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Hi, Never seen this before... seems to be in a large amount of a big batch. Bottled from a lager tank using a counter pressure bottling machine 2.5 weeks ago. It doesn't come out with the beer, stays on the side of the bottle and at the moment tastes fine. Any idea what it is? Cheers!

Hi all, I'm doing my first commercial batch soon on a 500L system. The water at the brewery is incredibly soft: Ca: 46 mg: 4 na: 9 cl: 11 so: 7 PH: 7.7 I know it's quite lucky to have this as base water, but i'm worried as my first batch is a pale ale with Enigma and H. Blanc hops...

Bierinsel black ipa Imperial IPA All Grain (22.00 l) ABV: 7.71 % OG: 1.070 SG FG: 1.012 SG IBUs: 69.4 IBUs Color: 38.9 SRM By: Ingredients 7.00 kg - Vienna Malt Mash addition (87.5%) - 3.5 SRM 0.25 kg - Cara-Pils/Dextrine Mash addition (3.1%) - 2.0 SRM 0.50 kg - Carafa III Mash addition...

Hey, First time making a beer with spices so absolutely no idea really what I'm doing! Here's a recipe I just quickly knocked up. Any tips? Christmas/Winter Specialty Spice Beer All Grain (21.00 l) ABV: 6.68 % OG: 1.067 SG FG: 1.016 SG IBUs: 30.3 IBUs Color: 46.0 EBC Ingredients 4.00kg -...

Hi, Made an imperial black lager last Saturday, OG 1.081, mashed at 66c. (23 Litres) 3 packets Saflager 34/70, pitched at 16, let drop slowly to 13 and has been gently bubbling away all week at 13c. 6 days later and there is only a bubble every minute. Krausen looks to have dropped (using a...

Hi, Made a stout 7 days ago, OG of 1.061. Only 10% chocolate / roasted barley in the grain bill. Used 1 packet US-04. Racked onto some chocolate nibs in secondary today and SG was 1.024. No bubbling from airlock and krausen had dropped. Mashed high at 71c. Is it stuck do you think? Should...

Hi all, Planted 5 cascades in mid May, (North Germany, 53.2525° N, 10.4144° E). Realise noble hops would have been more logical, but don't really brew any pilsners or real ales, so wanted American hops. They shot up really quickly and now the cones are coming, but we had a very bad August...

Hi, Made a 13L batch of black ipa on Saturday... OG of 1.076. Pitched a whole 11.5g packet of US-05, just checked on it and it's finished active fermentation and most of the yeast has already dropped, just a layer of krausen on top. Have I over pitched? Would that explain the quick...

Hi all, It suddenly got very hot here in North Europe the last few weeks, I thought my cellar would stay cool but came back from holiday to see the temp on 2 batches were 22/23c. Bottled one at the weekend and it had a distinct off flavour. (US-05 yeast). It hasn't ruined the ale, but it's...

Hi all, Recently moved up to BIAB in an electric urn, couple of batches went well, but only about 65% efficiency, so did some reading and found an analysis of my water: http://www.hamburgwasser.de/wasseranalysen.html?download=123 Looks like the ph is mad high. Can anyone recommend how to...

Hi all, Trying to make an American IPA and wanted to use Columbus, Simcoe & Centennial, but realised I don't have any Centennial left. Would Cascade work instead? Was thinking: 20 Litre 20g Columbus 60m 20g Simcoe 30m 20g Simcoe 10m 25g Cascade 5m 20g Simcoe / 20g Cascade 1m 30g Cascade /...

Hi all, My first pilsner is nearly ready to be bottled. Bit unsure about what to do. Do I just bottle it at the temp it's been lagering or do I bring it to room temp to bottle and carbonate? Cheers in advance Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hi, Latest brew looks like it's finished at 7.4% & 72 IBU. (OG - 1.071 FG - 1.015) Would this be considered an IPA or an Imperial IPA? To me, it seems right in the middle... Cheers

Hi, I've brewed 5 ales without any problems so far, and as the winter is finally kicking in here in Germany, I decided to make the most of the low temps and brew a pilsner. Really simple recipe with Weyermann pilsner extract, Hallertauer mittlefruh & tettnanger hops and S-23 yeast. OG was...

Intended to make an American Pale (but slightly high IBU at 50), and after 9 days it seems fermentation is done, with a lot lower FG than expected. OG 1.056 FG 1.009 At 6.2%, and 50 IBU, i'm not sure if that makes it into IPA territory. It's very, very pale too. I tried adding 3/4 of...

Hi all, My first brew came out better than I could have hoped.. ok, an extract pale ale, but still, gave me a bit of confidence :) Want to get on with my second brew today, and was thinking about this recipe for an IPA. 20 litre batch (12 litres boil / 8 litres top up) 4kg Weyermann...

Sorry if answered a million times, but couldn't find a precise answer on any other threads. I used a Brewferm (http://www.brewferm.be/en/index.htm) hydrometer to measure my first brew. It's calibrated to 20C: I took the OG reading at 22.8C. (1,052) The FG reading at 21 / 20C (1,010)...

Hi, Am new here and did my first brew last night, aiming for a slightly (more) bitter than normal American Pale Ale. Used 4kg Weyerman Bavarian Pilsner Malt extract (liquid) 20g (German) Magnum (15% alpha) at 60 mins 25g Centennial (10%) at 10 mins 50g Centennial (10%) at 1 min 50g...