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  1. Gilbert Spinning Horse

    Pitching onto the trub of the previous brew.

    I made a quick raw NEIPA on Saturday and bottled up a small beer at the same time. Trying something new I pitched the raw ale straight in to the fermenter with the trub of the small beer that was fermented with Laerdal kveik. It took about an hour to kick off, went like crazy over night and was...
  2. Gilbert Spinning Horse

    ABV increase due to priming sugar

    I've often wondered how much the ABV increases due to the addition of priming sugar. I'm sure there's a relative simple way of calculating this. I'll usually add 150 grams of table sugar for 19 litres of bottled beer. Can someone intelligent walk through the math for this.
  3. Gilbert Spinning Horse

    Something I hadn't thought of

    The problem I've been having since I started brewing 5 years ago is that I'm consistently low on my mash numbers. Given a 77.4% mash efficiency, Beersmith estimates an SG for my grain typical bill of 1.045. Every time I brew I'm hitting around 1.035, even when I do an overnight mash and it sits...
  4. Gilbert Spinning Horse

    Looking for suggestions for an alternative to USO5

    I concentrate on making beers in the style of British golden ales, light and hoppy pale ales, and I always use US05 dry yeast. I started out with an all grain setup about 4 years ago and have been dabbling with different aspects of the brew but not really touched on yeast as yet. I live in...
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