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I have just pitched an 1.07 OG wort on a yeast cake from my last brew and am having problems with my temperature. I am using WLP500 Trappest Ale Yeast., and I think it recommended temperature is 20 to 24 degrees Celsius. My normal spot from my fermenter is holding a temperature of 24 to 26...

I have pitched my starter (White Labs Abbey Ale Yeast, WLP530) into my 1.066OG beer. I am thinking of brewing another batch of the beer and raking off the first into secondary and pitching the new brew strait onto the yeast cake (is that its name?) as it is in the fermenter. Is that a good idea...

Hi can some one help me with these recipes? Can someone give me a clone recipe for Sierra Nevada pale ale, ether extract or partial mash? Also does anyone know a recipe for Nero Wolfs favorite beer Remmers? Thanks for your help; Mongzilla

I am building a new fermenter from 25K foodgrade Jerry can, and I am just about drill the screw cap to fit the airlock and blow off tube. I have a rubber washer that will fit a standard airlock stork, however the hole looks a little small for a blowoff tube and I would like some help setting...

Okay I have done a lot of reading on the website, and everyone says do not fear the sanstar foam. However when I racked my beer to secondary to free up my fermenter, I think I may have gone over the top. I poured about 2 pints of my solution into each of my demijohns which I had washed and...

Click I am about to bottle 5 gallons of Belgian brothers golden strong ale, and would like a bit of reassures about the correct volume of priming sugar for this beer. I am using old (more than 20 years old and possibly European pilsener bottles) glass pint bottles, and was wondering whether...

I have just got myself a new wort cooler, and I am having trouble connecting it to my water supply. The problem is that the plastic watercooler pipes are too small for my hosepipe joiner unit. My idea was to connect my outside hosepipe to provide water to the cooler, and connect another...

Hi everyone. In the next couple of weeks, I will be attempting a heavy gravity beer (target original gravity 1.085). This beer will be produced by a partial mash technique. For such a heavy beer I have read it is recommended to produce a starter, to have enough yeast to ferment the beer...

Okay so I was about to start doing some extract brewing, went a bit nuts on the website and bought 25 kg of liquid malt extract. I know it sounds a lot but at the price I got it at, I have halved my brew costs for a fair while. Can anyone give me any advice on handling liquid malt extract in...

I am getting ready to bottle my batch of Belgian brothers Golden Strong ale, see link below. (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f73/belgian-brother-golden-strong-250255/). My wort had an original gravity of 1.067 corrected to temperature, and at the time of adding to the Demi Johns the gravity was...

Hi everybody. I just wanted to ask a couple of questions, about the secondary fermentation of Belgian brothers Golden Strong ale, see link below. (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f73/belgian-brother-golden-strong-250255/) This is my first all grain brew and the mash when a okay, as did the...

I have found the following “Belgian Brothers Golden Strong Ale” recipe for my first AG brew and need some help with how to go about my mash. Link to recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f73/belgian-brother-golden-strong-250255/ I am using a ?L electrically heated, with a temperature...

I have found the following “Belgian Brothers Golden Strong Ale” recipe for my first AG brew and need some help with ingredients, as I live in the U.K. and cannot sources the following grains. Link to recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f73/belgian-brother-golden-strong-250255/ I was...

After looking at the site I thought I would post my first brew. I am following the Double Daphne recipe from Ken Shales “Brewing Better Beers” Book, my parents gave me. The book was tried and tested by my parents over 5 years, Christmas could be messy, and gives recipe for making good...