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I have seen a technique which involves bottling beer from kegs using a picnic Tap and a racking cane and a drilled stopper. It doesn't use any co2 however. Could you my make the same setup as this but with co2 as well. So what I mean is: Connect beer line to picnic tap, connect picnic tap to...

So something I am battling to find definitive info on - is under pitching a hefe yeast in order to get good banana aroma. Does anyone know what a good rate of under pitching would be? 50%? does anyone have a guideline on this. I will be using dry yeast - either danstar Munich/wb-06/mangrove...

So... Been thinking about what size beer line I am going to use. The nipples on my shanks etc don't fit the 3/16 line that I have available, it only fits the 3/8 line which isn't ideal. BUT the 3/16 line fits perfectly into the 3/8 line. What if I got the same length of each, and shoved the 3/16...

So I harvested my first bit of yeast to keep for my next batch. I absolutely cannot find any information to be able to CONFIDENTLY tell how much yeast I have in my jar, as every site and post confused me. I harvested the slurry from a 3.8L batch (1 gallon) and poured it into a 360ml jar. I...

Hi - I have some questions regarding fermentis dry yeasts. What I have available is 04 05 Wb06 T-58 S-33 Abbaye S-23 W-34/70 Regarding witbier and Bavarian Weiss. What would be the best for the wit, with lots of Orange flavour? And for a Weiss with strong banana/bubblegum flavour? Have read...

Hi All I am planning my keezer build (old chest freezer). It will have 2 kegs inside and 2 taps. I am going to make it out of wood (so from the outside it looks fully wooden, with freezer inside) It will have a wooden tower on top with 2 taps - on the inside of the tower I am going to...

Hi All I am planning my keezer build (old chest freezer). It will have 2 kegs inside and 2 taps. I am going to make it out of wood (so from the outside it looks fully wooden, with freezer inside) It will have a wooden tower on top with 2 taps - on the inside of the tower I am going to...

Hi I want to start putting some beer into those 5L mink kegs... priming them as usual with sugar. I want to also get the proper tap that clips on top of the keg with the mini C02 canister. Once you have put the tap in and started to drink the beer from the keg, how long does the beer last...

Hi I have made 2 wheat beers and both have missed OG substantially 10 + points. My other beers always are on target. Is there something I'm missing with the wheat beers? Could it be that I'm not doing a protein rest?

Hi... I am going to try my own version of an American/hybrid wheat BIAB I would like an easy drinking, refreshing summer beer with good citrus notes... Beer smith gives me for a 12L batch OG 1.052 IBU 19.3 EBC 8 Grain bill 1.5kg Pale 2 row 1kg pale wheat 0.3kg torrified wheat 0.3kg rolled...

Hi... I want to brew a Belgian wit with a nice spicy/mild sweet/orange flavor. What is the basis of a Belgian wit recipe? From my reading it seems to be about 50/50 pale malt and unmalted wheat (I can only get torrified wheat - is this okay?) and some oats (10%?)... Does anyone have a nice...

I recently made my first BIAB all grain batch. Was a Hefeweizen. What usually causes a slight sour aftertaste?

I made a BIAB batch today. I make 12L batches in a 23L pot - which should work, but I think the pot is actually closer to 20L and was labeled wrong. When I mash, I have liquid spilling everywhere as the pot is filled to the limit. I thought of an alternative, which seems easy enough - Mash in...

Hi All I have obtained the tap water report for my area (Durban, South Africa) and would like some assistance with it. (seems quite soft from what I have read) Ca = 8.90 mg/L HCO3 = not on report Mg = 3.92 mg/L Na = 9.75 mg/L SO4 = 4.48 mg/L Cl- = 13 mg/L Alkalinity = 34.6 mg/L (also says...

I have come across in my reading, that many BIAB Brewers either double crush the grain, or they order pre crushed grain and then put the crushed grain in a blender in order to get a better crush and thus increase efficiency. This is the "smoothie" blender I have - should this work to better...

Hi All I am making an American Pale Ale with 8% torrified wheat and 5% crystal 40L I have 100g Citra and 25g tettnanger - 12 Litre batch Currently I am going to do 25g tettnanger at 60min 10g Citra at 10min 15g Citra at 5 min 40g Citra at 0min (hop stand 30-40min) 35g Citra Dry hop 5-7 days...

Hi All I came across a recipe I like the look of - Citra Pale Ale Oddsides clone I had to adjust slightly to fit what my LHBS has and my equipment. Here is my recipe Method - BIAB Batch Size - 12L 60min Mash 3kg Pale Malt 2 row 300g torrified wheat (well crushed - to replace flaked wheat)...

Hi all Tomorrow I'll be doing my first all grain which will be BIAB and will be a Hefeweizen. I want to run my recipe past everyone. Calculated on Beersmith 12L batch 2kg German wheat malt 1kg German Pilsner malt Mash @ 64.5C in 16.21L for 90min Mashout (7 min rise to 75.6C) and leave for...

Hi all I have had a question which is bugging me. I am going to get two smaller bucket fermenters to make test batches in (about 11/12 L batches). An ideal bucket size would be about 15L I assume, but I can only find buckets of 10L or 20L. Would it be okay to brew an 11/12L batch in a 20L...

I have a 23L aluminum pot, and a burner. I have been doing extract brewing. I have a 10L fermenter (like to do small batches). What do I need to move to All grain now. I believe my pot is big enough already for the 10L fermenter to handle all grain. What else? Don't want to spend a lot of money...