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Hi there, I plan on brewing Jamil's Evil Twin as my next batch, however, having trouble deciding between which recipe to follow. The versions on Mr Malty and the AHA website are made with Centennial & Amarillo The versions on the NB clone and in Jamil's book brewing classic styles (called...

Hi all, Ill be doing my first pressurized fermentation soon and it just dawned on me that surely once fermentation is complete and you go to take the FG reading, will the carbonation not throw off hydrometer readings? If so, how are you guys taking FG readings from pressurized fermentations...

Hi all, does anyone have experience with both the fermenters in the title? I want to switch to a pressurised fermenter so I can have the option to both ferment as normal or under pressure if I so wish. I’d also like to move to closed transfer and also I like the fact that I’d be able to cold...

Hi all, I'm trying to brew an old favourite of mine, its a zombie dust clone from the BS recipe collection. I now use Brewfather instead of Beersmith so I'm trying to import the recipe into BF and then once scaled this is where things seem weird.. Here is the recipe I'm trying to brew, with the...

Hi there, Recently purchased a GF that I'll be putting to use this weekend along side Brewfather software. Just trying to set up my equipment profile to the best of my ability without actually going through a brew day. My question is, does anyone have a reliable GF profile that they use that I...

Hi there, I'm finally in my new home and can get back to brewing again after a long break. I'm just trying to put together my water profile for the new area I'm living in but my water report doesn't contain Alkalinity or Bicarbonate levels as far as I can see... Here's my local areas report...

So my beers are usually always crystal clear, like read the newspaper through the glass clear. I recently upgraded my brewery in two ways. One, I swapped out my fermenters with SS brewtech stainless steel buckets. Two, I got my mash tun lined with a bag. The bag allowed me to get much better...

So, as the title states, I plan on brewing a Belgian dubbel soon. I've always read about people bottling their belgians and leaving them for months on end to condition. However, I plan on popping mine into a keg and getting it on tap. The OG is looking at somewhere between 070-075. If I leave...

hi all, For my last few batches I’ve been trying to dial in more on consistency and efficiency. One thing that really bugs me is I always drop around 4-5F during my hour mash. I mash 5 gall batches in a 10 gal cylinder cooler, I cover the top of the grain with foil to limit heat loss to head...

Hi all, New to kegging so still trying to learn the process. I kegged my first beer last friday, put it in my kegerator which is set to 40F, set to the recommended psi beersmith gave me, after a couple days I added gelatin, hooked the gas back up and was planing on leaving it a week or two then...

Hi guys, Kegging my first batch this weekend. After a lot of research I’ve found the best way to fill a keg seems to be pressure transfer. However, I ferment in fermonsters and at the moment I dont have the set up or know of a set up with these FVs to do a pressure transfer. So, ill be racking...

So I've just purchased a 3 tap kegerator that I'm very excited about. It will be my first time kegging. However, It wasn't untill now that I thought about this.. What do I do when I have 3 beers all with different desired carbonation levels? Was instance say I had an english brown kegged...

Hi guys, Would be great if someone could help me dial in what exactly went wrong so that I can amend it for next time. So today was my first time building my own water profile. Seeing as I'm using 100% RO water I skipped the first tab (water profile) I also left the second tab as the...

I've just ordered a 3 tap kegging system with keggerator and 3 new kegs. Over the moon! With a bit of luck my Irsh red that's been in the ferm chamber a few weeks will be the first to christen the kegs. Extremely excited, it's like being a kid at christmas again. Cheers :tank:

So this Sunday or the Monday I will be brewing a highly hopped witbier. Its a mix of a classic wit and an IPA, apas its called a white IPA. Anyway, as usual I got my yeast (WLP400 Belgian Wit) and proceeded to make a yeast starter. On the package it says MFG 18 oct 17. So I input ale yeast...

Hi guys, I will soon be attempting my first ever self made clone and thought rather than attempt it all on my own, I’d call upon you lovely brewers to help me out! My mrs father loves this beer and has put me up to the challenge of cloning it, so the stakes are high. The beer in question is...

Hi all, So as I've gotten through batches of beer, I've looked to improve on my beer every time. First jumping into all grain, then cooling in 10 mins, then ferm temp control, then extra effort in clarifying my beer. So now my next move is water! For my next batch and batches from then on, I...

So with all my beers thus far I've just used finings in the boil and then given lengthy ferm times and cold conditioning times. I've been quite happy with my beers but still never had a really super clear beer that I'm happy with. So, now that I've got a ferm chamber set up, I wanted to start...

Hi guys, Just a quick query. Im not really worried about it, more just intrigued, but at the moment im fermenting in a 7.5 gallon plastic fermonster and a 6.5 g big bubbler. Even though theres isnt a huge gallon difference, the fermonster has a considerably larger amount of head space than the...

hey guys, Making my first starter today for my brew on the weekend. My yeast arrived today and its in a packaging I havn’t seen in videos before on how to make staters. Usually its in a small vial but this stuff looks bigger and is in a plastic wrap. Its called pure pitch which im sure most of...