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I recently accidentally froze a bottle of APA cooling it down before drinking it. I left the bottle in the sink to thaw out and it subsequently sat there for a few weeks. I opened it up last night and was surprised to find that the beer had completely cleared (which I understand), lost its fizz...

Has anybody tried the titration test on their homegrown hops detailed here . I have the chemicals needed, and was just going to use my tap water instead of distilled stuff. Any experience of how the accuracy rates

Whats the oldest vial you've used to make a starter? I've built starters off out of date ones before but, i have a particularly old one in the fridge at the mo and am wondering what are the chances of reviving it?

I've been home brewing for three years now and i seem to be getting a higher level of esters in my ales than when i started. At first i though it was just my high gravity beers but it seems to be across the board now on any clean ales that i attempt. I am making the presumption that this is...

My fuggles plant seems to be in bother and it's at the stage where the cones are starting to become affected They're really starting to ripen and I'm worried about losing the whole lot. I sprayed with some insecticide about a week ago which doesn't seem to have helped at all

Starting to pull my hair out on this one. Started by trying to use a 12v adapter to power this because i used a 12V fan from a PC. This was way over gunned and nearly took off when i powered it up. Ordered a 9v adapter and tried that in the circuit to find that this was still too much. So i...

I seem to be developing some solvent like tastes in my high gravity beers post bottling. They seem fine in the first few days but a week on once they carb up i think i can detect a slight bit of this off flavour. Has happened with a torero ipa clone and now with a raging ***** clone I've just...

Well i was just having a glance at the thread that discusses wyeast 1768 discontinuation and how hard it is to get your hands on Rogue's strain. Somebody suggested that the dregs of a bottle could be used to grow up a culture to do a batch. Amazingly i can get a few of rogues beers locally but...

Some off shoots have appeared on my cascade plant and I'm wondering is some pruning required? I have attached a photo or two to show what i mean. One is of my fuggles plant which is quite well behaved and the other is the cascade. First time posting from my phone so i don't know how this is...

So i made starter that i never got round to using. I put a cap on it and left it in the fridge and i guess 8 weeks may have passed in the mean time. I'm looking to do that brew now and was wondering could i build another starer off that yeast cake. Anybody aware of potential downsides here?

I know that if i spent a while searching i would be able to gather all the information i need for this but i just don't have the time these days. I use standard homebrew plastic buckets to do fermentation of my beer and i need to manage temp control a bit better. I have a ferm chamber for my...

Why is it that when people make starters they only seem to ferment for a few days and then refrigerate as opposed to leaving it go for a week or more so that it completely ferments out?

Hi, Just wondering what software package is being used to make the wiring diagrams i see on here?

Hi folks, Just starting a new brewery build. 3 vessel all electric 230V system with as much automation as possible. Anyway i'm hoping people could post a list of your breakers specifying current rating and what they're for. The more lists i get the less chance there is i'll leave something...

In the past i have used the small yeast cake at the bottom of a bottle to kick off a starter. I haven't encountered any problems using this process thus far. I was listening to an old brewing network podcast recently however and jamil commented that yeast cakes shouldn't be reused on batches...

Myself and d missus after many years of searching have bought a house in the countryside which has some ground that i can get growing on. I'm just lookin for some recommendations for getting started. I really like what varieties like citra and amarillo do for aroma/flavour in my pale ales...

Just trying to get some feedback on souring a chocolate stout. I've looked through the stout recipe database and it doesn't seem to be common practice for chocolate stout recipes. What do you guys think of souring a chocolate stout be it through acid malt or a soured sample of a commercial...

I am currently using one of the camco ripple elements in my setup. It can be removed easily once i'm finished brewing. There is always some limescale and trub left on the element after the boil. Anybody have any suggestions for what to soak it in so this dirt will easily rinse off...

When a bag of crushed grain gets to its expiry date are you of the opinion that it should be dumped. What happens to crushed grain over time anyway. Does it just get to a point where it spoils? Does it loose fermentibility over time? Would a bag of grain almost at it's date have a negative...

I'm in the middle of putting a design together for an eHerms brewery. Think I'm gonna go down the route of using some asco solenoid valves to control the flow from tank to tank. Anyway, the intention is to use some 0.5 inch (internal diameter) silicon tubing to transfer the hot liquid/wort from...