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I notice your batch size is higher than picobrew’s advertising of 2.5g batches? Can you set the recipe batch size higher than 2.5? You don’t use a single infusion mash? I was helping my neighbour with his first recipe. He used a preset recipe from the site. It said batch size 2.5g and 3.3g of...

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My neighbour just got his Z2 and we are planning the first brew. Here are some silly questions: - to brew 20L of the same recipe, you set up 10L recipe in one, and it becomes head unit to control the other one? - do you end up with two kegs with 10L in each? Can the picobrew then pump one into...

howdy, A gadget-orientated friend just got the Picobrew Z2 delivered. Was wondering if anyone with experience in Picobrew has any tips for recipe adaptation? If picobrew have a recipe creation tool, can I use it so he can then use my recipe? Is there a forum for picobrew recipes? I see a...

Howdy, I did a hopped mid-strength bitter (timings below) on a 30m boil (20L batch) due mainly to running out of time on that particular day - not being sure if the 30m bittering would also add significant flavour. I am thinking of converting it to a 60m boil recipe for ramping up to 600L -...

I recently did Nottingham vs Windsor in a mid-strength English Bitter with lots of hops and found the hop aromas seemed very muted in the Windsor, compared to the Nottingham which was pretty good. My next brew will be the same beer but with London ESB or S-04. Any experiences or thoughts on...

Howdy, BrewDog's own recipe for this in the DIY pdf is, as far as grain goes for a 20L batch: -Organic Lager 1.13kg/2.5lbs -Organic Caramalt 0.28kg/0.6lbs -Organic Munich 2.70kg/6.0lbs -Organic Chocolate 0.23kg/0.5lbs I've seen pictures of the commercial beer in the glass and it is very black...

Hi folks, Any enterprising soul out there noticed what kind of weight ratio you need to actually submerge mesh bags full of wethops during the dry hop phase? They are so buoyant! I put 400g in a bag, with a triclover clamp at the bottom, and after much coaxing its only about 75% submerged...

15 months later, and this beer is delicious! Sweet, dark, strong, bitter :)

I've been learning a lot on this forum, but still interested in any thoughts on the above :) I did add the rice/buckwheat soak liquid to a brew which resulted in a lot of extra solids settling out, a nice amber colour, and maybe a slight earthy flavour which was fine.

Hi folks, I’m a fan of the Black IPA, especially the Bombay After Dark recipe from BYO – I did it with Galaxy and HPA-035 hops and it had lovely fruity aromatics without an overbearing resinous thing going on, and restrained roasty hints: https://byo.com/blog...e-beers-of-2013...

Thanks folks - keep it coming :) When I say mash tun, I was simplifying what I was doing :) I was pretty tired after battling with a new robobrew.com.au single vessel mash/kettle, had drawn off an excess litre before boiling intending to chuck it away. But when the boil ended up short after I...

I just did a black IPA (my fourth AG,), and ended up with 6 gallons at 1.075 after the boil. I then pitched two packs of rehydrated S-05 at 20 degrees. And then had a brain fritz and chucked in 1/4 gallon of unboiled wort from the mash tun. Is lacto souring likely/certain? Should I...

Howdy folks, I brewed the recipe below a while back and it was simple but tasty and enjoyed by myself (a non-GF person) and GF friends as reportedly superior to the Aussie commercial GF brews. My only tweak, from memory, was accidentally doubling the maltodextrine. Didn't seem to hurt :) I...

I assume someone has done this in the last 100 pages, but what if anything is the effect on taste of pasteurising in this way :)

Whoops! 1.003 :) My other ciders based on similar recipes (but no cherries, or with raspberries) tended to finish at 1.000 or below. But maybe 1.003 isn't surprising.

Hi folks, I’m planning on doing a Rochefort 10 clone with extract, and not sure how/if to handle the raw wheat component. Beersmith’s auto-convert replaced it with wheat extract, but is it easy enough to use raw wheat anyway? And any guesses on whether the flavour differences would...

Howdy folks, I made my first apple/cherry cider which finished at about 1.03 and tastes slightly sweet compared to my previous dry ciders, and I’m wondering if that’s normal or stuck – eg. does cherry juice have non-fermentables in it? I left it in a glass primary for a couple of months and...

Thanks! Well, that was a learning experience :) I will convert my metric notes to imperial in thanks for your tips ;) I soaked the grains in hot water as per Ig’s notes, which I guessed at 120F for about an hour. This turns out to be a heck of a lot of swollen grain. I crammed three toasting...

Thanks fellas. Final questions: do you reckon 'chocolate roasted buckwheat' means roast it til it's black? And I assume you lightly crack gluten-free grains before steeping, like you would glutenous grains :) I notice Ig's blog had another recipe where he has a picture of 'crystal buckwheat'...