The last couple of Belgians I've brewed, a Chimay Red and a Strong Blonde Ale have been great beers but pour with a decent head that subsides fairly quickly. I used a 90 minute mash for these and I'm wondering if this is the culprit with the highly modified malts. I haven't had this happen with...

Hi all, Just brewed an Irish Red Ale OG 1.052 using WLP 004 Irish Ale yeast with a 1.5 Lt starter .........36 hours later it's at 1.013, that's seriously fast ! Anyone used this yeast, is this normal ?

G'day all, I currently have a Belgian Dubbel fermenting and would be interested to hear from any here that have experience with these beers. I believe they are best bottled but I want to keg this one. I was thinking that carbonating it at about 12 psi for about a week and then putting it in a...

G'day all, I'd be interested to hear some opinions on pre- fermentation wort aeration, i.e. whether you shake, splash or us an aeration stone etc.

My Sierra Nevada Clone has been in the fermenter for 14 days OG 1.058 FG 1.010 for past 3 days, I dry hopped today and noticed there is still a thin layer of yeast floating on top of the wort......is this normal? The sample I took was actually very clear and tasted good. Will that stuff drop...

My water profile here in Melbourne is pretty good soft water, I only need to add 7 or 8 grams of calcium. If I add baking soda to raise the residual alkalinity for an English Porter is it ok to add it to the boil so as not to raise the mash PH ?

Having done a fair bit of extract brewing in the past, but not for a few years now I happened to come across the Grainfather system and ended up buying one along with a conical fermenter. I have just done my first all grain brew, it's a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone and has been in the fermenter...