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Passing through London and spending a day and night there. Planning on doing a brewery tour of Meantime Brewing. Anyone have suggestions of where else to go to sample some iconic English Ales?

I’ve been doing closed transfers from carboy to keg my last 5 batches and I’ve gotten pretty good at it. Yesterday I attempted to transfer a brown ale from my carboy to a keg, but decided to not pay attention to the CO2 gauge. Long story short I ended up running out of CO2 right at the begging...

I’ve been attempting to educate my palette to identify flavors and such but I can’t nail down the one I’m tasting in my beer right now. I brewed a cream ale (1.56 OG, 1.008 FG, ~18 IBUs) and it came out ok. Used WLP1007 German Ale Yeast and kept around 58 degF for 2 weeks and then attempted a...

Got a cream ale fermenting at the moment and it’s my first time I’ve seen krausen be white...just thought it was curious. Anyways, it got me thinking if different yeast strains produce different looking kinds of krausen? Cream Ale Krausen (Wyeast 1007) Cascade Mountain IPA Krausen (Wyeast 1272)

Been posting more than usual but I’m planning my brew day and it has my brain juices flowing. I’m trying to get better at not transferring as much turb from my Boil kettle into the fermenter. I do all grain, and my Boil kettle is a regular 10 gal kettle with nothing fancy like a ball valve or...

I have a corny keg that I want to change the gas post. I believe this is a firestone keg. I’m trying to replace it because I don’t trust it as the poppet that came with it seems to be stuck. Not sure if this is normal but I want to be able to fully disassemble and clean/inspect. I have...

I’ve been struggling wrapping my head around achieving a specific target final gravity. The last two batches I did (Pale Ale, same recipe...however one was in my temp controlled mini fridge and the other was just put in a water tub and ice bottles), both ended up reaching different FGs...

I’m sure I already answered my own question I’m going to ask right now but I still feel the urge to hear someone else say it for some reason...unless I’m wrong about it. I made two pale ale 5 gal batches for my wedding rehearsal dinner a few weeks ago and the beer was almost finished. I left...

Did my first all grain last night, started at 5pm and ended at 1am. Sleep deprived as I write this but overall enjoyed the process more than extract. I ended up with a few “wtf” moments where I thought I had done enough research and I still got surprised by some things happening, hopefully...

Last night I tried to pour a pint of my Imperial IPA out of the keg and to my surprise nothing came out, not even CO2. This was my first kegged beer so naturally I was heartbroken. However, I noticed something odd. I’m almost sure last time I poured beer I still had a few more beers left...

So I kegged my first beer last week and had problems with over carbonation. As of today beer finally stabilized and I have a nice good pour with good carbonation level. This is the first time I’ve owned and used an actual tap system. My only experience is with party faucets. Now my only problem...

Just wanted to share my set up for anyone trying to make a single or two faucet kegerator. When I was planning my build I couldn’t find any recent instructional DIY videos or just instructions in general that used current mini-fridge models so hopefully this will help anyone on the same boat I...

Hey guys. New-ish to the hobby and about to keg a 5 gal batch for the first time. The beer I’m going to keg is an imperial ipa extract kit using two Omega West Coast Ale II Yeast Slurry packs from NB. I did not use a yeast starter, I just pitched it right in the wort after it cooled down to 78...

(Photos of primary fermentation 6 hours after yeast awakening attempt) Hey guys. New-ish to the hobby and about to keg a 5 gal batch for the first time. The beer I’m going to keg is an imperial ipa extract kit using two Omega West Coast Ale II Yeast Slurry packs from NB. I did not use a yeast...