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Hey brew crew, I'm attempting an IPA clone recipe, and naturally want to follow it to the letter. The yeast required is ""2 x M/J M54 West Coast Ale Yeast". I found "American West Coast Yeast". Is this the same thing?

I’ve only done non grain beer kits and am currently happy with that. Basically, I boil a ready-made concoction on the stovetop (about 4 litres), pour it in my fermenter, add water to 23 litres, pitch the yeast and wait. My first question is: Can I split the 4 litre concoction in two, and with...

Hi brewers. I’m just starting off (I’ve only done two 23-litre mangrove jack batches), and am wanting to experiment with hops. I’m wanting to do a 10 litre batch with a smaller kit, but want to add hops to make a very aromatic and flavourful APA. Similar to Epic, or Pirate Life. Which hops...

Morning all. Just added hops in the middle of a 10-day fermentation. Stupidly, my thumb touched the underside of the fermenter’s lid. Do I need to sanitise the lid? Worried about exposure to oxygen. I’ve been sanitising bottles this morning so my hands were pretty clean, but....?

I’m bottling in 10 days, and want to sanitise my bottles ahead of time. I have free time now. I’ve chosen the ‘bake bottles in oven with foil on top’ method. I’ve heard this not only sanitises them, but it sterilises them. After they cool down, they are good to store indefinitely while those...