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  1. Mumbles

    Beetroot, Chilli and Chocolate Stout with wyeast 1318

    Hi all, hope you're having a great festive season. I suspect I have a stuck fermentation but before I go re-pitching yeast I just wanted to see if anyone has had experience brewing with Beetroot and/or wyeast 1318. Went a bit off-piste with this brew, particularly in that I've never brewed...
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    Sparge/Strike water ratio to high? for a thick mash neipa

    Hey Up everybody, I'm planning on brewing a silky moughfeel session NEIPA. Had great results on the same recipe at 6.7% ABV with a mash thickness of 2.3. When I drop my grain bill right down, aiming for a 4.7% beer, I'm worried that I'll be pushing too much sparge water through to reach my...
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    Liquoring back hyrdometer readings

    So I've just brewed up a nice pale ale and liquored back but I'm getting a much higher gravity than expected. I'm wondering if it may be due to taking samples from the fermenters tap where the liquids density might be higher if the added water hasn't fully mixed with the wort? Any suggestions...
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    Very slow fermentation with yeast bay vermont ale

    Hi All, decided to brew a vermont style ale using The Yeast Bays Vermont Ale yeast. This is the first time I've used this yeast. Brew day was last wednesday (8 days ago). Everything was going fine, pitched into wort at 20C. 8 days later and I'm still on 1.028 with the target being 1.010...
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    first go carbonating in corny keg

    Hey Brewers, I've just set up my first corny keg and transferred my brew from the conditioning tank. Two questions. First; some small amounts of hops from the dry-hop got into the tank - will this be a problem? Two; it's winter here and about 7c outside in the day and 4c overnight. I've...
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    little fermentation goin on

    Hi all, brewed an amber biscuit ale two days ago and pitched a rehydrated dry yeast. It was a Neale's Brewing Supplies West Coast Ale yeast, 15g packet for 5 gallon batch. The first time I have used this yeast and also the first time I have rehydrated a yeast. OG was 1.052 and on day two it's...
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    stalled primary fermentation

    Hi guys, my last 5gallon brew is aimed at around 4.5% with an Original Gravity reading of 1.041 with a target OG of 1.008. Brewday was 10 days ago. Hydrometer reading after 5 days was 1.030, 7 days at 1.020 After 10 days I'm still on 1.020. Yeast is Mangrove jacks M44 West Coast and...

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