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I currently use a Peco boiler (so a 2.4kw element in a bucket, essentially) to do BIAB, and it has worked fine so far for all of my brews - except the latest one. I tried brewing a Bavarian Weissbier a week and a half ago, and despite stirring consistently in the lead-up to the boil, when I...

I bottled an IPA today, but I miscalculated the amount of trub at the bottom of the fermenter, and also had issues siphoning the beer into the bottling bucket. As a result, I ended up less beer that has too much priming sugar for its volume. My question is how I would best release the excess...

Does anyone have any data on how the temperature of the headspace affects yeast, particularly if it is soon after pitching? My understanding is that the yeast ferments from the top of the wort, so if they have been only recently pitched, might they still be floating around on top and drawing...

Hey everybody. Yesterday I brewed Revvy's Leffe clone. Despite a few hiccups (still a newbie), it went mostly OK. One of the things that has been worrying me has been the boil, however. My set up is pretty basic, and I use a hotplate to get the wort boiling. As a result, I keep a lid on the pot...

I realise that this question has been asked before, but I'm none the wiser from reading the older threads. Does cold crashing actually increase the risk of oxidation in a substantial way? I have seen posts stating that the suckback from the contracting liquid/air inside the fermentor would...