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So my friend borrows my kettle every now and then to brew, his last beer was practically ruined by a medicinal off flavour. My new brew following his disappointment has now been a week in the fermenter. I tested the gravity after a bit of a strange fermentation, (very active airlock but...

In US units.... Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.94 gal Boil Size: 3.80 gal Boil Time: 60 min End of Boil Vol: 3.30 gal Final Bottling Vol: 6.05 gal Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage 9 lbs 15.7 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 78.1 % 1 lbs 1.8 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.7 % 8.4...

Hi, Please could someone cast their eye over this recipe for me please, it's my first attempt at a complex grain bill. Am I going over the top with the different malts? I want to make characterful amber ale with a hoppy finish: Type: All Grain Batch Size: 22.50 l Boil Size: 14.37 l...

Hi, I am about to brew my third batch of beer. I am aiming for a Saison style beer, and have put together the following recipe: CaraBelge (Weyermann) 1lb Steeped 30mins Light Dry Malt Extract 6.5lb Belgian Candi Sugar (Dark) 2lb Centennial 60mins...

Yeah. So definitely gonna filter on the way into the fermenter next time round. I managed to take a readying by pushing some hops out of the way and floating my hydrometer. The layer of hops wasn't as thick as I first thought. I have dry hopped now, just stuck em in on top and pushed em down...

So I should dry hop in a secondary? The only option I have would be to put it in my bottling bucket, which might mess up with the priming sugar. I'm having a homebrew and trying not to worry, but I wish I knew what was best to do!

Yeah, I would have filtered then out in the way into the fermenter but had noone there to help. Turkey baster idea for a sample is a good one, but should I try to remove the hops anyway to get my dry hops in?

I have a beer in my primary, It's been there two weeks. When transferring my boil, I didn't have anyone there to hold the strainer to separate my hops. Airlock activity has all but stopped and the krausen has fallen back, but the hops are still floating, There were about 75grams of leaf...

Long time reader, first time poster... I have just cracked open my first bottle of my very first brew, it's a little too bitter but I know why, and that's the main thing right? anyway that is another story. I am keen to get on to my second brew, I was going to follow this recipe for and...