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Hi all, I live in Brighton England and have just picked up a bottle of Cooper's Sparkiling Ale form a beer specialist store. I see it is bottle conditioned which excites me. Have any of you cultured the yeast from this beer and if so, what are the characteristics? I'd love to brew a true...

Hi all, I was in a pub last night and they had a coffee stout. It was absolutely delicious. I read the back of the bottle and it stated that the espresso beans were added at the end of the boil. Here is my problem: I brewed my stout the night before so the boiling is out of the question...

So... has anyone ever used coffee in a stout recipe? If so, what kind and how much? Quite interested in this. Cheers

Hey lads... Going out of my mind here. Calculators are throwing up different results! What is my extraction efficiency? At 19c my hydrometer read 1046 from 29.7 litres of wort. Please help! Thanks Floyd

Howdy folks, Using lots of different calculators and getting different readings! Can anyone help please? read 1.040 at 41c. Volume was 25L Cheers Floyd

Hi. My Beertools program calculated that my O.G should be 1.048 for my 25L brew. It came out as 1.060! I added water to bring it down to 1.050 but had to add around 6 litres. Now I have around 30L fermenting. Did I do the right thing or did I screw up? How did Beertools get it so wrong? I'm...

Hi all, Have just finished working on my strong bitter recipe using Beertools: 5 kg English 2-row Pale 100 g Chocolate Malt 77 g Fuggle (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min 35 g Styrian Goldings (5.0%) - added during boil, boiled 25 min 12 g Fuggle (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 15...

Hi folks. Used my newly built electric boiler yesterday and it worked like a charm. Only issue I have now is cleaning the scorched wort off the kettle element. I need to be able to clean it without removing it. Any ideas? Cheers Floyd

Hello folks, I have decided to build myself an electric plastic boiler. I took the element out of a typical kitchen kettle, worked a bit of DIY on it, gave it a try on a square plastic container and it worked a treat. Only thing I need to work on now is a suitable vessel that will withstand...

Hi all, Am planning my second all grain on Friday night and have tweaked my home made mash tun. Originally I had a flexible pipe stainless steel outing as the filter but I had major issues with it clogging up. The first brew was a bit of a disaster. So... I've gotten rid of the stainless steel...

Hello brewers! Have just tried my partial mashed Irish Stout and it's tasting pretty fantastic. I used, dark LME, Crystal, flaked Barley and Roasted Barley, Goldings and Fuggles. Only thing is... the head is very dark. Is there a way to get that lovely white head? I have since switched to all...

Hi folks, Going for my first all grain tomorrow night. Feel like I'm getting married! Nervous and excited but in my heart, know that I'm doing the right thing. It's been on the cards for a while now and I'm really ready for the commitment... I don't have a large kettle and can only boil up 10...

Hi folks, I am planning on racking my Irish Stout into secondary on Friday - the same day that I plan to do another brew. Instead of me buying another sachet of yeast, can I simply leave some of the yeast sediment in my primary fermenter and pour my new batch on top of it? If so, how much...

Hi all, Hope you have been having a good Christmas with plenty of Home Brews! I'm planning on brewing an Irish style stout in Jan. I have all the ingredients ready to rock n' roll. Only thing is... I have read that Flaked Barley can't be used in extract brewing? I was planning on bunging it...

Hey folks, I have been using this great little program for the last few months and have made some great beer! It offers a 30 day trial. However, when that runs out, it it still seems to work perfectly! Give it a try. It's called Brew Wizard 2. Here's the link...

Myth: If I put a newly bottled beer on my radiator, the heat will speed up the carbonation process and I won't have to wait 2-3 weeks to crack it open? The myth goes - it will be carbonated fully in a few days. Although... I do think flavour may be affected somewhat. Anyone have any ideas on...

Hi all, Brewing a Blonde ale on Friday and plan on using 3kg of liquid light malt extract. My local HBS sells this, but only in 1.8kg cans. However... they also sell liquid pale malt extract in 1.5kg cans for a lot cheaper. Is it the same stuff? If not would my beer be as nice with pale malt...

Hi all, Have a query - Why is it OK to leave beer in your secondary fermenter for anything up to 4 months when at the bottom, there is clearly sediment aka dead yeast etc; the very reason why it can't be kept in primary? Surely that sediment must be damaging to the beer in secondary just like...

Hi guys, Bit worried. I used hop pellets for the first time yesterday and instead of sieving them off when adding to my fermentation bucket, I added them along with the wort. Went to take a hydrometer reading a minutes ago and when I turned the tap, all I got was a sludgy liquid. Is this...

Hi all, I would really appreciate your views on this dark larger recipe I've developed: Muntons Medium Malt Extract 1.2kg Dry Malt Extract 250g of crushed Chocolate Grain (20 mins) 220g crushed Crystal Malt 50g crushed Roasted Barley (20 mins) 30g Hallertau (50 mins) 25g Hallertau (15 mins)...