Recent content by gerald8_kop

Calling out to those who know more 💪 I love drinking face scrunchers and so decided on my first kettle sour using Lallemand Helveticus as my Lactobacillus strain. It's pretty much the only option available to me, not having anywhere near enough room for dedicated sour fermenters so I was really...

Greetings guys and girls I've been struggling to get above 8 percent on my Brewzilla since the efficiency plummets above 11lb of grain but in a couple of weeks have the chance to use a 21 gallon mash tun. For the sake of comparison (and because I love big beers) I want to give another imperial...

Hey all Found this to be a fascinating thread and thus keen to repeat a recent recipe using PS instead of WLP001 but am worried about the mash PH. Below is the recipe which brewfather calculates to be 6.03 using my tap water or 5.89 using reverse osmosis. Cannot remember how much attention I...

Yeah that's probably a safer option, or I could save the last 3 or 4 litres during bottling to play with. And good man, we certainly are! Though it's no coincidence that I started homebrewing about Christmas time since which my output has been inversely proportional to Wednesday's results...

Thanks, will set aside a chunk of my Sunday to have a read through. Regards water treatment however rightly or wrongly I was going to leave it alone for now since I'm still getting used to the process and my all in one.

Hey Having done my first ever all grain (Totally Tropical by James Morton - currently cold crashing) I wanted to do something similarly interesting and hoppy but different enough to feel like I'm experimenting and learning (as I'm obviously an artisan of pale ales now :rolleyes:). Don't think...

Hey Thanks for the detailed reply but I ended up getting the BB as it fits in the fridge I have (pretty sure I had looked at the Anvil with height being an issue. Had a small leak on the spigott but sorted it with an extra O ring. Happy otherwise!

Hey all I only started my homebrew journey towards the start of the year but after doing a few Coopers and Mangrove Jack kits with my rudimentary plastic FV/heat mat/inkbird setup I have become increasingly concerned about keeping a firmer grip on the temperature now that the sun is coming out...

Yeah I'm pretty set on beginning with a kit for the reasons already mentioned, that it seems a reasonable starting point and limits any room for newbie errors. Probably makes me a heathen to 'real' homebrew enthusiasts but it seems sensible to me and assuming this doesnt transpire to be a flash...

Ah, that's disheartening because it is deffo the pre-hopped affairs that I plan to begin with. Baby steps and all that. A coopers or St Peters type job. https://www.brewbitz.com/collections/stouts-and-porters-beer-kits/products/st-peters-cream-stout At least in doing so I will also appreciate...

I'm just going to use a beerkit (I erroneously called it a brewkit in my opening post) so that the mashing stage is already done for me in an attempt to make my first attempts fairly plain sailing. A kettle will be on my shopping list for sure if all goes well but I dont want to run before I can...

Excellent stuff all - much appreciated (particularly IslandLizard for so much detail). Well I think it makes sense to stick with my initial instinct as then I have a bit more flexibility and the chance to form my own preferences. To make the first batch as simplistic as possible I imagine I'll...

Excellent, thanks alot. Regards secondary fermentation it was more that I know some take issue with the sediment created and so I thought a secondary FV could be used as a 'cleaner' bottling vessel and for batch priming. Encouraging to read that the extra step/increased risk of infection isn't...

Evening all! I'm a big beer drinker that has long since flirted with the idea of giving my own thing a try but it's only recently that I found myself idly reading forums/articles and watching youtube videos, since which I've found myself completely absorbed and more than a little eager to dive...