leaking when connected to my posts. It seems to be a pretty common problem but I've tried everything I can think of to fix them. Basically they're leaking between the disconnect collar and the disconnect body. Having the disconnect oriented...

So, my latest brew was bubbling along fine as of last night (1 day into primary). This morning when I checked on it, the airlock lid has blown off, krausen is pretty massive, and there's hops all over the fermenter and the airlock. I cleaned out the airlock (dried hops is not easy to get out of...

Hey all, The yeast in a stout I'm brewing at the moment seem to have given up. 13th day after pitching the yeast I got a gravity reading of 1030, just took another (16th day) and got the same. 1.8Kg Munton's Mountmellick Dublin Stout Extract 1.5kg Black Rock Dark liquid malt extract 500g Corn...

So, last night I whipped up another brew: 1.7kg Coopers Draught Extract 1.5kg light liquid malt extract 20g Cascade pellets (will add 10-15g Chinook a couple of days in) Made up to 22 litres. Added safale yeast once it had cooled down and took an SG reading of... 1.078. That seemed a bit crazy...