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Hi guys, i've seen different youtube videos to purge CO2 from bottles to limit the effects of oxydation process. Though I need to find a regulator or something to attach to the sodastream in order to control the gas flow. Besides regulators of £45 (like this one...

Hi Folks, I've been having problem in deciding when it's the right time to start mashing for the following reason. When water is been heated to reached the desired mashing temperature, I always end up with a lower or higher mashing temperature after pouring all the grain in the pot. This is...

Hey guys, what's your usual hopping gram per Litre ratio when you brew Ipas, both for the flame-out and dry-hopping? Also, what about regarding your west-coast versions vs east-coast? Also, does anyone just hop the wort by adding silly amount just at the flame-out or just at a few minutes...

Hi guys, I've been BIAB homebrewing with my 20L aluminium pot for the last 2 years. I now feel I need to upgrade my equipment a bit. I have friends how use Brewmeisters but prices seem to be way beyond my budget, so after a little research I have found this on ebay...

Hi guys, My last two Neipa batches went considerably darker and unpleasantly sweet after having bottled them. The last one just after one week :/ I believe it was due to oxydation. How is it possible to minimize oxygen pick up at a home brewing level when bottling? Seb

Hey guys, I've tried to lower my hard London tap water (analysis here: http://twmediadevcdn.azureedge.net/waterquality/WQ%20Report_Z0140_South%20Tottenham.pdf ), with lactid lacid to attempt to lower the ph to reach the brewing rage of ph= 5.2-5.5 as my brewer friend analysis suggests...

Hey guys, after having bottled my neipa and left it carbonating for just a week, it pours amber light while when I racked to the secondary it was of golden colour. It also tastes slightly sweeter compared when I tried before bottling it. This happened as well when I bottled my last neipa but...

Hi guys, so I have checked the municipal water analysis of where I live and it says water's got CaCO3 = 293 ppm and Mg=5 ppm. However it doesn't state the Calcium values. I am therefore lost how to calculate my mash expected ph (by using J.Palmer's How to Brew graph. Also, I'm brewing a...

Hey guys, using Beersmith it automatically calculates my brewing mash efficiency to 78% which is wrong as I do BIAB and it is much closer to 65-70%. On the section 'session' it seems like I can't edit the gap about 'est mash eff'. Any help?

Pretty basic question which still gives me doubts: at what temperature should the mash be carried out for brewing pale ales or ipas to extract and break well all sugar chains? And at what temperature for neipa to extract sugars but leaving some of the sugar chains unbroken to provide for body...

Hi guys, in the last few brews I've been using a 20L aluminium kettle and the biggest kitchen hob I have at home as heating source. I've realised that vigorous boiling is only achieved if the lid is put on the pot which has made me wonder about the sulphury compounds evaporation and boil off...

Hi guys, my question is whether using hot water with SS will enhance its sanitizing action or not. Do you know? Also, seen my kettle is an aluminium pot, can I clean it using SS? I read aluminium is damaged by caustic detergent, but what about acidic ones? One more question: when items have...

Hi everyone, I have a problem and doubt with transferring the post boiling hot wort from my kettle into my fermenter. Here's my story: My kettle does not have a valve where to attach a pvc hose, so my only option is to siphon the wort. The problem is that I tried to firstly do it with a proper...

Hi guys, If you look at this picture my beersmith says that Im supposed to do a mash with 5.87L of water to then do a fly sparge with 8.80L of water. It says therefore that the pre-boil volume should be 12.42L but 5.87L+8.80L=14.67L! I dont understand! Thank you Seb

Hi guys, As you can see in the picture I've got a 30L beer kettle that has a weird valve which can't be directly connected to a pvc tube yet it can be removed. So far I've been using an adapter although being very sketchy as it did not stuck perfectly, hence enhancing the possibilities for...

I'm considering to start brewing in my flat soon. However, my house temperature isn't stable as the the heater only works during the night hence being colder during the daytime. I'm not sure what the specific temperature difference is, but I image it's at least 5 to 7 (°C). Is there any way I...

Hey guys, I am planning to start brewing all grain very soon, albeit I'm still on the search for the right kit for quality/price to buy. I have found some interesting deals on the internet such as the following ones...